Happy 1st Birthday to our little Smoochie!

Okay, so maybe he's not that little anymore! But he'll always be our Smoochie!

Here's a few of our favorite shots from his birthday 'smash cake' session today.

He wasn't sure what to do with that #1,but banging on it is always a good default!


Awe...that pouty look! Who could say no to that face?! (Not me or Kelly!)


Those cheeks! He's still got 'em!


And the grand finale!!! Smashed cake! And blue icing! Everywhere!

To be honest, we basically learned everything NOT to do for this smash cake session! The main lesson being - pick the cake up the night before! Not on the way! Because they store it in a walk in freezer overnight, so it's a cold brick!! Riley didn't want anything to do with it, and we couldn't figure out why until Kelly touched it! He was like it's freezing cold! And at this point, Riley was reaching full meltdown mode anyway.

Then it's probably not a good idea to do BLUE icing either! The 3 of us looked like Mamma, PaPa and Baby Smurf when we left the photography place!! Seriously! We had blue fingers and fingernails. Riley had blue everything! Face, fingers, fingernails, stomach, legs, feet, toenails! I called my Mom on the way home asking if there was any trick for getting food coloring out of your skin! She didn't know of any. In our simple minds, we just thought we'd be able to wipe it off with baby wipes! No Siree!

So google is your friend! The 1st result said toothpaste or baking soda! Score! I had toothpaste with baking soda at home! And OMG! It worked like a CHARM! The only challenge was that it made your skin cold, so Riley was looking at his own hands like why do they feel like that?! The he decided he didn't like that feeling (now all over his body) about as much as he didn't like the cold cake! Bless his little heart! I'm guessing he would have decided to opt out of the birthday events if he had known what he was signing up for! Either way, all three of us were 'minty fresh' the rest of the day! :)

At this point, it was time for Riley's lunch and nap! And he was all about getting back to his routine! No more cold cakes, blue icing and toothpaste scrubs for him!

The rest of the day is to be continued.... ( I need to upload pics from my camera 1st. AND I need to get to bed at a decent hour tonight!)

His big birthday party is Saturday, so we are looking forward to that!