Cameron's First Birthday.

{Be prepared for a lot of pictures in this post!}

The day after Christmas, December 26th, on Cameron's first birthday we woke up ready to celebrate at the Watford's house!! Unfortunately our little Cam woke up quite a bit under the weather! We could just tell he wasn't his usual self :( 

When we woke up we played for a bit till everyone woke up and we gave Cameron a donut for breakfast. He wasn't sure about the candle but was definitely loving the donut! After breakfast we opened a card from Uncle Michael and Aunt Stacy and then the CamMan was ready for a nap!

After nap it was time to get up and get ready for the day! We got the CamMan up and got his bday outfit on and we were ready to meet April, Dustin and Emmaline for lunch at Momma G's!

After a yummy lunch we loaded up and headed towards Huntsville for more celebration and also our late Christmas with the Thaxton's. We ate at our regular favorite of Rosie's and Cam thought it was as delicious as a sick boy could! He did enjoy his cinnamon dessert though... and we enjoyed helping him eat it! After dinner we went back to Pappy and Gigi's and took some pictures!

Wade, Amy and Tatum went ahead and gave Cam part of his bday gift! A fun John Deere tractor toy and a sweet Kelly's Kids outfit! Thanks guys!!

Thankfully his birthday party was not until Sunday the 29th, so by then our little man was feeling a little better but still not quite himself! Before he was even born I was sure we would have a Robot themed first birthday since I sometimes call him Cam-Tron! I had a blast thinking/searching for all the details I wanted to incorporate into the decor and food! I made most of the decor and amazingly it turned out just as I imagined it in my head!

We are so proud to have made it through our first year with our little guy! Our happy little family:

We are so thankful for all of our family who came to celebrate with us! Cameron just doesn't know how loved he is!

Gigi got Cameron's crown for him and Cece got him his longall! Such great grandmothers!!

Cameron was also very very blessed with so many fun and great gifts!! He's one happy kiddo!

And for the moment you have all been waiting for... THE SMASH CAKE! Cam definitely took his time and slowly but surely dug in to the icing and goodness! After a few tastes he was all about it though! It was so cute to have a few of the cousins sneak a taste of icing while he was digging in!

I thought it all went smooth and was a lot of fun! We really appreciate all of you that came- it made it that much more special! Cam may not remember, but me and Matthew sure will!!
Can't believe our baby boy is ONE... So thankful for such a wonderful first year!

#Thaxtonfamvacay.

The much anticipated Thaxton family beach trip already came and flew by. All of us are still really in shock that it already came and went. We had fun! But vacation as a mom is a new, different thing. Previously my favorite vacay pastimes were sleeping in and not having anywhere to be at any given time. You're laughing if you just read that and your a mom. We woke up early and had naps to take :) One benefit of waking early was me and Cam had the whole pool to ourself one morning! Vacationing is different but still a lot of fun!!

Unfortunately Matthew had to work some so he joined us later in the week! It was such a bummer without him there for a while! I hate single parenting! But that did mean that me and Cam got to ride down with my parents which was fun:

First stop was in Milton, FL to celebrate our sweet Caroline's 1st birthday!! We have loved seeing this hyper baby turn into a hyper, walking around little girl! She is super fun and cute! Of course her party was adorable and we enjoyed it!! It was cupcake themed- perfect for SWEET Caroline! She thought her smash cake was pretty yummy!

After the party we headed to Ft. Morgan for our vacay!

The first day we spent some time on the beach:

And at the pool:

Lots of time with family:

On Tuesday was Gigi's actual 50th birthday! So you know we had to celebrate! It was wonderful having everyone together to try and make her day special!

She woke up to this:

We headed to Lulu's for lunch:

Then we headed to The Track for some go-carts! Gigi was flyin' out there (; 

Had a little birthday beach time:

And of course there was cake :) We ended the night with a party including chocolate cake, pink lemonade, 50 reasons we love her, gifts- which included a photo shoot for Friday at the beach for the fam!

We continued on Wednesday with more beach time:

 Because we're silly:

We love to celebrate in the Thaxton family. SO we threw April and Dustin {+ Emmaline} a baby shower! They were so surprised and I thought it turned out perfectly!!

I put all the girls monograms on koozies for the girls:

And we celebrated the 4th of July:

And of course there are many, many pictures on my phone that is just too much trouble to put on here! But this is a good description of our trip. Before everyone headed home we all went to eat at Lambert's Cafe and got way fat thrown some rolls.

This Watford family truly loves to get to spend time with out family and we cherish the fun time we have! So thankful for a wonderful family :)