It's my party and I'll cry if I want to (and not eat my cute little doggie cake mom made)

Jeremiah officially had his first birthday party. We had a little family gathering Sunday Jan. 11th and we had grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends all there to celebrate Jeremiah's 1st year. The kids all had a great time chasing each other around the house and trying to share the toy police car of grandma Jana's. Since it was the new year, our ward had switched to a new time schedule of 1:00 church - I know. Needless to say, this threw off Jeremiah's nap schedule in a wild and crazy way, so he wasn't the happy boy he usually is. He got some very fun presents, which helped cheer him up, and he did love playing with his cousins.

Here is the doggie cake that my sister-in-law Stefanie, and I made: (It turned out a lot cuter than I thought it would, thanks to Stef!) So I was all excited to see Jeremiah dig into it . . .

He wouldn't touch it. When I tried to give him a taste, he wouldn't eat it, and cried. So we cut off a piece, and put him in his highchair to see what he would do . . .

Here was the result:

Oh well, everyone else got to enjoy the cake, pumpkin pie, and cherry cobbler that Parker had made :) Even though we hit a couple bumps in the road, I will count this party as a success! Jeremiah did get much happier as the evening went on, and Parker and I had a great time chatting with everybody. Thank you to everybody who came and for all your fun presents!