The Harrells: First Birthday and First Haircut!

Today is Caden's birthday! It's so hard for Scott and I to believe that a whole year has gone by...just last year we were in the hospital staring at our beautiful baby boy in amazement that we were parents...now we are amazed at how fast that beautiful baby boy is growing up. It seems like he gets bigger and does something new everyday...

Dear Caden on your first birthday,

We love you soooo much and today on your first birthday, we just wanted to tell you that you are the best thing to ever happen to us. We can't imagine our life without you now and wake up everyday looking forward to seeing your cute little smiling face. You have amazed us every day in the things you do and learn. The sign that we hung in your room "A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty" has definitely been proven to us as a true statement. We love you baby boy...your first year has been wonderful and we are looking forward to all of the wonderful moments that are still yet to come.

Love, Mommy and Daddy

Now...here are some pics...

On our way to get his first haircut...with his first birthday hat on...and no, Nana, I wasn't driving while trying to take the picture, I was stopped...

First haircut...Caden with Mommy and his hairstylist (Well, really, mommy's hairstylist, Tish)...

Before picture...

Getting our haircut...he was soooo good...maybe it was the toy that I had in my lap that helped :)

Getting the hair blown off...he LOVES the blowdryer...I blow him with it every morning as he watches us get dressed for work...

Daddy trying to make Caden laugh since Nana said that he looked sad in the pictures in the last blog post...he wasn't sad though...it just takes a lot to impress him...

We gave him a cupcake since today was his actual birthday...party on Saturday where he will get the smash cake...

He wasn't too impressed with the cupcake...but he was liking the way the icing felt in between his fingers...

Now...just a cute picture of the big boy with his big boy haircut (he was so happy that there was a cup on the coffee table for him to knock down...oh, the things that make him happy...)