Camden's First, 1st Birthday Celebration

As mentioned in a previous post, mommy and daddy took the day off to spend the day with Camden on his first birthday. We had a marvelous day! We had a pretty full day planned and we were all excited to celebrate the day. After hanging around the house in the morning, we packed up lunch at one of the parks close to our house.


After lunch we spent some time playing on the playground. Camden loves to swing on swings. I'm sure once he's able to be more independent on the swings, he'll be more daring. I remember the days of swinging as high as I possibly could and then launching myself from the seat at the height of the swing and seeing how far I could fly. Yep, that'll be Camden, too.

Next, we headed to our local Build-A-Bear workshop. It was mommy's plan to celebrate the birth of a brand new teddy bear on the day that we celebrated the birth of Camden. (sidenote to those of you wondering about Kim...no we did not celebrate the birth of another child on the day we celebrated the birth of Camden). Camden "picked out" the bear he wanted and he watched intently as his new bear came to life. He kissed the bear's new heart for good luck. We went to the name book and I flipped through the pages in search of the perfect name. Camden pointed at a name he wanted and we went with it. He named his new bear, Derby.

After a little more time at the mall, then to the grocery, Camden was ready for a well deserved nap (so were mommy and daddy, actually).

Later we celebrated back at home with some specially made cupcakes. Here are a couple of videos that capture the moment and a few more pictures from the day: