I cant believe it, Ethan has been in the world for 12 months already.  The year has flown by.  We kept the day pretty low key.  As with most first birthdays, there is more fascination with the paper and boxes, than with the presents themselves.  The day bought more excitement to William and Xavier than to Ethan.  Ethan got a blow up Pirate ship that Will and Xavier spent half the day in and managed to turn our pathetic excuse for a lawn, into mud.  Ethan played in it for a little bit, but Will and Xavier were a little too active for his liking.  The girls from next door came over in her afternoon.  We had to drag all of them out of the ship to get them to eat dinner.  The cake turned out ok, it was supposed to be Smurf inspired.  It could have been better, but that didn’t stop anyone from eating a piece or two.  Ethan enjoyed it.