Happy First Birthday Benjamin!

Today Benjamin Luke celebrated his very first Birthday. The day started with a song:

Followed by a breakfast with "Mr. Monkey" that included banana-chocolate chip pancakes and eggs:

We all then took a morning nap and woke up to take Benjamin to the doctor for his one year well visit. He is weighing in at 21 lbs, 2.5 oz and is 28.5 inches long. He has grown so much!! He had to get five shots, which wasn't pretty, but he was a trooper. Afterwards we stopped at Dairy Queen for a small cup of vanilla soft-serve for our brave little patient!

After lunch and a few bites of ice cream, we all headed upstairs to pack- Benjamin helped too!

Overall, it was a wonderful day and we are so thankful for the gift of our sweet baby boy. More pictures of his birthday party to follow!