birthday weekend.

Forgive the brevity of this post - I'm still recovering from the whirlwind birthday weekend! So is Ben - he napped for 3 wonderful hours this morning.

We had a great weekend. Words can't really describe how lucky we are. Saturday, my mom had a big birthday party for the O'Keefe side of the family... It was great to be able to spend time with everyone. Ben wasn't too keen on napping, though, so he was Mister Fussbot the whole time. Sigh. My mom and Kevin worked their tushes off in preparation for the day and it was bummer that Ben wasn't at his best. But I think everyone understands.

Sunday, Ben was baptized at our church. I am really bummed that we didn't get a picture of him. He wore a shirt and tie with dark brown khakis. Ask anyone who was there and they'll tell you he was the most handsome :).

When we got home from church, Ben went down for a nap and the family went into party mode. The Reifs, O'Keefes, Alfanos and Byrons all banded together to get the house ready for Ben's birthday party. I don't know what I was thinking, throwing Ben a party without knowing what I was doing. Luckily, though, I have some great party planners in the family and they picked up my slack and then some. THANK YOU!!!

Here are some pictures from the party, taken by Aunt Margie:

Ben reaches for the wine at lunchtime:


Singing 'Happy Birthday' to Ben. He wasn't really impressed, and on both Saturday and Sunday, he had to be convinced to eat his cake. Hopefully he didn't inherit his mother's sweet tooth.


Here he reads Aunt Marcia and Uncle Nik's card with his dad.

... and the Elmo card from Aunt Michelle and Uncle Michael:


He looks a little bored... but he loves his pj's from Auntie D, Uncle Jeff and Cambelle.


Naptime!


And one last goodbye to his adoring fans...