Juani Turns 1!

February 7th, 2011, Juan Nicolas Pellegrino arrived at the ripe age of 1 year! Because his birthday landed on a Monday, we did absolutely nothing on that special day. However, the Saturday that followed, Saturaday the 12th, to be exact, we "threw the house out of the window!" A phrase, that in Argentina, means roughly, "went all out!" I, of course had been working on the decorations for nearly 3 weeks prior to the big day, invitations were hand made, flags and pin the tail on the donkey, a sort of photo booth adorned with props for the picking, hand sewn safari animals for souvenir gifts, a train cake, tons and tons of food, ie: mini spinach tarts, crab dip crostini, beef empanadas, cookies, oh I could go on and on, but more than all of this was an exorbitant amount of love.
He got so many toys I don't know what to do with them all! All of this and he still insists on playing with the trash and drain pipe. He is definitely my kid!
Here are a few of my favorite shots!
Enjoy!