Gunnar's First Birthday!!

Our house is pretty small, especially in winter, so for Gunnar's party we rented out a meeting room at the local Holiday Inn. And when I say we, I mean Gramma and Grampa! The best part is that they let us have full access to their very large, very heated pool and hot tub! It was amazing. Poor Gunnar wouldn't nap even though he was just exhausted...even before the party got started! There was a point between cake and presents and swimming that he actually put his head on the ground in utter defeat. Then once we got into the pool there was no way he was going to miss a moment! We swam for four hours, stopping to stuff our faces again in between. Gunnar was a such a trooper, but even the toughest boys have to fall asleep sometime:) He slept in the water for a good thirty minutes. It was so precious! I hope he can tell (years from now when he looks back at the pictures, of course!) that his first birthday was a blast and that he is surrounded by people that love him!