First Birthday Party...and Deer Hunting

We traveled up to Jamie's parent's farm on Friday for deer hunting. The weather was extremely chilly, I thought they were crazy for sitting outside in that weather! It was pretty exciting though because it was our nephew Nicholas's first time hunting. He was pretty excited, and showed up all prepared with hand warmers, a flashlight, layers of clothes and two thermoses of hot apple cider (just in case one ran out). He sat in a stand with his Grandpa Suchy (Jamie's Dad). Unfortunately he didn't get a chance to shoot at anything all weekend, but he said he wanted to keep trying so they are going out again next weekend. Jamie shot a doe on Saturday evening, which was the only deer his party got all weekend. Here is a picture of the hunters...Joey (Jamie's brother), Jamie, Nicholas & Paul (Jamie's Dad):


We also celebrated the girls' first birthday with Jamie's family. Their actual birthday is still three weeks away, but since we were all going to be together for deer hunting we thought we would celebrate a little early since we won't all be together on the day of their birthday. The girls were both extremely spoiled with presents from Great Grandma & Great Grandpa Pomeranz; Grandma & Grandpa Suchy; Auntie Jill and her two kids Nicholas and Chelsey; Uncle Joey; and Auntie Janell & Uncle Luke. Thank you to all for your generosity!! They were a little tentative with opening gifts, and didn't get into it too much. They started to rip the paper a little bit at the end, but it took them awhile to warm up to the idea. After we opened presents, we had dinner...followed by chocolate cake for the birthday girls. Olivia dove right in and had half the cake smeared all over her face within minutes. She couldn't shovel it in fast enough. Violet was a little more dainty and picked all the sprinkles off the top before dabbing at the frosting. She almost licked her fingers clean between each bite, while Olivia was smearing cake all over. They really enjoyed it though!! Here are some pictures.

Birthday girls Violet & Olivia:

Olivia in her birthday hat:
Violet in her birthday hat:
Violet & Olivia with their cakes:

Olivia diving into her cake:

Violet savoring her cake: