"Oh they grow up so fast!"

This coming Friday, February 12th, 2010 will mark the one year anniversary of the day that changed our lives forever!

On a cold snowy day one year ago, I was able to meet Oliver for the first time. An emotional, spiritual, and exhilarating experience. From that moment, we have been best buds. He has changed so much in 12 months that it is hard to fathom. He went from "I wish he would just do something." to "Geez kid! Sit still!" Tami has posted lots of the fun things we have been able to do all year, so I thought I would do his birthday post.

Before I had one of my own, I always thought how lame it sounded when people said. "Oh they grow up so fast." Ya know what, they really do "grow up so fast!" How cheesy was it when people would just show you picture after picture of their kids on their cell phones. Guess what my cell phone is full of? Anyway, without further ado, here is how we celebrated the 1st Birthday of Ollie...

The time: 2:00pm m.s.t.
The place: Chuck E. Cheese, Orem, UT
The date: 02/06/2010
The event: A shindig of Epic proportions in Oliver Obergs honor

We invited a few of Ollie's closest friends and our families to come hang out and eat some yummy cake. Oliver's favorite animal is a Dog, he is obsessed with Angus and Molly, so we thought it only fitting to give him a Doggy Birthday cake. Tami has a friend at work that did a superb job making this happen. She made a multi-layered masterpiece complete with a rice crispey head. And even through Ollie a Bone! The cake was a huge hit (not only by the party guests, but as I was carrying it in, everybody commented on how neat it was.)

Knowing that we would be having a disaster zone after the cake, we did presents first. His attention span may be a little longer now that he is a year old, but it still tops out at about 30 seconds. He got a lot of really nice gifts, and kept wanting to play with one rather than moving to the next present. Oh well, it was fun.

We had always hope that Oliver wouldn't be a little wussy man, and would just dive into his cake. Well, we got our wish. Literally! After poking it once or twice, Ollie just face planted into the cake. Looking like a suckerfish in an aquarium, all we could see were his little pulsating cheeks sucking down frosting. He would surface for air occasionally, smiling and looking around for a bit before diving right back in. I hope everyone enjoyed the show, I know we did! I will throw in a short video for those that could not be there.

After the cake everyone just kind of hung out and played the games. The party was a lot of fun, I know Tami and I really had a good time. And speaking on behalf of Oliver, "Thank you for coming, thanks for your support, thanks for the wicked awesome presents, and I love all of you! I had a smashing good time! Now I need to go get whats left of my cake out of my clothes, hair, and diaper!"