First Birthday continued......

Sorry it took me so long to continue Zech's First B-day. It has been a really trying week, lots of tears, lots of struggles, lots of well everything. We are back though after a trip down the coast to Sydney and I will continue with Zech's b-day.

On his actual birthday, we had a really nice day. We still felt really lonely and sad that we couldn't have more friends (well any for that matter) and family around us to celebrate his birthday. We did receive a nice phone call from Grandma and Grandpa Gooch. It was nice to hear familiar voices on this special day. They also sent a card and some money for Zech's first b-day. So Daddy went shopping and found this:

A brand new Shrek Mobile with a trailer!!!

I think he really liked it!! :o)

After we packed up and headed to Coolum beach which is on the Sunshine Coast (north of Brisbane). We were going to meet Cousin Wayne and Victoria and the boys for supper later that evening close to Coolum. Coolum was beautiful and there was a surf competition going on for the kids. It was really neat to see, as I have never seen one before in real life! Of course they weren't surfing huge waves or anything like you see on TV, but they were still pretty good. Zech had a great time on the beach as usual.

I forgot to pack his swimsuit......so he wore the outfit that Grandma H gave him for his birthday in the water.
Do you think this child can get anymore sand on himself. You can't even see his legs--they blend right in!

After the Beach we met up with the Australian Gooches for some supper. It was nice to see them again and to get to know Victoria better. We bought a cake (it was so gross) and then we headed back into Brisbane.

Wayne, Victoria, William (4 years old) and Mason (5 weeks old) Gooch

I didn't have the camera set right--that's why it blurred. Never put sparklers on a one-year old's b-day cake. He was so freaked out!