Joey Jamboree

Somehow "Baby Joey" has had his first birthday, and the almost toddler is now a whopping ONE YEAR OLD! Team Gilden had some family come in town to celebrate, and we had much fun with cousins and the other adults who tagged along too.

Gabi and Ethan gifted Joey a new xylophone (that can even go in the bath!), and they all took turns practicing.

Joey found a great pumpkin festival to help us get the party weekend started! The petting zoo was certainly a hit.




If you're at a pumpkin festival after all...



Now that we've all chosen our individual pumpkins, it's time to cart them away.

That afternoon, we head outside to paint and decorate the morning's collected treasures.

The 2 youngest boys may have needed additional entertainment.

The next morning, we head around the corner to our neighborhood park for big Joey's official first birthday party.

cousin love on the swings

cousin love on the slide

Papa Jay and Grandy came too!

Joey enjoyed all the birthday sugar he could get his hands on!

all 5 Texas cousins enjoying one last photo op together Happy Birthday, Joseph Reuben!!!