Happy 1st birthday continued!

The west coast tour of Cole's birthday continued this weekend as we traveled to Redlands, CA to visits Smiths and Jensens alike.  Cole certainly showed all emotions this weekend from tired to excited to overwhelmed.  It was great to be able to introduce him to some more of his family that he hadn't met, including his Great Grandpa Smith, his second cousins Abby and Cade and many others.  We got into CA Friday afternoon and went straight to Great Grandpa Smith's house (after a quick pit stop at In-n-Out).

Here's Abby and Cade (and mother Lori holding up Cole)

Abby and Cade did a great job of playing with Cole 

Great Grandpa Smith spending some quality time with his great grandkids

Here's part of the Palmer clan (Kathy and Andrew)

The next day we headed to the Palmer's pumpkin patch, which is a county favorite.  They had all sorts of fun, from a petting zoo to giant inflatable slides.  We spent at least a few hours there until Cole couldn't keep his eyes open any longer.  The picture above is Abby (dressed as Minnie Mouse) feeding the goats

More goats.

Cole needed a hat to keep the sun off.  Aunt Kate made it too (in case we didn't mention that).  All the way from Atlanta! 

Here's Great Uncle Norm and David.  Cole is quite excited about the conversation.

And the whole crew that made it out to the pumpkin patch.

Later that night, we had the formal party at a local Italian restaurant in Redlands.  Cindy did all of the planning and it was a great party for Smiths, Jensens and other admirers.  Here's shot of Emily and Kate's cousins Sean, Ryan and Ashleigh (along with boyfriend Michael).  

Group shot!

What is this thing hovering over me?

At this point, Cole was past exhaustion.  But you can't keep a kid from his frosting, even when battling tears.

Its a love - hate relationship he had with the cake that night.

In the end, the cake was too good to be upset about.

And here's the cake the rest of us got to eat!  It was a great party and a better weekend.  Thanks to all that made it and spent so much time planning!  We couldn't have been happier to see everyone and introduce Cole to family.