Our Princess is One

We were fortunate this year, Kylie's birthday was actually on a Sat. My brother and his family came up from San Antonio and our good friends came over to celebrate. I thought it was a lot of fun.

First we played outside for awhile. I made sure the new playscape was done before her birthday.

We played pin the 1 on the cupcake.

The winner!

Then we played with balloons. We dumped a whole bunch of balloons on the ground. The kids went crazy.

My adorable neice Norah.

She was so dainty with the cake. She kept sticking her fingers in and then shaking them off. She didn't get that dirty at all.

Wiped out.

Kylie: Birth to 1 year

I know I'm way behind but for Kylie's 1st birthday I made a banner of pictures from when she was born up to then. I don't know where the time has gone. She's still just a little thing though. When we took her to her 12 mo. appt at the doctor she weighed only 14 lbs 9 oz and was 26 1/2 in long. She learned to walk 2 weeks before her birthday. She may be small in stature but she's very big in personality. We love you Kylie!

Too busy...

As my friend said in a post on her blog a couple months ago..."Too busy living life to blog about it." Aside from doing all things summer, we also had a family reunion at the end of June and then we all came h0me sick with strep, croup, colds, and who knows what else. We are just now starting to get better so I promise there will be many blogs to come. I still have to go back to Kylie's 1st birthday. Stay tuned...

Being a Man

Lately, Gavin has taken to declaring he is a man. I'm not sure what brought this on or why he doesn't just say he's a big boy. But no...He is a MAN. and it's so funny how he says it too. He gets the big smile on his face and says " I am your MAN." I asked him the other day if he was my buddy while we were roughousing. He said, "No mommy. I not your buddy, I am your MAN." Whenever Landan and Gavin play together they play some sort of superhero/kung foo/avatar (the cartoon one) game. Landan is usually the main fighter and Gavin is a MAN. I can't wait to find out what happens when he turns 18. Will that make him a little boy?

Happy Birthday Gavin

Gavin turned 3 on May 4th. He is such a joy. He's always happy. I love that about him. He is so curious and adventerous as well. He loves to cuddle which is probably my favorite thing about him. He's also my trouble maker. He likes to terrorize his older brother and thinks Kylie is some elaborate toy to drag around. Everything is a game to him which can be fun sometimes and frustrating sometimes. Most of the time, he just makes us laugh. We love you Gavin!!

We started out the day with Gavin blowing out candles on his breakfast pancakes.

After dinner we had cake...

and presents.

His very own Wii game that teaches letters and reading.

Landan picked this sword and shield out himself. Now they can kill each other equally because they both have a sword.

Lots of loot.

And Kylie practicing with the paper for her birthday in a couple days. Stay tuned.

April