Happy Birthday Ben!

It's official according to Jake he told me I know longer have a "baby!" My "baby" has turned one! We are on to the next most blissful 8 months of life...NOT! But who's complaining, because honestly this kid is the sweetest. We just love him so very much.

Pancakes for his birthday breakfast..

He learned to clap on his very first real birthday! I was totally excited and so was he!

His cute little face he always makes...

Then the screaming face he always makes...

Here he is showing off how happy it makes him when we clap with him and yell, "Yeah!!"

Clapping all the day long now...

Here's to birthday cake #2. Because tradition at our house is that the first birthday cake MUST represent something funny or quirky about the child. So with the obvious feature that just is noticed by one and all...his lovely mop of hair! So of coarse it HAD to go on the pumpkin cake.

Which he LOVED.

 

He's going in for the kill...

YUM!

 

So good...his second time around he totally figured out what to do with it...EAT IT ALL AT ONCE!

I'm one blessed Mommy to have such a darling sweet little boy. I couldn't be happier with my little one year old baby. I love every ounce of him.

He's done being sticky and no longer wanting to be eating cake or taking pictures! Lucky for him it was off to a bath and bed. We had a great day celebrating with our family. Happy birthday my little baby!!! Oh, before I forget to mention he has started walking. Funny enough he's been cruising around from appliance to couch to railing, to where ever. It's ADORABLE. He's my very first baby to learn to take multiple steps before his actual first birthday! Good job Benny!

Random Happenings

So, a regular occurrence at our house is having a LOUD thud hit our window. I used to think it was the boys tossing balls or toys up and accidentally hitting the window. Until I'd look around and realize the boys are with me. So we have learned that when that thud hits the window it's a bird or two. It's honestly SAD. Not once, not twice but multiple times each week we have birds hit our windows. We've had some land and die (sadly) on our table out on the patio. Or we've had some lay there for several minutes then get up and fly away. It always gives me the shiver...ahhh

Well, this morning Uncle Riley (The Wildlife Biologist) happened to be there when two birds hit the window. So out he went to the patio and he swooped up the bird lying there and brought it in to show the kids. My boys ended up becoming brave enough to pet the little birdie.

Then there is Krista's daughter brave enough to hold the little chipper bird until it took a little snip at her finger and off she let it fly!

 

Once silly morning my kids had found all their babies...

I  love their imagination and how well they play together. I hope as cheesy as it sounds that they will remember how good of friends they were as kids.

Four kids on Ben's first birthday.

My favorite chubby clean baby. I realized an entire year went by and I haven't taken a chubby bath picture. Sad!

I love him!

We had our first snow storm of the year! The boys were in HEAVEN! Let's just say Jake was THRILLED he got to play in the snow when Alayna had to run off to the school bus. Look how cute Caleb is waving to me! I love this happy child.

They played all morning long.

Bring on the winter...baking, sewing and playing inside doing puzzles, games, reading. Oh, I really do like how life slows down. Love it! (But don't get me wrong I do want blue skies and sunshine!)