HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TRENTON

The first year is already behind us - can you believe it!?! Crazy! It's been a fabulous 12 months with tons to be grateful for!

We had a little birthday party planned for last Saturday but we got snowed out. It started dumping on Friday so we called everyone and canceled. In bad weather an hour is a long way to drive for cake and ice cream. So we made his cake today instead and celebrated just the 3 of us. We took a video of us singing Happy Birthday and him enjoying his first taste of frosting and cake, but I can't get it to upload. I'll keep working on it. But, we also took about a hundred pictures so here comes a picture overload...

Dig in Baby!

I made a red velvet cake (from the box, don't anybody be too impressed.) I figured that red would definitely show up! A friend let me borrow her cake pan that makes a large cup cake.


We took the video first so the first pictures are of him already covered in frosting! Out of about 100 photos I tried to narrow it down...


Isn't that just an angel's face...


You can see his frosting covered hand print on his head


I win!


Sugar rush here we come!


This one's a little fuzzy, but I love it.

Ah yes, I am the greatest!


I would love to know how you would caption this photo!


Well after all of THAT fun... I need a bath!

Last PIcture on the Blanket

After a nice warm bath to wash off all the stickies, we jumped into pajamas 'cause it was almost bedtime and took his 12 month old picture. His last picture on the blanket! How sad. But, in a way it's a good thing, 'cause he sure doesn't lay on his back for very long. Ya gotta be pretty quick with the camera anymore!


Yup, he's officially off the blanket! It's crazy to think that a little person can do that much growing in just 12 short months. Here, his first picture (one month old) for comparison ...

Crazy!

Presents!

Then came the presents. I was surprised how quickly he caught on to unwrapping the gifts. maybe he just liked the ripping part and realized Hey, there's something in there!

Foam letters and numbers for the bath














Duplo. He loved all the noise they made.














He so did not get this concept. Maybe we'll put it away
and re-gift it for Christmas! :-)














The Puppy was his favorite!! It barks and moves as he pulls it. He thinks it's great!

Wow. Has it seriously been a month?!?! Moving sure is time consuming. And now I find it's even more when you have a little junior 'helping'. But we're here, slowly getting unpacked and settling in. So we now live 5 miles out of town of about 300 population. Yes! Just the way we like it. :-) We're about an hour to any good shopping, but the nearest grocery store is just 20-30 minutes away. And we do have a quickstop gas station in town if there ever is a dire need. But I tell you what, we LOVE being so close to work. Jared is sometimes home by 4pm! What a difference! So nice! Anyways... we are alive and doing well. Trenton turns ONE on Monday so stay tuned!...