1st Birthday Party

We had Brian's 1st birthday party last night at my parent's house. It was a lot of fun and lots of people came to celebrate with us. Brian was asleep when the party started, and then probably had no idea what was going on, but it was still fun. We had a potato and salad bar and then brownie sundaes. My sister Lisa made Brian the coolest dragon cake! All the kids loved it, except Brian. Like the cupcake on his birthday, he didn't want anything to do with the cake. I'm sure he'll think differently about cake and frosting next year, but this year he didn't like it. We also had a rocket pinata that the other kids loved, but it scared Brian when Ben helped him hit it. Again, next year he should have a better time. Thanks to everyone who came and for the presents to Brian!

Happy 1st Birthday!

What a difference a year makes! We have loved having Brian in our family for the past year. It flew by! From 3 pounds 3 ounces to 24+ pounds, a lot has happened for our little buddy in one year. He has grown and developed and is catching up to where he should be. He's moving all over the place, pulling himself up onto everything, and getting into everything he's not supposed to. :o) But we can't complain- he is healthy and happy and we love him so much. We had a little celebration for his birthday last night just the 3 of us and got him a cupcake which he hated (I'm sure that won't last long!), but Ben enjoyed it. His birthday party will be this Sunday with family and friends. We'll see if he likes his cake then- I'm sure his cousins will help him if he doesn't eat it. More pictures to come- we still have to take his last shoe picture. :o)

New jammies

Sleep

This past week was so hot here! (well, for Washington anyways- it did get up to the low 90's) Since no one has air conditioning, it was pretty miserable in our house, getting up to 86 degrees inside. Along with teething and being too hot, Brian was not happy and his sleep was all messed up. It would take us forever to get him down for a nap or to bed at night. A few times we had to strip him down to just a diaper so he'd be cool enough to sleep. A few other times we had to lay him in front of the fan and he'd finally fall asleep. Today it's back to gray skies and drizzle, but it's supposed to get back into the 70's the rest of the week. Anything below 85 sounds great to me! :o) I'm just happy summer is finally here! Here are some funny pictures of Brian sleeping this past week:

On the floor of his room in front of the fan- I love his hair sticking up in the air from the wind

Down at the bottom of his bed holding on to the bumper around his crib

This was yesterday before church- he fell asleep sitting up! We moved him to laying down, but had to get a picture first. :o) Ever since he's discovered he can move and sit up on his own, putting him down for a nap has become more difficult because he immediately sits up in his bed and starts crawling around.

Don't mind the pink Popple in his bed.... that was given to me about 10 years ago, but he likes to play with the tail of it and it kept him from crying too much in his bed. :o) I used to love those Popples as a kid, so when they came out with them again, my friend had to get me one