My baby turns 1!

Our sweet baby boy turned one on the 8th, and we had a great family party to celebrate. Cole, like his daddy, loves to be the center of attention so he was loving every minute. I loved having my family there to share it with and seeing Cole dig into that birthday cake. It was such a special day for us!

Getting ready to open presents!
Cole's new swing from Grandma and Grandpa! Can't wait to set that thing up, he's going to love it.

A new dirt digging tool.

After the wonderful presents, it was time for cake! We stripped down to diaper and plunked him in the kitchen. He needed some help from his cousins to get the candle blown out, but he had no problem figuring out what to do with the cake....

I don't think he knew that he could eat it at first, he just grabbed handfuls and then started flapping his hands all over and slapping the poor cake! It was going EVERYWHERE. I just found some more on my kitchen cabinets this morning. But it was so worth it to see him having so much fun!!

Oh, this stuff is edible?? Why didn't you say so!

The cake was demolished, I think half of it was on the floor, a fourth on his lap/body and a fourth in his mouth. It was great fun.

What a classic face.


Here's what it looked like towards the end. My little nephews were so cute, they couldn't believe how messy Cole was!

It was such a wonderful day to get to spend with our Morrill family. We are looking forward to celebrating with our Oregon family next weekend!

The Best Year of Our Life

Happy Birthday sweet baby Cole! We love our little guy more than words can say. What a year it's been for us! Exactly 365 days ago, I was sitting on a bed in a hospital gown with this little stranger in my arms, and I just could not stop staring at his beautiful, perfect little face or fingers or toes. Your definition of Love just completely changes. And we've loved every minute. Even the hard parts, which also changed my definition of what hard is, are worth it in retrospect because it makes the sweet even sweeter. Anyway, I'm feeling nostalgic tonight as I think of my first year as a parent and just so grateful that we were given such a fun, easy-going, adorable person to be our son.

I asked my cousin Jill to take Cole's one-year pics, and we absolutely love how they turned out. She took them at one of our favorite places, Lagoon Trail. You'll notice in some of the pics that there was cotton flying around everywhere, it was kind of cool. I'll post his b-day blog soon, I just wanted to get these pictures on.

We love you baby Cole!