Liam's first birthday celebration

Liam has been off and on sick the whole month of January...it is getting "ridiculous" as Collin says. That being said, we kept his first birthday low key. These pictures are actually from the day after his birthday (the 19th is his actual birthday), but he was super sick that day, so we celebrated the next day. This outfit is SOOO cute. This picture doesn't do it justice, but it's an outfit he got from his Auntie Kari. SO snuggly.

We got to see Liam eat cake.... which unlike Collin (who had NEVER even had sugar before his first birthday), Liam had actually already tried bits and pieces of cake.

So, I made cake pops to make it more interesting. He didn't eat a ton of them...

But that may have been because he was not feeling well.

Lately his favorite thing is to play with these curtains in our living room. He likes to run in between them, etc.

Collin of course wanted to "help" him open his presents.

He got some fun things like some fun blocks, a little boat, a car, and some noise making toys of course.

He has been walking for 2 months now, so no big milestone there. Trying to get off the nursing thing? That is still a work in progress. We have regressed in a big way since being sick. He LOVES nursing. He will have a hard adjustment I'm afraid...

Happy birthday Liam! We are SO glad you are in our family!

Collin turns two!

Last Saturday, Collin turned two. Since he is SUCH a fan of tractors lately, I made him a tractor cake. I was actually quite pleased with how it turned out, considering the random directions (very little) and picture I tried to replicate. True success was when Collin yelled TRACTOR CAKE about a zillion times that day :)

For his birthday, he got this little car I found at a yard sale. He is a fan.

We met some of my family in Brigham City at the community pool there. Oh my heavens Collin had such a blast on this little slide. ..

So much so I made him put on a life jacket because I started getting nervous.

He went down this slide NUMEROUS times and since he could go up the stairs himself, he was "all that" and a bag of chips.

Sadee went down the big waterslide. I did too, hollering the whole way. I guess it has been awhile since I have been down a waterslide.

Ava liked to go with her daddy.

After swimming, we treated everyone to pizza and breadsticks at Pizza Hut.

Collin even ate some pizza, YEAH!

After pizza, we went to the park to eat cake and open presents. Sadee and Ava of course loved this part.

We sang.

Sadly, the cake eating wasn't QUITE as intense last year (I'm not sure if you remember, but he POUNDED that piece of cake on his one year birthday), so I guess he is too used to eating sweets, shame on his mama....but he loves black licorice.

Finally, go to it Collin!

Now Collin fully knows what "presents" are. He got quite a few, but his favorites were the cars and dinosaurs from Sadee and Ava and the "fire truck" given to him by grandma.

Wow, what is in here?

Thanks to everyone for helping Collin celebrate entering the world of terrible twos! The GREAT news is that at his 2 year check up this week, he was finally on the chart for weight, the 1th percentile, but still :) YEAH! First time ever Collin! We love you!

Collin's First Birthday--Idaho style

For Collin's first birthday, we wanted to celebrate it low key-with just family. Most of my family lives in Idaho, so that meant taking a couple of days off work in the middle of the week, and heading up to Idaho for the celebration. Part one of the celebration including riding his first horse, otherwise known as Grandpa.

He thought he was SO cool....

The poor horsey suffered some back pain, so thanks Grandpa for playing horsey!

Part 2 included his Baby Cougar (GO BYU!) cake. Now, granted, Collin had tried a little bit of cake, a little bit of whipped cream, and even ice cream before this, but this was his first all-encompassing "sugar" experience.

We had Sadee and Ava help us blow out his one candle. Look at the anticipation!

Never in all my days have I seen a one-year-old attack the cake with free abandon. I wish our camera video allowed us to post the video. It was hilarious.

Collin just kept getting the huge piece of cake and stuffing it in his face.

To see the look of utter joy and laughter on my son's face was truly a delight for me. Maybe we need to celebrate first birthdays more often?

Granted the piece of cake wasn't that huge, but Collin basically downed THE ENTIRE THING. He just kept eating, and going, and eating...

This is great fun mom!

I love squishing the frosting in my fingers!

Part 3 included opening some gifts. Sadee and Ava were GREAT help in this department.

He got some wooden blocks, and this stuffed Iguana, now I have nicknamed Igo. He LOVES this thing. He wrestles it to the ground. Either that or he is giving it loves.

Grandma Johnson gavef him these barnyard animals that make noise. ALSO loved by Collin.

Thanks so much Idaho gang for helping Collin celebrate his birthday---Idaho style.