Little L's 1st Birthday

I just realized that I never blogged about L's first birthday! Yikes! I was so busy working on his video that it completely slipped my mind.

On his birthday we woke all the kids up before Matt went to work so that we could give him his present. (It was really hard to shop for a gift for him that we didn't already have in the house.)

He really liked it, and showed his gratitude to Dad.

During the day we did one of his favorite activities ... take a bath.

For dinner I planned his favorite meal, shell noodles and green peas with Alfredo sauce and dinosaur chicken nuggets. He scarfed them down and then got to enjoy his own cupcake.

 

Did have to tell him what to do with that cupcake!

 

He thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

And when your arms get too tired to pick it up ...

 

Just as I was finishing preparing dinner the Sister Missionaries stopped by to use the restroom and of course we invited them to stay for dinner. They got to enjoy my gourmet geared to a one-year-old birthday dinner! It was fun to have other people to celebrate with us.

12 Months

Videos and sickness

Below are a couple of videos for some specific people, but I'm sure everybody will enjoy them too.
Also, I know that we have had a significant birthday around here, but at least one family member has had some sort of illness back-to-back for the last month and a half, so I'm moving a little slow in getting birthday pictures and stories posted. Hang in there! I know you are all waiting on the edge of your seat. :-)

This first one is for Grandma Porter, she made a beautiful quilt for C for her 4th birthday, and here she is opening it up.

This one is for Aunt Jess, she and I had recently talked about teaching your kids to eat with a spoon. Here is L trying it out, however Jess, when you do it you don't have to do it "3rd child style" you know, without a bib, while standing at the coffee table over the brand new carpet. :-)