Frog & Water Birthday Party

Auntie Snack flew in for the par-tay as well as my parents who were joined with Speedy's parents and a great gathering of friends. We asked if anyone who felt so inclined to wear green. We had a wading pool, water table, sprinkle mat, and little sink for the kiddos to play with. The weather was perfect and Stinker had a blast.

Some of the kiddos

Some of Stinker's buds and their mamas

Snackie mixing the Mac

Mom and I decorated

Our finished product

So, I made my baby's first birthday cake with the help of our pastor's wife and it turned out too cute! We had green froggie jello jigglers, mac-n-cheese with cut up hot dogs, meat-cheese-n-crackers, and a veggie tray.

He also had his first taste of cake and he hasn't been the same since :) The party was short (2 hours) and sweet (with 30 people) and perfect. We felt so blessed by everyone who came.

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY STINKER!!

(a quick visit from grandpa and grandma g that morning)

We have a party planned for next week to celebrate with friends and family but on his actual birthday we wanted to do something special just the 3 of us, so I took the day off and we headed to the beach that afternoon when Speedy got home from work. We have taken Stinker to the beach many times but he has never been in the ocean water before so we thought it would be fun to dip his little toes in the water to celebrate his officially turning one. So we upgraded him to the next carseat, spun it to face forward and off we went!

(clearly he was thrilled about what we were going to do)

We drove to Del Mar visited the water and then ate dinner at Cafe Americana. It was a really fun simple memory. Stinker cried when his toes hit the water - its really loud by the water and it is "June gloom" so it was a bit chilly but we had fun anyway :)

Carlos does Vegas

(view from one of the rooms)

In honor of 'The Hangover' we affectionately nick-named Stinker "Carlos" for the weekend. Not your typical vegas trip, we started it off by getting into town Friday afternoon and picking up Olive Garden to bring to Speedy's grandmother's house. Then we checked into the Aria and met up with my parents. So went to Vegas to see grandma...check. See the parents...check. Hang out with the family CPA (and the reason we got to go since she gets rooms comped for being a regular gambler). As I said, not your typical Vegas trip :)

The guys placed bets on baseball and hockey while my mom and I shopped and took in a Cirque de Solei show "O". O was AWESOME! We filled one of our hotel bathroom sinks with ice to house the beer keg and coke for the jack daniels and we were good to go :)

Everyone was amazed at how much Carlos ate this weekend. Blueberries, bananas, eggs, avocados, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, apple juice, oatmeal, jars of baby food, he was either eating or sleeping it seemed. Carlos swam in a pool for the first time too! He loved it, he was splashing and laughing and kicking like crazy.

It was a quick Fri-Sun trip but really fun to get away.

Monkey See Monkey DO!

So fun to have a little copycat hanging around...he is picking out books from daddy's bookshelf

...Stinker is such a shoe fan, he loves his adidas shoes so naturally....he is trying on a pair of mommy's shoes

...one trip to ikea = one afternoon of assembling....he crawled over picked up a tool and got to work!