1 Year Old

Colin,

Our sweet little peanut, it's hard to believe you are already a year old.  You have been an absolute joy and we love you more than you will ever know.  You have a wonderful laid back personality and a smile that lights up a room. 

You decided to come on your own time and it was such a blessing even if you chose the wee hours of the morning.

Meeting your daddy

Meeting your big brother.

Only a few hours old.

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Our sweet 1 year old boy

I didn't get too many pictures because you kept pulling the sticker off.

So I had to put it on your bottom :)

You have been a wonderful addition to our lives.  You have a great heart and already show concern for others.  You love to play with trucks, eat, and play with your water table.  You really enjoy being outside and trying to wrestle with your brother.  You use the words "mama" and "dada" frequently and occasionally say "bawl".  You have eight teeth and two more on the way.  Your one year old appointment went great and you are 31 inches long and weigh 23.8 lbs.  You mainly sleep through the night but are an early riser, usually up by 6:00am!  You have a big stuffed Curious George that you love to cuddle with.  You are becoming quite that climber, which makes your mom a little nervous with our tile floors!  You are an absolute joy and our first year together has been wonderful and we can't wait for many, many more!

Colin's 1st Birthday!

Saturday was officially Colin's 1st Birthday! When he woke up he crawled into Liam's room and got up on his bed.  Anytime Liam is not awake before Colin, Colin is all about finding his brother first thing.  We do our best to keep him out until we hear Liam stirring though.  Anyway, we let him open a couple gifts right away.

He got a couple of books. "My Monster Mama Loves Me So" and "Happy Birthday, Little Pookie"  We did a little reading.

Chris and I got the kids dressed and ready for the day and they spent the morning with G and G Casson so we could finish prepping for the party (cleaning, baking, yard-work, and multiple runs to Safeway).

At 4PM the festivities began!  Colin had a monster themed birthday which was a lot of fun for me!  Check out the fruit monster.

Monster cupcakes

The kids immediately gathered in Liam's room and started playing

Cason and Colin

Uncle Matt was on duty but he stopped by to wish Colin a Happy Birthday.

Colin joined right in with the kids.  It was pretty neat to see because sometimes in larger crowds he will shy away a little but not on his Birthday!

Colin and his Birthday balloon

Eventually, the kiddos made their way outside and they all seemed to LOVE the sandbox.

Birthday boy with his monster shirt

Colin with his presents

Colin wasn't too interested in opening presents but once he saw a new toy he was ready to play.

Liam and Minuet in deep discussion

Colin did tear at a couple of presents

After Colin opened gifts all the kiddos got to open their monster bags, complete with a mini monster plush, candy, monster bubbles, and a pencil.

Then it was time for the birthday cake.

I found a monster fork and had to get it for Colin.  He was very proper and ate his cake with the monster fork the whole time.

Happy little guy

I did a pretty terrible job of getting a picture of Colin with all his guest but here are a few. 

Colin and Tyra

Emily and Aunt Sadie

Riding on one of his birthday presents from G and G Snay

Loves playing trucks

Great Grandma finally had an opportunity to hold Colin once he needed a bottle.

Grandpa and Colin

After cake G and G Casson pulled out Colin's birthday gift, a pirate ship water table, it was a big hit with all the kiddos!

Colin was having a blast outside with the kids and the water table.  He kept getting really excited and would get a HUGE smile on his face.  I kept missing it but I finally got this picture and I LOVE it!

Some of our guests, Ronnie, Brooke, Aunt Trudi, Grandma and Grandma.

Mama and Dada with the birthday boy

Colin and daddy

Mommy and her sweet one year old!

The next day we put together Colin's new ride.  He seems to enjoy it

Overall, Colin's 1st Birthday was a success!  We all had a great day, thanks to all that came to celebrate and those that sent our sweet boy birthday love.