Tyler's 1st Birthday Party!!!

Tyler is one year old! Once again...I know I say this every month...but I can't believe it! He is such a blessing and brings so much joy to our entire family. He is such a good baby and has so much love to share! I love every minute with him and love seeing his personality shine through more each day. We had his birthday at JW Tumbles and it was a BLAST!

Mommy, this place is AMAZING!!

This kid LOVES playing with balls! Wish this picture would have come out better...

Don't worry brudder...I gotcha

Weee!!

What's going on over there?

Saying hi to Brooke...aren't her pigtails the cutest?!

And, I wish this picture would have come out better! These are a collection from our nice camera, our everyday camera and my Mom's camera. One of the reasons it's taken me so long to post pictures from the party!

Cheese!

And the droll down the shirt begins...

Happy Birthday to you!!

This stuff is tasty!

He holds his arm out straight and makes a funny noise to tell us when he wants something. The Grandma's decided to join him :)

I was leaning over talking to Tyler really close to his face and he thought I might want a bite so shoved his icing hands in my mouth! It was hilarious.

Wait a second...who put this polka dot hat on my head?? Seriously Mom...polka dots for a boy?

Thanks for the help Tootsie :)

Right after we took his party hat off, he rubbed his hands in his hair...he looked like Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future!!

Happy Birthday Tyler!!!!

Walking down the red carpet...Paige had no problem with this

The gang! Well...the ones who we could get in the picture :)

Pearl, Danielle, me and Sarah...love these girls!

Paige the rock climber

Peek-a-boo!

Fat Tuesday

Jerm's office had a Fat Tuesday party (any reason to "celebrate", right?) so me and the kiddos joined in the fun. Kadee Sweeney called that day and was in town so she stopped by to say hi!

Halo, Tyler and Paige (we're still working on her fake smile...ha!)

She loves Tyler so much!

Me and Kadee striking a back to back pose just to be cheesey :)

Lunch with the whole fam!

The whole family came in town for Tyler's first birthday party! Todd and Clela snuck in a day early to get a little loving on Thursday and my parents landed Friday around noon. We all met met up by Jerm's work to grab some lunch. We only had one spilled drink so with 4 kiddos and 9 adults, that's not too bad!

Tyler, Tootsie and Grammie

It's a Paige sandwich!

Grandma's and their girls

Pappy with his grandsons

Welcome Home!

What a sweet surprise me and Tyler came home to. A welcome home Mommy and Tyler sign on the front door! And, Jeromy TOTALLY surprised me and had the house super clean (even the toilets!!) and had a few candles lit around the house. What a sweetie pie!!! I really missed him and Paigey and we were glad to be home :)

Tyler's Boo Boo

I still can't even believe that this happened! Tyler was walking around in socks (without grippers)...slipped and fell in the bathroom...and cut his eye on the bathtub! :( Poor, poor baby. It happened in my parents bathroom in Texas, which might seem a little more stressful that it happened there, but it actually was just the opposite. It was so nice to have my Mom and Dad there to help and I'm glad Paige wasn't there because I think it might have freaked her out. We got right in the hospital and the staff was great.

Here we are waiting to see the doc

Tyler did SO well with the stitches. I was really nervous and it went as smooth as it possibly could. They put numbing medicine on it and it worked wonders. He didn't feel a thing and just sucked on his passy and really didn't seem to be bothered! Thank GOD! Here's the after pictures. POOR BABY!!!

Surprise!

What a fun surprise!! Jennifer and Rich got married at the justice of the peace and had a celebration a few weeks later. I told her I wasn't going to be able to make it but pulled it off (with some help and a few air miles from Wally Pop...thanks Dad!!) and surprised her!! She had the girls over the night before to help with all the final details so I went over then and surprised her! How fun!!!

Meredith, me, Jennifer and Sarah

Me and Mrs. Crossley!

Sarah, Sara and me (yes, that's right I have even more best buddies named Sara!)

A little out of order...but here's all the girls the night before getting all the final details together.

Congrats to Jennifer and Rich!!