Cole's 1st Birthday Party

We had Cole's birthday party today! Mommy wasn't thinking and totally forgot that this weekend was Memorial Day weekend! But we had a good time! We went to the park and Ms. Carolyn, Uncle Tommy, Aunt Nicole, Ashlea and Kelly all came to celebrate with us! Thank you all SOOOOO much for coming!! We had a picnic lunch of sandwiches, chips and soda and then played for a little bit before opening presents and having some cake. The red on the picnic blanket came out more pink than red...but oh well! LOL! After cake, Cole was pretty much done for, so we packed up, said goodbye and headed home for a nap! :-) It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun!

Eating lunch!
Ryan the Cow
The truck from Ms. Carolyn!
Learning farm from mommy, daddy and brother
Cell phone from Grandma Judy
Reading the card from Ashlea and Kelly
Waiting for cake!
The smash cake!
It was a little too windy to get the candle to stay lit
Ryan eating cake
Starting to demolish the bear
Kelly with his taco chips and cake! LOL!
Still working on it!

Yummy!
I don't want it to be gone!
Ms. Carolyn and Cole
Aunt Nicole, Uncle Tommy and Cole
Cole watching Kelly go down the slide.

Video of Cole eating his cake. :-)

Happy FIRST birthday COLE!!!!

Oh my dear baby Colton! I can't even believe how big you are!! You are walking and have even started RUNNING! You try to do everything big brother does, even if it means that you end up tail over tea kettle! :-) With a mouthful of teeth (14 at last count!) you eat just about anything and everything. And if Daddy is eating anything he'd better be prepared to share cause you are going to want it too! You are growing well, at 29.5 inches tall and 20.8lbs your getting taller...but your activeness is keeping your weight down. Dr. Bartlett thought you will hilarious at your appt! You just kept running back and forth! You also sat so nicely while he checked your ears, teeth and body. You did great until it was shots time. That you weren't so happy about. But you did good and only cried for a minute. You are pretty independent and know how to get your way! You can say mama, dada, bruh (brother), eat, uh oh, hi, baba (bottle) and duh (for Uncle Donnie). You LOVE LOVE LOVE to be outside whenever you can! We are so happy that it's getting warmer outside so we can be out in the sunshine! You are such a doll baby. I love you so much! Even when you are getting into everything (like the dishwasher soap!) you are such a wonderful boy and I couldn't ask for more!

All smiles before his cupcake!!

Ryan and Cole...I guess somewhere Ryan learned to bust out the peace sign for pictures.

Ryan reading the card he got for Cole to him.

Cole waiting for his cupcake!

"GIVE ME THE CUPCAKE!!!"

Digging in!

All my boys. I love how Cole is looking at Ryan, like he's going to try to steal his food!

Just shoveling it in!

Still working on it!

Isn't he so cute...even covered in frosting!

PS...please excuse the pictures...they suck but since my camera died we had to use a disposable...BOO!! His real party is this Saturday and I promise there will be better pictures. My boys did amazing considering the circumstances and I just love them SO much!

Ryan's 5th birthday

This is Ryan's birthday cake. He was SO happy that Lightening McQueen and Sally were on it! :-)







Here he is being FIVE and loving it!










Blowing out his candles!


Ryan had a fabulous birthday. He got a guitar from his Grandma Nettie and Grandpa Tom and when he opened it he said "THIS ROCKS!" and proceeded to sing his "A rock and a roll" song. :-) He'll be famous some day! We got him Shrek 3 and a new outfit, Uncle Bryan and Aunt Jessi got him new jammies and a cool mini magnadoodle and a book on how to draw animals. Grandma and Grandpa also got him a new outfit for church that he will get to show off tomorrow! :-) So he had a great day and was very happy. Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes!