1 YEAR OLD!

   

"SOOOO BIG!"

     Jeffrey is one year old today! He has amazed us, opened our hearts and taught us so much about ourselves and each other in this time. I did not expect the whirl wind of emotions surrounding this momentous birthday. It is possible that he will be our only child. I can't help but be emotional about it, but want to celebrate him growing, becoming more independent and being such a healthy, happy little guy! I feel so lucky and so proud to call him my son. Thanks to God for this gift. Happy birthday, Jeffrey and many, many more!

 

 Buddies

 Lovin' the ball pit!

Celebrating his friend's 1st birthday

     Jeffrey has gained so much independence in the last couple of months. He loves to play with his friends, wave at strangers and flirt at the grocery store. He has a sense of humor with his bear growls, pig oinks, timing of Mamas and Daddas. He likes to roll over and wait to be tickled, pull up on us while standing and laughs with pride. We have a lot of fun together!

 

 This is the first walking he's done, on his birthday, with a friend's toy, during a cul-de-sac play date!

 He was very proud

 Birthday cake!

He had a fantastic day!



A BIG Month!

We have a big month ahead of us! March is full of happy celebrations in this family!
Jeffrey's birthday is one week from today. We have a fun family party planned to celebrate our little miracle. Our 7th anniversary and St. Patrick's Day is on the 17th.

 This cutie makes lots of friends at the grocery store!

Quick trip to the zoo with Gigi one morning

 Post-bath pajama escapee

Happy baby after nap!

J's new favorite place, looking out at Lacey

Love this little man!

 

 

My Busy, Busy Valentine

     We were busy, busy Valentines this weekend. Friday, we exchanged cards and sweet gifts. We had a nice steak dinner at home. Saturday, we met up with Lainey's 9th birthday party at Magik Theater to see Skippy John Jones. Jeffrey was incredible through the whole play and watched the actors and our faces the whole time. We had cupcakes and swung on the swings at the park afterward.

 

 We walked around La Villita and the River Walk a while

We had dinner at the new Liberty Bar.

Sunday we had another birthday celebration with Grayson for his first birthday. Here are Jeffrey and some of his girl friends at the party.

11 Months Old!

      Jeffrey is ELEVEN months old! People notice what a sweet baby he is and he really is. We are very lucky. He's perfectly perfect, even when he's not. He has such empathy for others. He cries when he sees one of his friends crying and picks up on feelings adults are having too. He is definitely learning how to identify and respond to feelings.

He's pointing at everything now and mumbling more and more...

 



     We've been busy with play dates, library and hanging out with Daddy on the weekend. This past weekend, Jeffrey went to his first rodeo. I only took one picture because we were just enjoying everything, people watching and overstimulated, I guess. We saw all kinds of animals. I think Jeffrey liked the chicks best. The owl was my favorite! We watched dock dogs, swine races and even saw a monkey show. Jeffrey was not happy about being in his car seat on the way home, but also learned he could snort like a pig at the time. He would forget he was fussing and snort, snort, then cry, snort, cry. It made us laugh so hard!

     Everyone says it's just mommy brain, but woah-I don't even know where apostrophes go sometimes nowadays! It's embarrassing! There are too many examples for me to even write about!
     I've been deep cleaning the house this week. It's really hard with a crawler right behind you! He's tried to stand up using my back while I'm on my hands and knees, slipped in wet spots on the floor, climbed OUT of the bathtub, (where I thought I had him safely playing in his inflatable baby bath,) put his hand in one toilet and pulled up on the other, (I immediately washed his hands well each time!) Ewww! I installed the toilet lock, cabinet locks and fireplace cushion too. He's everywhere! Makes it hard to clean, but I do love having him as my buddy!
     Right now, he's chasing Charlie cat around the living room. He's fast, but not that fast!

    

 First grilled cheese sandwich!

 Favorite place to get things down and play while I'm in the kitchen!

 Playing with his farm-he likes to put anything and everything in the top or in the hay chute

 Reading in the corner

 "Helping" me do the dishes after breakfast