Josiah's 1st Birthday Party!

Saturday night we had Josiah's 1st Birthday Party! It was so much fun! Josiah loves animals so we did a safari/jungle animal theme and I think it turned out adorable!

My mom and I decorated the lion cupcakes and had so much fun doing it!
And my sweet mom made his cake too! She did an awesome job...so cute!
Family pic with the birthday man himself! He was so enthralled by all the hype we couldn't get him to look at the camera!We played a game where some of the kids at the party got to choose an adult to chug a baby bottle full of coke. Whoever chugged the bottle and burped the fastest was the winner. Problem was I used slow flow nipples and we could hardly even get an ounce out...it was pretty funny! Cake Time!Jay's encouraging him to dig in and I am in the process of trying to show him how it's done! I may have eaten more of his cake then he did! He wasn't real sure what to do with it at first...

Then he realized it was real fun to play with... As you can tell by the super messy tray and relatively clean face...he preferred playing with it over eating it! Opening presents! New wagon from Yaya and Pappa Bear! Josiah loves this! Playing with his Kiddijamz music studio/mixing table, one of the gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Blackburn...this gift was a really big hit with the kids at the party!

(side note: I don't have a pic of Jay's parents b/c they are on his mom's camera and she has been dealing with her dad being in the hospital this week. Please say a prayer for Jay's Papa to recover fully and quickly.) Playing with more new toys!

These were his favorite things to play with...he opened these as part of an instrument set towards the beginning of gifts and carried them around for the rest of the party...and since the party he still carries them around banging on any surface that he can find! Future drummer in the making?!

After watching us sweep up the deck after cake, Josiah decided to bring the broom inside and sweep in there too!
Such a big helper...wants to help even on his big day!

We had such a blast celebrating our little man's 1st year of life! He had fun too and was his usual happy and charming self making the event all the more fun!

Our baby boy is 1 today!

Our sweet Josiah turns ONE today...actually tonight at 11:30pm! One year ago today...at this time of 7:23 am we were on our way to the hospital so excited our sweet boy was about to be in our arms. And after 14 hrs of labor...he was! We were immediately in love with the most perfect little angel we'd ever laid eyes on and today I can say assuredly that our overwhelming love for him one yr ago today has only multiplied by thousands each day since! We thank and praise you God for the precious gift of Josiah! This morning I made him a special birthday breakfast...his first french toast and I even put a little powdered sugar on it...his first small taste of sugar. I was sure he was going to devour it!
Instead he looked at it strangely...I broke it into bite size pieces and coaxed him to take a bite...he spit it out and looked at it...put it back in his mouth and ate maybe one or two more bites and decided it was not what he wanted! I even tried putting a little syrup on it...still a no go. It was some GOOD french toast too...Jay and I ate it up! We then tried oatmeal...nope! So cheerios it was...and our boy was happy. Seriously what can cheerios not fix for this boy?! Lately it is so hard to get him to eat anything besides cheerios at breakfast...I think he has learned that if he will hold out and boycott the other food offered first (even when he normally likes that food)...cheerios will come!

Oh...did I mention that Josiah was so excited about his birthday that he decided to start celebrating it about 2 hrs early this morning?! =)

Can't wait till his 1st bday party tomorrow...pics to come!

Happy 1st Birthday Josiah!

Mommy and Daddy love you SO much!

Quick Trip to Abilene

This weekend we made a quick trip to Abilene to see my sister and watch her team play. She is the assistant v-ball coach at ACU and we have never seen her in action as a coach so we decided a visit was in order! Plus I needed to see that cute baby bump in person! She is such a cute pregers! I got to feel little Ava moving around and it made me so excited for her to get here...my first neice! Linds doesn't get to see Josiah much and can't make it to his 1st bday part cause of her v-ball schedule so it was much needed bonding time for him and his aunt Linds! I didn't get a picture of Josiah and his Uncle JJ unfortunately but Josiah was so partial to him the whole wknd...he followed him around the house and cried when Jason left for work. Linds was a little jealous!
As you can see in the following pictures...the snack trap is back! We gave in and gave it to him while we were traveling because it makes him happy in the car and when he is off his schedule...cheerios can almost always do the trick when he is fussy but cheerios in the snack trap is a sure bet!

Playing in the colosseum after the match was over!

He was running all over the court and having a ball!

The UT jacket was a result of going unprepared to freezing Abilene! I checked the weather before I packed but an unexpected cold front came through after so I didn't pack any jackets for him and no long sleeves and only sandals for me. You'd think after living in Abilene for 4 yrs I would have known better! I was able to borrow Lindsey's clothes but we had to make a quick run and get Josiah something warmer!

We had a great time!

Once again....blogger won't let me upload my video! GRRRR!

11 and a half months and so much fun!

Our big boy actually turned 11 months while we were on our cruise. He turns one in less than two wks...I can't believe it! I've got his party pretty much planned and can't wait to see him covered in cake!

He is just so much fun now...every new stage just keeps getting better and better! He started really walking just before our cruise at about 10 1/2 months...and now he is running! He is like the tazmanian devil whirling through the house now. I can't believe how the area of mess I have to pick up has exploded now that can walk and carry items all over the house. I find stuff in every room and corner he can squeeze into!

He has learned to clap and stomp to "If you're happy and you know it" and if you ad lib high fives he will do those too! Blowing kisses and waving bye bye is definitely in his repertoire of skills now but he will only do those when he feels like it. He is a little boy with a mind of his own! He has 7 teeth and is working on 8 and 9 I think. He plays the drop it and watch you pick it up game with anyone who he can pull it off on and says "uh-oh" when he drops something!

He is still busy busy! One day I was in the kitchen and I turned around and found this...I have no idea how he got up there and he has since done it a few times but I have yet to see him do it! He also has this weird fascination with NASA, seriously anytime Jay has the NASA channel on...Josiah is glued to it...future astronaut?!

He is an all or nothing kind of guy...he doesn't just play with his toys he has to be IN his toys!

We tried the snack trap for about a week. But as you can see in picture below instead of reaching in and pulling one cheerio out at a time he would stick his whole hand in there and walk around for hours if we'd allow it with his snack trap on one hand and his lovey(blanky) on the other. Cheerios would fall out everywhere and a meltdown would ensue when we tried to take it off his hand...bye bye snack trap!

Josiah loves the park! I've taken him to one by our house a few times but it's hard to get pics when I'm by myself and chasing him around. YaYa and I took him to the park across the street from her house the other night, it had rained earlier that day so it was kind of wet and muddy...but he had a blast and we got some cute pics!
Peek-a-boo!

Hilarious expression on his face!

Loves the slide!

Inside a little tunnel...it was full of wet bark and mud...that was the dirtiest he'd ever gotten and he was a little unsure of it for a minute but he then decided it was great fun!

Well, I tried to upload a cute video of him but it has been "uploading" for over 30 min. So I am thinking it's not gonna work!