K.P.'s First Birthday!!!

I can't believe my little man is 1!!! His birthday was Monday but we had a great big BBQ to celebrate on Sunday. I had planned everything outside so I had been pretty worried about the weather cooperating. It turned out to be a BEAUTIFUL day. Seriously, you could not have asked for better weather. It was a perfect blue sky. Not too hot and not too cold. I had also rented a bouncy castle (I know..I know..I went overboard...) and it was a big hit too!

We had a great turn out. Friends and family came from near and far to help us celebrate. I am really thankful to have such wonderful friends and family to help share the special day. And a great day it was. Good food...good company...way too many presents :)

As for pictures, I was so busy running around that I handed off picture duties to my mom and a couple of friends. I was able to capture a couple of pictures (see below) but I failed miserably at actually getting any good ones.

For some great pictures check out Nanny Jennifer's blog here. She has a lot more than I do (and a lot better).

Jennifer's sister Lara also took some great pictures. You can check them out here.

Here are the few that I took...

K.P.'s birthday cake!

K.P. playing with his soccer ball.

Who knows what he was doing to make me take this picture...

K.P. chasing Kendra and the lawn mower that Aunt Allison gave him. On a side note: Aunt Allison was not able to come in town for the party but earlier in the week she told me that if she won the lottery that week then she would be there for the party with a live pony as a gift to K.P. Although I would have loved Allison to be there (and to have won the lottery), I would not have been thrilled with a pony! ha ha ha

Grandma and Grandpa Slania bought the cutest birthday cowboy t-shirt for K.P. and they had a "1" put on the back since it was his first birthday. Too cute!

Andrew and I got K.P. a sandbox for his birthday. He LOVED it.

As you can see, all of the kids loved it.

K.P. in front of his bouncy castle (which he hated...)

K.P. at the end of the day. A very tired little boy...

Picture with Nanny Jennifer on Monday morning, K.P.'s actual birthday.

Ok, I look absolutely HORRIBLE in this picture (my right eye was really hurting me --see how it is half closed) and I was wearing my glasses so I had no eye make-up on, etc. Not to mention K.P. decided to wake up at 5 that morning and I was just exhausted. However, it was his birthday and I wanted to get a picture. He looks so cute. He was laughing and smiling. I hate that I ruined the pic. ha ha ha

More Sand Box pics...

A trip to the Children's Museum.

About a month or so ago I took K.P. to the children's museum. When we arrived I learned that the toddler section was closed for maintenance so I was pretty bummed. However, K.P. didn't seem to mind playing around all the other exhibits. Here are a couple of cute pictures.

They have a whole grocery store with a produce section. It is really neat! K.P. kept putting all of the plastic veggies in his mouth. He really liked the cauliflower!I tried not to think about how many kids did the exact same thing before him....yuck.

One of the exhibits had a great ball pit with all sorts of fun balls to play with. He really liked playing with all of the balls but I walked away for a second to grab something out of the stroller and the poor thing thought I left him (note the last 2 crying pictures). Too funny.

Eating Spaghetti!

As K.P. is getting closer to 1 (next week!) we have really been letting him eat whatever he wants. Last week I gave him a plate of spaghetti! Here are the results. ..

The Holidays: Part 2

The holidays are always such a busy but wonderful time. First, there are all of the holiday parties and gatherings leading up to Christmas and then there is actual Christmas Day. We are blessed to have such wonderful families to spend Christmas with. With all of our families in the Houston area, it makes it even easier to spend quality time with all.

This year, we spent Christmas Eve with Grandma and Grandpa Slania and Uncle Jacob. On Christmas Day we went to Granddaddy's for lunch with the Clarks and then we headed back over to Nana and PawPaw's for Christmas with Alan, Jennifer and Georgia. It is a lot of going going going but it is all fun. We had a very merry Christmas this year!

Here are some pictures of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.



Family pictures after church with the Slanias.


K.P. opening a present.

It's a bat! Note that Dad is trying to get him to bat left-handed.

Uncle Jacob helping K.P. open his presents!

K.P. got a baseball glove to go with his bat!

On Christmas Day we have lunch at Granddaddy's with the Clarks: Russell, Brenda, Stewart, Elizabeth, Josh and Ainsley.

Ainsley and Georgia playing.

K.P., Ainsley and Georgia playing. Yes, K.P. has the same reindeer sweater on as at the Slania Christmas Brunch. I don't care what you all think, I still think it is cute!

Me & K.P., Elizabeth & Ainsley and Jennifer and Georgia.

Family portrait:)

After lunch at Granddaddy's we headed over to Nana and PawPaw's for Christmas where we opened presents with Nana, PawPaw, Alan, Jennifer and Georgia.

Nana and PawPaw bought K.P. and Georgia mini 4-wheelers. K.P. still doesn't quite know how to make it go but Georgia learned right away!

Bedtime!