October

     We have had a busy month of pumpkin patches, illness, house hunting, house disappointments and halloween festivities.  Yet I don't feel very interesting today so I'm mostly going to post pictures.

     We went to a different pumpkin patch than normal, with mom and Michelle, Hudson and Coco.  It was fun but a little confusing to navigate.

I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be a tree dude from Lord of the Rings.  So I took a picture for Matt. Notice Adrian at the bottom.

In the middle of the picture is a David Bowie chicken.  Check out his mane thing.  I'm not sure what he really is called but look at him!

At my parent's house, watching Sophie eat.  He just sat there and watched and she didn't care.  I stood there with him, don't worry.

Cuffed jeans on babies are to die for.

     In my last post I talked about how we were going to bid on a house; we lost the bid.  We had a different house that we bid on a couple weeks later which would have been perfect, but we lost that bid too.  So the search continues.  We have our eye on one right now that's right across from a park.  We are going to look into how much it will cost to make repairs before we put an offer in on it.

This is an adorable lion jacket I bought because I assumed it would be cold at the pumpkin patch.

     Matt and I went to Vala's pumpkin patch with some of our friends who go every year.  We had Matt's parents babysit Adrian because he is no fun in public right now.  He just wants to crawl around and eat whatever is on the floor.  I think he enjoyed being at his grandparent's house more anyway.  We only took a couple pictures and they aren't very good.  So no pictures for you.

     Yesterday was my birthday so my mom made a cake and Michelle decorated it.  It was beautiful and delicious!  Matt had to work so we are going out for my birthday tonight.  I keep seeing commercials for Olive Garden that look delicious so we might go there.  I'm not very adventurous.

     I finished Adrian's Halloween costume, which is Charlie Brown.  He looks so cute!  Tomorrow we are going to a nursing home with my MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group and the residents are going to pass out candy to the kids.  So at least he will get some use out of his costume.

Happy Halloween everyone!

1 year old

   

     Adrian is a year old!  As I always say, time has gone by so fast.  Here is what Adrian is like at a year old, and since I wrote a letter when he was born I figured maybe I could make it a yearly thing, at least for a few years.

Stats:
Height: 30 inches (50%)
Weight: 21 lbs 4 oz  (54%)
Head circ: 18.1 inches  (48%)

Abilities:

• Says "mama" "dada" and "yay!" and yesterday he said "ball" 
  
• Is eating entirely from the table
• Can follow directions
• Plays with toys, as opposed to just eating them

Likes:

• Bath time
• Music
• Balls
• Knocking towers down
• Throwing or pushing everything off of tables
• Food
• Exploring
• Sand

Dislikes:

• Being told "no"
• Loud noises
• Being put down or left alone
• When Matt or I leave the room

 

  Dear Adrian,

     

     A year ago we were in the hospital waiting for you to arrive. We were so happy to meet you!  I can't believe you are already a year old, but on the other hand I can't believe you haven't been in our lives for years.  You have grown and changed so much, and we have enjoyed every moment of it.  You are such a sweet, loving, curious little boy.  You always want to be with me and your dad, and you follow us everywhere.  Dare I say you are an easy baby? You are easy going and always smiling. So far there are no foods that you dislike; you eat everything we put on your plate. I am so glad that I get to stay home with you.  Have a wonderful year my sweet boy, I love you more than words can say!

Love, Mom

Now that I am all caught up I should be writing more regularly.  Sorry for all the delays.  In case you missed it, I wrote a post yesterday about Adrian's party and the smash cake video is at the end.  Here's to another wonderful year!

Here are his monthly pictures from start to finish:

Adrian's first birthday; ombre blue whale party

     Adrian is one year old!  I'll do his one year picture post tomorrow.  Here is his birthday party though.  It is a blue ombre whale theme.  I had a lot of fun planning this party but I don't think I'll go all out very often.    I don't have any pictures of the actual party, I'll have to beg them from the grandparents.  I do have pictures of the decorations, cakes and food.  So here you go:

(The smash cake video is at the end)

Sign I made.  Matt made templates of the banner pieces and whales for me.

Present table

Banner I made with streamers.  I taped each of them on a string while watching Supernatural reruns.  

I made all of the tissue paper pom poms myself.

Matt promised this would be teal.  He lied.  This is raspberry lemonade kool-aide and sprite.  He should have added lemonade to it.  It was still good though.

Smash cake

I made this cake.

Awesome cake made by Michelle!

Cucumber sandwiches

Chicken salad sandwiches

The kids got different favors since they were all different ages.  Most of them got goldfish crackers, they all got a beachball and some animals that squirt water.  Hudson got a baby book and Coco got bugs.

I got flustered and didn't get my regular camera out to take pictures.  Thank goodness my phone does a pretty good job.

     Matt had to work until half an hour after the party started, so my mom came and helped me.  Adrian refused to take a nap so he was exhausted and cranky at the party.  We opened presents and had cake, but we couldn't do the smash cake.  So here is a video of the smash cake as promised.  It didn't last very long, I think my laugh scared him.