Evan's 1st Birthday Party

{Don't worry people, I changed the details to ward off any blog stalker weirdos}

We celebrated Evan's 1st birthday with family & some of our sweet neighbor friends.  We had a "Lil Cupcake" theme with...well, cupcakes of course!  We are so grateful to all who came over to love on Evan and help us celebrate our special little guy! 

Family shot with the birthday boy!

Not sure why Owen's looking so grumpy here,

he was definitely having a blast at the party. 

I guess he was just having so much fun he didn't have time to stop and smile!

Evan wasn't sure what to think when we all started singing to him!

 But he quickly recovered & dove right into his cake!

 Evan getting a quick post-cake wash up in the sink from Noni & Grandpa

I had to copy my friend Cori, who posted these very same pics on her blog, but these are just too sweet to me not to post as well.  This picture is from last June at the beach when we were all pregnant with our little ones:

And then here we all are at Evan's birthday party a year (and just a bit) later:

(From L to R) 

Me & Evan, Sara & Marley, Cori & Cooper, Elisabeth & Madeline, Coco & Finn

LOVE YA'LL TO PIECES!!!

We have SUCH an AMAZING group of neighbors!  I wished we'd gotten a big group picture of everyone, but I didn't think to organize while everyone was there & plus we were missing a few as well.  Please know we love ya'll ALL {well, that was a big repetitive, but ya know what I mean...} and we are so blessed to have you in our lives! 

 Cori & Cooper

 Sara & Marley

With BeeBee!

Hehe, love Evan's expression here :) 

 Okay mama, no more pictures, please!

You got it love, that's a wrap!

Birthday Boy!!!

Goodness gracious, my baby is ONE! 
We had so much fun celebrating our birthday boy with our family and friends.  We started out Evan's birthday morning celebrating with just our family of 4.  Evan opened up his very first present, we had french toast "birthday cake", and had some sweet time together.  That evening we met the grandparents for what's quickly become a tradition in our family--a birthday ice cream outing :)  We had such a great day celebrating our birthday boy!

 French toast "birthday cake" yummy!

Goofy boy...

I see many more silly faces in this one's future,

he just doesn't like to have his picture taken!

 Birthday cutie sitting in his present from BeeBee & Pops,

his very own PBK chair, just like brother's! 

He loves it :)

 Being silly :)

Hooray for ice cream, he's definitely a fan!!!

 So excited about my NEW sandbox from Noni & Grandpa! 

The boys spend lots of time in this. 

Definitely the new favorite things to do in our backyard!

LOVE this picture!

 A picture of all 4 of us smiling AND looking at in the general direction of the camera , quite the rarity...

but TWO in a row?!?!...

Now that's almost unheard of!

Birthday party pictures are on their way, check back soon!

Evan's 11 months old!

As I type that title I stare for a minute in disbelief.  I can hardly believe that in a few short weeks, my little guy is going to be 1 year old.  We just brought this precious face home from the hospital! 

And then yesterday he took his first step. 

 AAAH!!! My sweet little Evan is growing up so fast! 

 He's eating everything in sight {we affectionately refer to him as a bottomless pit!}, standing for a few seconds at a time, as I already mentioned took 1 step yesterday {though I still feel it will be a bit before he's officially "walking"},  has 4 teeth & 1 more on it's way in. 

Just take a look at this sweet little 11 month old :)

And just becasue he's so stinkin' handsome, he's a pic of his big brother too :) 

Nevermind the super short haircut mama ended up having to give him because Mr. Moves just wouldn't stay still :P

Oh well, it's just hair...it will grow!

My goodness I'm SO blessed to be these boys' mama!

Beach Trip

We spent a glorious week at the beach in mid-June with Tony's parents. It was Evan's first trip to the beach & he had a great time playing in the waves & exploring the sand!

Owen had a blast too, showing little brother the ropes--running on the shore, building sandcastles in the sand, and playing in the waves. 

 One night we headed over to Pier Park to check out the amusement park there.  The boys had a blast jumping in the jump house, eating ice cream, & riding the airplane & hot air balloon carnival rides.

The highlight of Owen's night was doing the Bungy Trampoline--where he was harnessed in & got to jump sky high with the help of some bungee cords.  We were a little worried that he'd be scared, but Owen insisted he wouldn't be, and he was right...he LOVED it!

I also got some precious shots of the boys on the beach.  There's just something about little boys in seersucker, LOVE IT!

Got this great shot of the boys with Noni & Grandpa, too cute!

 As for pics of the 4 of us....well, I forgot to reset the focus settings on my camera so, unfortunately, we did not get a bunch of great shots as I had hoped.  This one just makes me laugh out loud though!  It's so great of everyone save the choke hold Owen has on Evan...oh, brotherly love! 

We had a SUCH a great week at the beach!  Owen's already asking when we're going back :)

 

Day out with Thomas

Recently Noni & Grandpa took us to Chattanooga for a

"Day out with Thomas"

It was such a fun day complete with a train ride, petting zoo, AND bounce houses--Owen was in absolute heaven!  He had such a fun time seeing Thomas in person & getting to ride on & explore a REAL train!  We had a wondeful time seeing Owen get so excited and a great time was had by all--many great memories were made that will not soon be forgotten!

ALL ABOARD!!!

Getting ready to board Thomas!