Silly String

So, last Sunday after all of Dylan's party guests left, I looked up on our kitchen counter and saw 10 cans of silly string! I had bought them with the intention of letting all the kids go nuts in the backyard! OOPS! Well, I have to say that Drew was more than happy to have all 10 cans just for us. I honestly don't know who had more fun, the adults or the kids! Here are some shots we got. My brother, Pete, his wife, Devin, my Grandma, my mom, our friends, Brooke and Dustin and Drew's buddy Luke and his daddy were all still here. We were spraying each other and it was so much fun. My Grandma and mom even got in on the fun! Grandma thought it was funny to get me! hmm...

We still have some on our porch and in the grass! Despite the rain and sprinklers!

Dylan was not impressed! He was beyond ready for a nap!

look at all that string!

Aunt Devin giving Drew more "ammo"!

a little help from Uncle Pete!

Dylan is 1!

WOW! Where has the time gone!? Dylan turned 1 yesterday. Drew and I played hookie and stayed at home with him to play all day! We had his party Sunday afternoon at home. We had our nearest and dearest over here to help us celebrate. It was monkey theme so I made him a monkey cake, everyone else got a #1 cake, and the party favors were "Monkey Muffins"--banana/butterscotch! YUM-O. We served burgers and dogs! It was a good 'ol backyard party! I hope all our guests had as much fun as we did. Dylan did an amazing job on his cake! There was nothing left to salvage when he was done with it!
I'm so excited and sad about him turning one. It closes a huge chapter in our lives, but opens so many more! Dylan isn't quite walking yet, but I don't think it will be long. Here are some pictures that my friend Brooke took for me at the party! Her wonderful boyfriend, Dustin did the video for us! Thanks guys!

opening presents....

monkey cake pre-Dylan!

"Happy Birthday to Dylan!"

knew exactly what to do!
went straight to bath after this and the floor had to be swept and mopped! so fun!

this time last year...

I thought I had about 2 weeks to go, but this picture was taken 2 days before Dylan was born! I went into labor the next day and he was born early the following morning. I was in labor for quite a few hours! Just wasn't sure it was labor! HA!
Now, here we are getting the house ready and making cakes for his 1st birthday party tomorrow. His actual birthday is Tuesday and Drew and I are staying home to be with him all day! I will miss that big belly as I will never have a baby in my tummy again. Our family is complete and we are so very blessed to have our 2 beautiful, healthy little boys. What adventures await us in the future?!

Uh-oh!

So, Dylan's new thing is to dangle his cup over the edge of his high chair after taking a huge gulp, then....
drops it to the floor and exclaims "uh-oh!"
It's freaking hilarious.
Milk drips out of his cup to the floor, and I still think it's pretty funny!

Easter...

We had a wonderful Easter with our families!
We had lunch, 1 egg hunt, and confetti eggs at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Then we headed to our house and had Mommy's family over for more food, another egg hunt and more confetti eggs! Drew loved the confetti eggs this year. He was cracking them on our dogs and himself! Dylan was not that impressed with any of it! He just wanted to chew on the eggs! I took over 200 pics and couldn't decide which 3-4 to put on the blog! SO, I made a slide show! ENJOY!
We hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend!

The Egg Thief!

Last weekend, we went to the boys' cousin Allison's birthday party. At the party, we had an egg hunt. I had gotten a basket for Dylan (just because!) and we took both boys' baskets.

I think the pictures speak for themselves!

ENJOY!!!!!! (I'm anxious to see if this happens again on Easter!)

"hmm...."

"Nobody saw that, right?!"

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny!

Craig's family's church had a Breakfast with the Easter Bunny last Saturday and we went and loved it! It was great. Just my kind of thing! Yummy pancakes, sausages, fruit. Dylan had breakfast before we left the house and we knew he would want a snack while we were there. We (actually Robert and Cathryn did it for me!) just quit all his daytime bottles the day before! So I was a little worried. I had to dress them in matching shirts and jeans. It's just something I like to do when there is a momentus occasion picture to be taken!!! We all enjoyed the pancakes, Dylan ate a whole one by himself! Then Drew and Daddy decorated a golden egg.

After that, we took some time to convince Drew to take a picture with the Easter Bunny. The catch was, Mommy had to be in the picture.

cute boy!