Look who's "1"

(4/22/09) Better late than never!! Here is the Birthday Boy! Party hat & all. It was a Curious George party... his nickname is "Monkey" so it only seemed fitting!

on 4/21/08: Esten was 4 days old & weighted 6# 7oz & was 19.5inches long.
on 4/20/09: Esten now weighs 19# 14.5 oz & is 28.5 inches long. They grow up too fast!

Anyway, since he will eat ANYTHING, he had pizza, loved it. Note the "happy feet;" I love when he does this. He crosses his feet a lot, especially when he is snugglin'.

He got some good old fashioned chair decor for the party.

And the cutest cake ever!! My sister-in-laws' sister decorated the cake for us. She does it as a hobby... loved it. This cake was so cute, no matter what went wrong, I was still in a good mood just because I was so stoked about the cake!!

And of course, he couldn't even wait for the candle to be lit before he already had his fingers in it!!

This picture cracks me up!! His facial expression is just crazy...

His Mamma Danielle is a major Longhorns fan; so, needless to say he is ready for the next game!! He loved the ball; actually, he loves ALL balls. As soon as he was walking, he would get the ball in front of him & kick it around the living room. He's always taking Brayden's foam baseballs & throwing them around.
His Lion walker from Mommy & Daddy; he couldn't wait to push it around & walk behind it.

He was fascinated with the money; I had to hide it from him four times before I finally put it in his Piggy Bank. He kept hunting it down to play with it!!

Sweet, Busy Boy!

(4/15/09) Esten loving his new book he got from his Great Grandma Pounds for his birthday!


(4/21/09) Snugglin' in bed with Daddy; he's very busy,but still lets us get our snuggle time in;-)

(4/16/09) We usually keep the gate closed on the playroom because that's where all of Brayden & Adria's toys are, so.... on the off chance that the gate gets left open, Esten makes a Bee-Line for the playroom. I caught him in the act of digging for his favorite "I'm not supposed to have it toy"...


He couldn't reach it in the basket, but he spied one off to the side behind the grocery cart (which he promptly moved...)
Oh, sweet victory!! It's a Styrofoam dart that goes to a nerf gun. He loves these darn things; only problem is, he chews on the rubber dart end until he gets it off the Styrofoam (major choking hazard). So, as happy as he was that he found the treasure, I quickly took it away & closed the gate. So much hard work and Mommy ruined it!!

April

(4/23/09)My feeble attempt at Bluebonnet pics of the kids.. I pulled over on our road & whipped out my iPhone..whatev. There'll be plenty more attempts in the years to come.

(4/16)Brayden & Adria got to dress up for Western Day at school. Which led me to realize that neither Brayden nor Adria have any cowboy boots that fit... one more thing to add to the never ending list. None the less, they both looked cute & as western as I could manage.


(4/8)My poor Brayden got braces; only for 6 months this time. So they should come off sometime in October. He also has to have 5 teeth pulled sometime in the coming months; probably after school gets out. Xrays show that 3 of his permanent teeth are not there to replace the baby molars; so we have to have the baby one's pulled & move his teeth forward. So, he will get braces again when he's a teen!! Yeah me!!

Esten was good while Brayden was getting his braces on... as long as I kept feeding him snacks!

(4/1)We got a new bench for our dining room table; it doesn't really match, but it serves it's purpose well. The kids can get in & out from the table sooo much easier and we have plenty of room when company comes over!!

For some reason, the dinning room table is one of my kids favorite places to play... not sure why because someone is always getting hurt, somehow. Anyway, the new bench works out perfectly to teach Esten object permanence... AKA a sweet game of Peek-a-boo between the three of them.

My two boys snuggling!! So sweet when their not moving, or talking...

Walking Movies

OK, I totally have four other posts that are going to have to wait.. I have to post these movies RIGHT NOW!! This is the progress he has made in just one week. Love you all & miss you much. NO CRYING SISTERS!!

(4/28/09) This was ONE week ago!!

This is tonight (5/5/09)!! Unbelievable;-)

I love when I get so excited I fall down!