Milestones Reached & Big Changes!

Well I suppose it is time for my monthly post, especially now that MHS is 2 weeks past his birthday, perhaps a few pictures of the blessed occasion wouldn't hurt. People continue to ask what we did for his birthday to which our reply is Very Little! He opened a gift from his AZ Grandparents and received cards from a couple of family members, but even mommy and daddy neglected to have gifts on the big day. It is so hard to justify more toys when Christmas just happened and our living room is already beginning to resemble a pre-school room. We did however manage to do cake & ice-cream & he did get some new bibs this past week...HOORAY, I'm sure he's thrilled! We tried cake at my parents first and that wasn't such a hit. He got "messy" and started balling. However, the second go around on his real birthday his hesitations seem to have vanished. Here is the evidence.

The "blow-out the candle, but mommy really will picture".

And the cake extravaganza begins!!!


I'm thinking the little guy likes cake, or perhaps frosting like his mommy!


MHS LOVES to be outside and during the day it is nice enough to allow this to happen. He hangs out by the fence at the beginning of the driveway and keeps guard. The camera bag was just to keep him in one spot for just a second so I could snap a few pictures before he was off to the races again. He doesn't walk...he runs everywhere and it is a challenge at times to catch him, even with short legs. (I know, I'm in trouble!)




As for other milestones, he now says Bye Bye and waves, Ultra cute! He also is catching onto "eyes". He climbs onto/up everything and loves to get down with his bad self. The one yr. exam went well and he is above average in every department, the biggest margin being in head size! Big brain I guess. He gets attention everywhere we go and keeps mommy on her toes constantly.
As for Me, I was released from Primary and put into Y.W. as the Laurel advisor. I started at the beginning of the year and I love it. There are amazing girls in our ward and I love being with them! I have 6 girls, but will be adding 2 more by summer, FUN! Our Y.W. won the Stake Volleyball tournament yesterday, GO GIRLS, and had the biggest showing for sure! I work with amazing women too, what a blessing!
CLS had a big change as well. He was playing in a dodgeball tournament on Jan. 3rd and got hit smack dab in the center of his face and his glasses split in two, right down the middle. SOOOO...he got new glasses yesterday and is getting used to them, but they look similar and I think he likes them.
We had great holidays and are looking forward to more changes this year! And that's a wrap!