Brody's 1st Birthday Party!!!

We had Brody's 1st Birthday Party this past weekend! It was a lot of fun and I know Brody enjoyed it very much!! We had it at a park (Brody's favorite place) and enjoyed the great weather and fellowship with everyone!
Brody with his Nana and Papaw.

I want to thank Amy so much for all the help and ideas that she gave me for this party! It was fun to talk with her about it! I know that Brody was very glad that Amy and Eric were able to come for his party and enjoyed spending time with them and celebrating Eric's birthday as well!

Marmee and Brody playing ball. He found this ball in one of his presents (before we officially opened them) and had to play with it. :) Hey it was his party so why not. :)

Brody got a lot of neat presents! Thanks to everyone, he will have so much fun playing with everything he got! We have already read many of the cool books he received and he loves them all! It was funny to watch him open his presents because he really did not know what to do. He would open one thing and want to play with it right then! It was pretty funny, he did not realize that he had a lot of gifts to open. :)*

Cute pic of the birthday boy!

Brody........."Hurry Pops...... open my toy I really want to play with it!!"

Make a wish!

(Didn't Aunt Amy do a great job decorating the cake I made!)

This is his first taste of cake! Really I think he tasted more icing then cake! :)

Needless to say he really enjoyed it!

(Brody's Nana and Aunt Holly made the Birthday Boy shirt he has on!! So cute!)

Swing batter batter swing!

The Birthday Celebration is over, Brody is taking his balloon and heading home to play with all the wonderful presents he received! It was a great day and we are so glad that we could spend it with family and friends! Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated our baby turning one with us!

Happy Birthday!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BRODY!!!

Today was a very special day in our house! It was Brody's first birthday! We woke him up singing Happy Birthday and giving him lots of hugs and kisses!! The whole day Ja and I were playing the "last year at this time we were....." game!! It is crazy that a whole year has gone by..... more like flown by!! We took Brody to the park to celebrate. I was happy that the weather was nice so that we could do this because he loves going to the play ground!! :)

(Get ready for picture overload!)

What a cute little guy........
There is a ramp at this park and Brody just loves going up and down it. Forget the playground equipment all he needs is this to be happy.

Taking a little breather........ playing is hard work!

Peek-a-boo! I just love this pic because we are playing one of his favorite games with him and as you can see he is having so much fun!

It's like he was thinking.... "thanks for taking me to the park, this was fun!"

Singing happy Birthday and eating food we have never eaten before! I did not want him to have a cake because I wanted to save that for his Birthday party, but you have to have some special treat on your birthday!! So we gave him a cookie and ice cream.

........ and he loved it!! When it was all gone (more like when we took him away from it) he pointed to the bowl and wanted more. hahah that is why we don't give him cookies and ice cream every day! :)

Yeah opening his presents. He got a big truck that has a ramp for three little cars to go down. When we were at Toys R Us he saw this toy and would not let go of it. So needless to say we knew it was going to be a hit.

He also got the Laugh and Learn House. This has all kinds of things for him to play with and should keep him busy for hours!!

Marmee and Pops came over and gave him his wagon. This is an awesome wagon and we can't wait to take him on a walk tomorrow in this thing! He is going to love it!

He had a great Birthday and I am sure is having sweet dreams right now about playing with his new toys tomorrow! :)

The rest of the pictures.

Here are the rest of his pictures......

I really like this picture and this memory. Brody really likes animals and this was his first time to be able to feed the animals and see some different animals up close.
What a little cutie! By looking at this picture you would think that he sat still for all the pictures that we took that day! HA! This was the only picture that I got where he was actually looking at the camera. :)*

Brody learned to walk when he was 10 1/2 months old. I really like this pic of Ja and him walking together!

The next Tiger Woods?? :)

I am not big for getting down and messy but during this dinner I just let him go for it and enjoy himself. :) Needless to say he had a great time during dinner and I stood back and let him have his fun. (Boys are so different then girls!)

Birthday count down.....

The Birthday count down continues.....

Oh so sweet!
This is his .... hey ladies here I come picture!! I love it!

Yeah he learned to sit up on his own! What a cute little fella.

One of my favorite pics! I really like this picture because it is not very often that you can catch him with your camera in mid laugh! So I really like this because it shows his silly side.

All dressed up!

Ohh so sweet in his little towel!

This picture was taken in July. Tomorrow I will do August up until now pictures. It is fun to look back and think of all the memories that we have had with him this past year.

Count down to Brody's Birthday!!

This Tuesday, the 23rd is Brody's first Birthday!! Oh my gosh were did the time go??!! In honor of the upcoming event I decided to put some of my favorite pictures on here. I decided to split it up and do just up until Christmas today. Tomorrow I will put some more pictures on here. It was VERY hard to pick my favorites because each picture holds a special memory for me!! However I narrowed it down and chose a few of the classics. :)* Hope you enjoy the picture count down to his birthday!! Just 3 more days until my baby turns one!!!

You are really never very prepared for the first time you see your baby!! I remember thinking...oh my gosh here he is! I was a little afraid to touch him... who knows why! I only touched him with my pointer finger at first. (Weird I know!!) Then he started crying and he peed all over me!! Welcome to mother hood!! :)* Of course after that I started touching him more and lovin on him.
His face here cracks me up!! Its like he was thinking... oh my gosh where am I and why is it so Bright here!

This is probably my favorite picture of him!! I love how he is looking right into the camera.

So tiny!! Now he climbs all over this duck chair.

What a little cutie!

HAHAH! How can you not laugh at this picture!! This is one to pull out when he gets older!! It's like he is thinking.... you guys are so mean for doing this to me! :)

Who is that in the mirror! Brody was born with a lot of hair, however it was all in the back of his head. :) I am glad it is still not that way. He was also born with really dark hair, it has lightened up a lot!!

Hope you enjoyed the picture count down. :)*

A trip to the ZOO

This weekend Brody and I were able to go to the Zoo with my parents. My dad was having his company picnic there and invited us to come along and look at all the animals. Brody had a blast and could of stayed there all day!! He enjoyed looking at the animals, going on the merry-go-round, and riding the train through the zoo. His favorite animals were the monkey's!! He was so amused by them and really enjoyed watching them walk around. We had a great time and it is something we will definitely go back and do!!

Looking at all the animals with Marmee and Pops.

I think his face says it all in this picture!! Like.."man this is cool!!"


Yep still having a good time!! We rode it twice! While I was getting a little dizzy Brody was having a merry old time...... hahahah get it merry old time.. :)* (ohh I crack myself up sometimes!)

We went to the petting zoo which Brody LOVED!! He experienced a little of this at the fair, however here he got to go right up to the animals and pet them.

He is not sure what to think about it yet. :)

Being brave and petting the goat. :)

Cute pic!

Brody and Pops looking at the giraffes.

Playing Chase and Catch!

Brody likes to play chase and sometimes this is what he does when we are chasing him. He thinks he is hiding from us. How cute!



We went to a park tonight which Brody loved!! He is getting so good at catching balls! You can see in these videos that he has been catching the ball with his hands! I think we have a little athlete on our hands!! :)

The Fair

We went to the fair this weekend and had a great time eating lots of yummy fair food and looking at all the different animals. Brody had a good time and liked to look at the animals. It was very cute to see his reaction when we first saw them he immediately started making animal noises and did not stop until we left that area. However there was a ball in the pig pin and instead of looking at the pigs, all he would focus on was the ball. He even got to try some of my pineapple whip which he loved and licked up every last bite. (It was his first time to try ice cream since now he is on whole milk.)

Family pic

Feeding the goats

Brody liked watching the animals and did not quite understand that you could pet them..... until Ja made him pet them. :)

I am pretty sure he could of stayed in this area all night.... and if it wasn't for the lovely smell we just might of. :)

Ja and I got a pineapple whip and Brody had a cow when he saw us eating it and he wasn't!! So I let him try some of mine and he loved it! He would take a lick and look at me like... thanks mom! Hey we were at the fair, it would be unfair of us not to let him try some of the food!! :)

**Brody started drinking whole milk a little early (docs orders) so that he could get some more milk. He just started this week.**

Getting ready to go home. We had a great time!