Party Party!

This past weekend we had Denton's birthday party. We had lots of friends and family come out to celebrate Denton turning One. We had a blast and Denton loved being the center of attention. Hmmm....wonder where he got that from?

Now that D is one, I guess I should do a little update on his milestones. He is walking, probably 90% of the time. He has 4 teeth fully in and two or three more just poking thru. He doesn't talk much still, he still just says Daddy and occasionally I will get a Momma here or there. He points to what he wants and then shakes his head yes or no to let us know we got it right. He loves to throw tennis balls (pretty good arm I must say) and he loves to wrestle with his Daddy and play tag/chase around the house. He is off of the bottle but refuses to drink milk - at all. Not strawberry, not chocolate, not thru a straw, not in various sippy cups, not in a cup without a lid, not warmed, not cold, not diluted with water. I do not like green eggs and ham.....oh wait wrong story. Anyway I guess we will still just keep trying. He is a funny little dude and always making us laugh. And he and his sister are still the dynamic duo. I am dreading the time he will realize that he is programmed to fight with her 24 hours a day. For now, we are just enjoying out time as a happy little unit.

Enjoy the pics..........
Us 4

Denton and Antonio

Lily and Denton

Lindsay and Ryder

Steph, Mike, Savannah and Tara

Mommy love

Angie, Scott, Tati, Tony and Kim. LSS represent!

Granddad and Grandma

Happy Birthday to you................

Riley and Gabe
yummmm cake
Opening presents, loving the boxes and ribbon
After party at our house...doesn't have the same meaning all these years later

Denton turns ONE!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe that one year ago today my little man came into this world. This past year just FLEW by and here we are celebrating his first year of life!!

I am just so beside myself with love for both of my kids. When you have one child you love that child with everything that you have, every ounce of your being. When you are about to have a second child, you worry that you can't possibly love another being as much as you already love your one child....where will that extra love come from as it is all being given to your first child? An amazing thing happens, the love you have to give multiplies and you suddenly have this overwhelming sense of completness. Or at least that is how I feel anyway.

Denton being one, feels a lot different than Riley being one. He just seems like so much more of a baby than Riley did at that age. Must be because Riley was talking, and Denton is not yet.

BUT...BUT....Denton is WALKING! He started taking steps 3 or so weeks ago and has progressively gotten better. He now walks most of the time at home and only crawls part of the time. He is so cute doing his little Frankenstein walk.

Check out the video below....(and pics of Denton's party will be added after the weekend)

Hair today...gone tomorrow!

My precious Riley girl has been growing her hair out to donate to locks of love. We told her whenever she was ready to cut it, give us the word and we will do it. This weekend was when she wanted to cut it, so we headed over to one of those walk in salons and chopped it all off!

I thought I might get a little sad, but I actually didn't. I think I am just glad that I don't have to go thru the morning ritual of brushing and styling all that hair!! Riley LOVES her new do! She spent the entire day afterwards (yesterday) checking herself out in the mirror and saying "I like my new haircut".


Before
13 inches!!!!!!!!

After!

Later in the day we went swimming....(so much for 'salon hair')

Riley showing off her do before we hit the pool!