Happy 1st Birthday Joseph

Joseph has been such a blessing and a sweet reminder of how faithful God is. He turned 1 on January 1st. We had a family birthday party at our house for him. We had cupcakes and a few snacks. He had no idea it was a party for him, and he just ran around seeing everyone.

He weighed in at 29 lbs and 30 1/2 inches tall at his 1 yr check up. Whoa!!! He is huge. Beau calls him a giant baby! He loves to play and can climb on everything. He started walking at 11 months old, and now runs everywhere. He loves to sleep with his giraffe lovies and his blanket. He sucks his thumb when he is tired. He loves snacks...crackers, graham cracker sticks, cheese cubes, cereal bars, veggie straws, yogurt, fruit, bread, but will not really eat meat or pastas yet. We will try to give him a bite of our dinner, and he smiles and turns his head away. Ridiculous!


Joseph with his cousins...Blake and Jenna


Beau playing cars with his cousin Addison

Joseph did not like his cupcake...he just smeared the icing all in his hair--we told him he was missing out because our neighbor, Mrs. Kim, made the most delicious cupcakes for him! I ordered edible, safari animal cupcake toppers for the cupcakes. They looked so cute, but never got a close up pic of them. Joseph and Beau had giraffe cupcake toppers and everyone else had monkeys, zebras, or tigers.

Christmas 2011

We had such a fun Christmas this year. Beau learned a lot about Santa and Elves and Jesus too, at school. We left out reindeer food, milk and cookies for Santa, and had a birthday cake for Jesus. Beau really never would tell us if he thought Santa came to our house...I think he is still scared of him, so we let it go. We enjoyed a Christmas morning at home and then celebrating with Rodney's family and then with my family. Beau LOVED all the cars he got and Joseph enjoyed all the fun toys he got as well.



Beau dressed up as a lamb for his nativity play at school