Easton's Birthday!!!!

These ended up out of order I wasn't thinking. On Easton's Birthday we were very low key. We had already had his party and presents so I decided to do a little something for him. I made a few cupcakes and when we were done eating dinner whoever was around got to sing to him.

These are backwards so we will start and the end and go to the beginning of the day

He was so tired by the end of the day!

You have to watch the video at the end to see why he is crying!

I tried to make a couple ice cream cone cupcakes. They turned out great!I made Ella homemade mac and cheese on her first birthday so I thought we would keep it as a tradition and made it for his first birthday!

I tried my hardest to get a good picture of him on his first birthday but alas he is one and wouldn't hold still or cooperate and the first 15 pictures I took were all great except they all looked like this one, his eyes were closed in EVERY.SINGLE.ONE!

Now we know why they say don't play with fire!

Trouble Trouble

Last week Ella had a less than stellar week. One night she followed me downstairs and I left her playing. The next thing I heard was "oh no Ella." Never a good thing. I went and she was standing on the stairs with a bottle of black fingernail polish open and she was painting a movie case and herself. She managed to get it all over the wall on her way up the stairs and all over the carpet on the top stair. She was in a lot of trouble. She has raided my little sister Sarah's room and found it. My mom told everyone that there doors now have to be closed so she doesn't get into anything else and Ella took her seriously and now walks through the house every morning closing all the doors.

She got it all over her clothes. I was not happy about that at all!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We were so blessed to be able to be home and spend time with both of our families. On Thanksgiving morning we got up and got ready and my mom made Pumpkin Pancakes. We then headed to Andrew's mom's house to spend the next few hours. We enjoyed seeing everyone and talking and snacking on veggies and dip. I am mad at myself because I didn't take any pictures at his mom's house, but we did have a good time!

We then headed to my Uncle's house. We were able to keep Easton asleep from the car into their house into the pack and play and he slept while we enjoyed our dinner. I was so happy to be able to eat without him, I was able to enjoy it more!

This was before we went anywhere, Easton was so funny he just stood there and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Getting ready to enjoy our yummy dinner!We had about 45 people from my mom's family at dinner!

Easton woke up right as we got done! He slept for a long time, but he had hardly had a nap the whole week! It was his first Thanksgiving since he was born a short 5 days after Thanksgiving last year!My sister Emily's baby Jack. I was holding him and Easton was not thrilled at all about it. He just wanted to grab him and still wants to daily!The best family picture we could get!He was doing so good at smiling for the camera that day!

The guys enjoyed hours of ping pong!

We had lots of yummy pies! Even after Andrew had eaten two mini pies his sister had made for him!All the great granddaughtersAll of the great grandchildren of my grandparents. There are two little angel boys Henry and Aiden they are there can you see them? Easton just looked like a giant

Playing

Thanksgiving after we ate all the little girls dissapeared and I went to find them. My little cousin Olivia just loves all the little girls. She takes them and plays with all of them. They were in her room and they had music playing and were just dancing. It was so cute. I ran and got my camera. It was fun to watch. I could just see all of their little personalities coming out.

Happy Birthday Easton!!!

I cannot believe that my little East is one! This year has gone by so fast! We love having Easton in our home! He keeps us on our toes. He is into anything and everything. Ella never was that way! He puts everything in his mouth (still). He has been like this for six months. I thought he would grow out of it by now but he hasn't. He has 8 teeth with a few molars on the way! I love that toothy grin! He loves to eat and will try anything, once again opposite of his sister! I weighed him this morning and he is somewhere around 22 lbs. He is starting to get hard to carry around for to long. He seems like he is in a huge hurry to do everything, he certainly couldn't wait any longer to join our family. We are still in shock that he is ours! I have said this before but I was less than thrilled to be pregnant again with Easton but once he came all my worries and doubts went away and we instantly fell in love. He adds a certain aspect to our family that we love and we don't know what we would do without him. I just cried last night as I was putting him down to bed, I am so sad that he is growing up but at the same time I look forward to him growing up. He is growing like a weed and half of his winter clothes are already seeming tight on him. He loves his sister so much and follows her like a little puppy dog all day long. I love to see the bond they already have with each other, makes them being so close so worth it. Here are some pictures of his first year. I am pretty sure he made a complete change over the year because he looks nothing like he did as a newborn and his first couple months! People tell me he looks just like me and he does. We love you Easton, East, Easto!

Newborn

One MonthOne Month, One Day, His blessing dayTwo Months

Three MonthsFour Months

Five Months ( I can't get the underlining to go away)

Six Months

Seven Months8 Months

9 Months

10 Months

11 Months

Almost 1