It's somebody's BIRTHDAY!

Gee, I wonder who? Hmmm...

You guessed it... it's Will's 1st Birthday.

Happy Birthday baby boy! 

We can't believe it's been a whole year since you arrived. Where did the past 365 days go? At least those days were filled with memories, laughter, joy, happiness, tears, hugs and lots of fun, amazing times. We cannot imagine our lives without you. Thank you for making each day worth waking up for. We have a fun day planned for you today. See you when you wake up. 

Happy Birthday, Will! xoxo

coming home from the hospital @ 1 day old

one year old

last year vs. this year

Here is our "traditional" pic, from this year! Christmas 2009!
I don't plan on keeping this "tradition" up!

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas

I hope you all enjoyed your day with your families and loved ones. We had a fabulous day hanging out at my ILs house with my parents and of course Will! We aren't done celebrating yet, we still have my mom's side tonight! Lot of pics (of course!) to follow.

S.A.N.T.A- I KNOW HIM!

Last Friday we met my cousin and her fam at Irvine Park to ride the train and see Santa! We've already introduced Will to Santa and knew he wasn't very found of... I guess it was wishful thinking that he wouldn't remember their first meeting.



We rarely get a family picture!

I hope Will didn't hurt Santa's feelings!

Amaiya & Will

This led to..

poking poor baby DJ's eye out

Dj didn't seem to mind Santa.. but he probably will next year!

woah~ two family pics in one night!

this time last year...

I was about 39.5 weeks pregnant and ready to POP and oh so miserable.

So here is a little photo, if I can even use that word to describe this picture, from Christmas time 2007.

Me and my father-in-law, to his credit, can do this freaky thing and push out his belly pretty far. I still won.

hello 3rd trimester

I can't believe it! I start my 3rd and FINAL trimester today! I cannot wait until March, to meet her AND to no longer be pregnant. Not that I've had a hard pregnancy or any complications, which I am every thankful for, just ready to be done for a while. We are going to have our 3D ultrasound done in about 3 weeks, can't wait to compare her to Will's 3D. Just 13 more weeks to go til St. Patrick's Day!

Kid's Christmas Party @ the Fire Department

My dad's fire department holds an annual kids Christmas party and last year while I was pregnant I was thinking how fun it would be the following year- my how time FLIES! After a 1st birthday party last weekend we whisked Will off to the fire department and met my mom, dad and mother-in-law there.

They had so much for the kids to do! 2 bouncers, crafts, pony rides, snacks, story time and best of all S-A-N-T-A! Will's first official meeting with Santa.. which he was NOT happy about. Will, don't you know what kind of things are in that man's red sack? Maybe their next meeting this week will go better, probably not.

Crazy Weekend

Last weekend (I know, I'm a little behind) we were very busy. We had a 1st birthday party, followed by a kids holiday party at the fire station then Sunday we had ANOTHER holiday party playdate. So we are working our way backwards..

On Sunday Michelle, Will and I ventured out to a holiday playdate... the day was full of toddlers (I'm sad to refer to my boy as a toddler), moms, dads, football, lots of grub and wine that I couldn't have. P decided to stay home with his new lover, I mean Heath, to relax and watch football. The party was a lot of chatting, a lot of chasing Will around and a sad attempt at pictures. I even ate shit in the street, while holding Will, my diaper bag and my camera. None of those mentioned things were injured except my poor right knee cap. Michelle would blame my heels but I swear my ankle gave out! Here is what I managed to snap up in between chasing my son away from the dirt in the potted plants and water fountain.

Will's Birthday Invite

So here is the final invite I designed for Will's baseball birthday. I can't believe he is going to be ONE at the end of this month.

Look who's WALKING!

I can't believe he is walking! He starting walking a couple of weeks ago~ this video was taken on November 19th. I should take more recent footage because he has definitely mastered his new skill..