School Birthday Party

Last Friday Pops, Gigi, and I took Owen's class mini cupcakes to celebrate his big day. I still can't believe he is ONE! We had his family party on Sunday...pictures from that one will be posted soon (hopefully).

Here are a few pics from the "party".
Table decoration (or maybe protection in this case)

Owen's teachers made him this hat for the celebration...


Cooper enjoyed the cupcake too! (His birthday is today- Happy Birthday Cooper!)

I think Owen enjoyed it!

Early Birthday Present

We decided to let Owen go ahead and enjoy his present a little early this week (his birthday isn't until Friday). We got him a swing for the patio and with our weather lately, I figured we needed to take advantage of the sun today while we had our chance! I think he likes it...





Buffett even came out to watch...

Party Prep Time!!!

I can't believe it is time to plan Owen's first birthday! The past year has really flown by! We are doing a small, family party at our house in a few weeks but I wanted to share the invitation because it is so cute! My friend Lindsey, that has done all of Owen's pictures, designed his invitation using his 9 month pictures. I love the way they turned out!

Front of invitation...


Back..


We also did his Smash Cake pictures yesterday so I can have them back in time for the party. He didn't love it like I thought he would- actually, he had a meltdown! You would never know it by looking at these pictures though!

Touchdown!

Just a little video we thought was funny...Please excuse the quality, it was taken on my Iphone. We never seem to have the "good" camera around for videos.

And He's Off...

After two months of "scooting", Owen has decided it is finally time to crawl. He has actually been crawling for awhile now but I am just now getting around to posting. He is into everything (of course) and especially loves going after Striker (who is so patient with him I might add). Buffett on the other hand runs from him. I will try to get a picture of him crawling soon.

A post is no fun without pictures so here are a few from the past week. For some reason I cant post captions with my pictures so here is my recap...

Owen's favorite pastime is taking apart his puzzle mat and waving the pieces in the air.

I love how he sleeps!

He started "posing" when I was trying to take his picture the other day...squinting those eyes!

He loves to "stand" at his activity table!

Hard to Believe...

I can't believe it is time to go from this...

to this....

I cannot believe how the past 10 1/2 months have flown by. Owen was ready to switch to a bigger car seat, but I just don't think I was ready. I still feel like he should be in his tiny newborn clothes! I am sure I will be devestated when it is time to turn the seat around in a few weeks.

On another note, Owen has decided he doesn't want to "crawl". This is his preferred method of traveling around our house...

I am thinking he will go straight from this to walking but we will see! He has transitioned from soy to regular formula very well and he is beginning to eat more table food. He loved his first experience with Taco Casa, but then again, who wouldn't?

Here Comes Number 13...

I can't wait until Thursday! Roll Tide!!!