My First Trip Around The Sun Complete! Happy Birthday Bryce!

We celebrated Bryce turning 1 yesterday with a Sesame Street party with some of our closest friends. Bryce had so much fun in the bounce house brought by our friends and didn't want to get out. He also loved feeding Cookie Monster through the cornhole board but not before trying to munch on the cookies himself. Landon was an awesome big brother all day helping to decorate and show Bryce how to open presents. Bryce's outfit was made by Grandma Reeves and it was perfect for the day!

 

We are amazingly blessed to have spent the last year getting to know Bryce. He is so sweet and is going to give us many laughs in the years to come!

 

 

Month 11: Standing up!

This month Bryce has begun to show us even more of his own personality. He is all over the place crawling everywhere and has mastered going up the steps from the family room to the kitchen. Bryce loves to play peek a boo and loves going through the tunnel to get in the play tent. He has begun to babble more and makes a mama noise but I wouldn't say he has a first word just yet. As you look through the photos you will also see many of his facial expressions that just crack me up.

Bryce pulled himself up for the first time during an easter egg hunt dinner with friends. He decided he wanted a juice box and pulled himself right up to get it. From that day he has been pulling himself up on everything. He no longer likes to be in the walker but will stand up and play with it from the outside. He still hasn't figured out he needs to move his feet to take steps and will often whine because he is still trying to figure out how to sit back down from standing.

Bryce is very quick. On several occasions he has snatched Landon's snack or toy he was playing with. Landon is not a big fan of this but he does love to have Bryce sit next to him at dinner so he can pass him some food.

Bryce wants very little to do with baby food of any kind and has started to use a fork and sippy cup. He loves to throw his cup off of his tray and his food after he is done eating. The floors in our house should probably be mopped 10 times a day but who has time for that. One of the highlights this month was last week when we went to pray at dinner and Bryce folded his hands like he was praying too. He did this and started clapping for us all in the same day.

He also loves to be outside and is eager to ride the bikes and scooter like Landon.

Both boys love daycare and these are a few pictures from the week of the young child celebrations.
 

Bryce was dedicated at church on Mother's day and it was really nice. Landon loves to mimic the stories he learns at church and I can't wait for Bryce to do the same. We then did a dinner picnic at Yorktown beach. It was a lot of fun!

I would love to have a contest for best caption for Bryce's face.

Last but not least I wanted to fill everyone in on our new handyman we have hired...he is ready to fix anything at a moments notice as long as he can watch Chuggington or America's Funniest Home Videos. In the evening he transforms into superman to feed your baby too!

Here's to our last full month of bottles, a small car seat, and being able to say I have a baby under 1! Happy 11 Months Bryce!

Month 10: And we're off...

For about two weeks now Bryce has decided to crawl. One day he began to take a mini crawl step and the next thing you know he was off to get anything Landon had. His favorites to go for are Landon's microphone, crackers, and the tools. Landon is in for it soon when he has to share the stage with Bryce. I am afraid we have a band in the making...

Bryce's oasis right now is to play by the back door and look outside while playing with the tools.

Peek-A-Boo, throwing things from his high chair, and rides in the Lego car are also some of Bryce's favorite things to do this month. Bryce also cut his first tooth just about two weeks ago.

Spring Break was awesome! We stayed home all week and David took a few days off. Aunt Carly visited for a few days and Uncle DJ stopped by on his way up to Alexandria. The boys loved playing with each other and showing Carly and DJ all of their things. We had trips to Bluebird gap farm, the playground, and to get frozen yogurt (popsicle in a bowl according to Landon.) We also planted a very small garden this week. Landon planted the seeds and Bryce drove over in the fire truck to water them.

We completed our work in the house this month by adding recessed lighting to the family room, updating our picture frames and completing the decorations in the boys' playroom. I am in love with our house right now...

 

The kids as you can see are so enthused. At least it's free and they will be fun to look back on. Landon actually wanted to stand behind the flowers on the right. Happy Easter everyone!