"watch me grow!"

so we had the joy of celebrating a momentous occasion this past week, my tiny wee man has celebrated his first birthday!! as of june 24th, my "good yew" (don't ask) is one year old!! he's gotten so big and has grown and learned so much! he's been such a joy to us that i have to celebrate by sharing some of my favorite pictures from his first year of life! so hang on to your toes and get ready for some major cuteness!



my tiny mans tiny feet... oh they start so small!


this is my tiny man in the hospital on his way to get some fluids, he had a hard time getting here, and needed a little extra boost to get him going...

now he's getting his fluids and his coloring is so much better! cute and pink!


this picture was placed in the "kaiserslautern American" (the base newspaper in Germany) to announce his birth!


august 2009. 2 months old and he's already getting chubby!

September 2009, his first "sleeping bag".




October 2009, visiting grammy in utah!


also October 2009, can you guess the occasion?


November 2009, this boy LOVES his dad..

so dang precious!!

Nov 2009


Dec, can you believe, even though he's only 6 months old in this picture, he's wearing a 12 month outfit?? now that's my superman!!


Christmas day! and a new toy to love!!

January, and he's finally holding his own bottle, (it makes life a little easier..)

February is family picture time, and this boy LOVES getting his picture taken!


February also marked his first oreo cookie.. it was a hit!


Caydens first easter! we had a barbeque at a friends house and he had so much fun!

May, and my man is 11 months old! and he's an absolute charmer!


june 24th, my man is one year old! and following tradition he has his very own cupcake! to do with as he pleases!

and he pleases! yes, i did the blue frosting on purpose..

MMMMM that was tasty, now its time for a bath!

Friday the 25th of june, PARTY TIME! we had his party at peter piper pizza (its the pizza people pick) and cayden had a blast! he went on all the little rides and screamed his head off when the ride ended, his favorite was the little merry-go-round! isn't he cute?

time for presents! his big sisters were such good helpers!

presents were a little hard on him because he didn't understand that we were taking the toys away from him so he could open new ones! he got so mad because he'd open a toy, LOVE it and we'd take it away, and give him a new one and he'd LOVE it! and we'd take it away.. poor tiny wee man...

after cake and presents it was time for more rides, yay for trains!

this was his cake before we tore it apart. it was a cupcake cake, yes, the ocean part is chocolate cupcakes and the beach is vanilla cupcakes. so yeah, its been a fun year.