Myles Turns One!!

My sweet little baby guy turned one on the 10th. So crazy! This has been such an amazing year for the three of us. We've learned a lot, and Kenny and I continue to be amazed by all the cool things Myles does. We love him so much!!!

Here are a few shots of the big day.

Nothing is traditional in our house! This is Myles' "cake". Myles does not like bread. Since cake is a similar texture I gave him some at Kenny's birthday a month ago and, like I thought, he spit it right out; multiple times. Anyway, he loves graham crackers, grapes, and cars so this is what we came up with. A graham cracker car with a grape family in front! And no, the grape family does not have arms. That was too hard.

Myles went for the grapes first, then just like on any other car, he went for the oreo wheels. He held them up and tried to spin them. Then I picked one up and took a bite. He copied and loved his first sugar rush!

The whole gang was there! Myles does not always like his human friends' noises. So we opted for his "quiet" friends. :)

Presents! He loves his Tonka car collection! He zoomed all day long!

First time opening a present. This was early morning before all the party guests arrived.

Myles and Daddy bouncing balloons around the room. He loved the balloons!!

It was such a great day!! We just love our Myles Man!

Trip to Oregon

After our fun Thanksgiving here, as the three of us, we decided to take a trip to Oregon to visit family. It was so great to see the family and friends we have there. We really miss living there!!

It was great for Myles because he got to play with lots of cousins. Myles is lucky to have so many cousins his age on both sides of our family.

Him and Kurt (his cousin 10 months older) were so cute together! Kurt has been walking for almost a year now, but he crawled around with Myles. They both love cars, so they just zoomed all day long!!

We had such a great time!! Here are some pics of our trip. Enjoy!

Myles, Kurt, and Lauren.

Nicole and Myles watching Baby Einstein.

Kurt and the cars.

Me and my sister, Krystal, with our boys. I miss my sister!!

I love this picture of Kurt!!

Myles and Kurt crawling around together.

Myles playing at Grandma's house.

Sweet little Phoebe!

We are so thankful for all of our family!! We love and miss all of you!!

p.s. Today is Myles' 1st birthday!! I know, didn't I just blog about giving birth to him?! It has gone so fast! I keep thinking, "Soon he'll be 18." I know, I am a crazy mother-in-law in the making. :) Anyway, we are so grateful for the little man. He's so sweet and awesome! I'm gonna start crying if I write anymore about how much I love being his mama, so I'll stop now, and just say that we love him so much. I will post pics hopefully tomorrow of his birthday. Have a great night everyone! :)

What do you feed your husband on Thanksgiving when he doesn't like turkey, ham, or any other traditional meat? Chicken Nuggets Baby!!!

Our humble feast

We had Thanksgiving all by ourselves for the first time. At first I really wanted to make a turkey and the whole bit. Then I remembered that we were leaving the next day for Oregon to visit family. Oh, and Kenny is not huge on turkey so I would've been stuck eating it all. Myles probably would've helped a little. Anyway, so at first the chicken nuggets were kind of a joke. Then I thought it would be such a fun memory of our first Thanksgiving just as us. So what the heck! We did it, and it was so much fun!