Our sweet boy is 1!!!

Thomas is just a ray of sunshine to our family. He is SUCH a happy boy and we feel incredibly blessed that he was sent to our family.
Thomas is a total crack up. He's always just waiting for a reason to smile or laugh. We went to Thomas' 12 month check up and is a whopping 23 lbs...big boy!
Thomas has learned to wave and say "Bye Bye". It's so cute when he does because he is SO proud of himself.
He says "Dada" for almost everything
He loves to eat, and is good at feeding himself. He let's you know when he's full by putting his food in the little compartment on the table of his high chair.
He loves his old school toys such as "little people" as well as his stacking blocks, etc...
He loves nap time (most of the time) and will snuggle with his teddy bear right away.
He is INTO EVERYTHING!!!! Like we turn our head for a second and he manages to be crawling up the stairs, or trying to come down the stairs (he's still learning that skill), putting EVERYTHING in his mouth, kitchen cupboards, pulling ALL the videos off the shelf at least three times a day, and the list goes on.
He is crawling and is SO close to walking.
Loves bath time
He loves following Emma around and sometimes harassing her. :)

We had a great family get together to celebrate his birthday! Here are some pictures.


This is what Thomas woke up to his birthday morning.

He loved waffles for this birthday breakfast

We went to one of his favorite activities, story time at the Provo Library. It was a big treat for him. He absolutely LOVES the storytellers, songs and puppet show.

Look at our sweet boy! Doesn't he just bring a big smile to your face? He does to mine. :)

I had all 12 months of his life hanging up on a ribbon line.

Here he is playing with his cousin Drew.

These are a few of his favorite things :)

We had light finger foods. I made these little yummy pizzas. (Thanks Maqueca for the recipe)

My nephew guarding the jelly beans with his life. :) hahahha

His little birthday party had a vintage toy theme. He LOVES his vintage fisher price 'little people', wooden tower, clock, etc.... I also made our little family party hats.

Emma trying to show Thomas how to blow out the candle.

His Uncle Dylan brought his mad guitar skills and played happy birthday! Loved it.

Ok, what is with my children? So far, both of them have not liked their bigger cake for their first birthdays. He wasn't havin' it!

We ended up slicing a little heaven out of the cake, then he was all over it.

But I'll tell you who DID enjoy his cake, his sister Emma and cousin Lucy. They were ALL over it!

Here he is watching his first year video.

playing with Aunt Pam.

Oma and Opa gave Thomas a little tent for his birthday and look who is enjoying it. Emma has it in her room and loves bringing a flash light in there to read. She takes naps in it and sometimes even sleeps in it at nights. She LOVES it. Someday Thomas will enjoy it I'm sure. :)

Here's the video of Thomas' first year Derek put together. It took a VERY long time, but we cherish it SO much. Happy Birthday sweet Thomas! We are SO grateful to have you in our family, what a blessing you have been to us.

Thomas' 1st Birthday....to be continued

Here is a little collage of pictures of our sweet Thomas' FIRST BIRTHDAY!! What?! Is our little "Turbo Thomas" really already 12 months. I have to say, it was a wonderful celebration with loved ones all around. I will give more details of the special day later....Ta ta for now!!

ONE?, bunny buns, party planning, and American Girl

First of all, is our little Thomas REALLY turning ONE in 4 DAYS??!!! Holy moly!! He is just getting funnier, cuter, smarter, and bigger everyday.

Emma was helping me with our family home evening lesson and found these" Bunny Buns"and couldn't wait to make them. We finally got around to making them this week. Kind of time consuming but they turned out yummy and Emma LOVED them. We found the recipe in our current issue of the "Friend" magazine.

they were finally ready to eat for a bed time snack, that was a big treat!

I've been working little bits here and there on Thomas' birthday party celebration. Many polka dots and primary colors can you tell? :)

This morning when I was getting ready, Emma brought a big box from under her bed that I thought she wouldn't bother on getting into since I've had it under there for like two years. It had my American girl Samantha. I was hesitant to let her play with it since it's VERY old but then heck why not. We changed Samantha into her spring party dress. A I found her playing tea party in her bedroom with Samantha and a couple other buddies. She was talking to them, so cute. I love seeing her imagination run wild. :)Emma hasn't ever had a doll that's a little older, just babies.

I think she really likes her. I found her dancing and playing with her in her bed when she was supposed to be napping. :) hahhahaha