Happy Birthday!!!!!

Happy, Happy Birthday Mother Dear,

Happy days will come to you all year,

If I had a wish, then it would be,

A Happy, Happy Birthday to you from me :)

Happy Birthday Mom/Grandma!!!

Love,

Lindy, Mike, Lyric, & Paxton

ONE!

I officially have a one year old in my house! Tonight we had a fun little party for him. I have to give a big thanks to my mom for the decorations and to Jamie for the cake! Those were key parts to the party!

Paxton is getting over not feeling too well from teething, so he was a little somber. I think he was also a little overwhelmed by his female cousins and sister! The five of them can add just a small amount of noise to the home. It was so much fun though. We were even lucky enough to have Alyson with us. She is visiting and we are excited to see her!

It was too funny watching him with the cake. He started out slow, and then malled it! His cousins and sister waited patiently so they could finally have some cake too! I had to give him a quick sink bath before he opened presents.

I just can't wrap my mind around the fact that all of this happened a year ago! I think it goes by so fast because there are so many changes happening on a daily basis! Babies go from helpless gumbies to opionated one year olds! I wish I could remember every detail of the day both Lyric and Paxton were born. As time goes by, so do some of the details. I am so glad I have pictures to look back on!

Happy 4th!

Grandma floated around with Lyric and Paxton in this fun little raft
Trying to do a trick off of the diving board!
Mike's enormous cannon balls!
He loves the goggles
Grandma and LyLy
Sparkler Queen
Doesn't he look enthusiastic. He can be so chill that it is hard to tell what he is feeling!
My mom got us these cute matching shirts!

Every year, we celebrate the 4th of July at my parents. We swim, bbq, and do fireworks. Tonight was no exception! I think the food is my favorite part :) My dad put tri tip and chicken legs on the rotisserie, talk about yum! My mom bought a smorgasbord of finger foods, and we all ate and ate and ate!

Lyric would say that the swimming was her favorite part. That girl has actually turned into a fish! If three weeks ago, you would have told me that she would be at the point she is now, I would have laughed in your face! Tonight she was getting a kick of jumping off the diving board and trying to imitate Mike and Tucker. Mike so kindly tipped me over as I was floating on a raft. Not such a good idea on his part!

I was curious to see how Paxton would react to the fireworks, since this was his first 4th. Last year at this time, I was packing my bag and getting ready to head to the hospital to have him the next day, crazy! Anyways, he didn't flinch. He was fascinated by the colors and sounds they made. Lyric liked them too. She really liked the sparklers and the popper things you throw on the ground. Grandma lit sparkler after sparkler until the boxes were empty! As soon as she was out of those, she started loosing interest! Thanks to mom and dad for treating us to such a fun evening!