birthday boy

on sunday we celebrated jay's 1st birthday. i can't believe he is already 1 year old. time flies. here are a few pictures from his party. the cakes were made by sams (they do an awesome job). unfortunately, jay didn't care much for the cake. he ended up with it on his hands and just kept rubbing them together and crying. we'll just stick with yogurt his favorite sweet treat.

noah belote and jay in the pool.

this is a glimpse of the party. i had problems downloading some of the other pictures, but feel free to see them on facebook along with jay's video of eatting cake.

fun times between daddy and jay

jay's getting bigger and is really getting a personality. in a couple of days, he will soon be 1 and we'll be having his first birthday party. it is crazy to think that last year at this time, i was pregnant with him. last week we saw a couple of new babies from our sunday school class. it's hard to think that he was once that tiny.

last night, jay and daddy were having fun with his tonka truck. as you can see, he really liked it.

4th of july

here is just a snip of what we experienced this weekend. we had a few friends over for a cookout and we put the kids in the pool. jay, his cousin noah belote, and friend olivia williams joined him on saturday in the pool. jay loved splashing, noah couldn't figure out how to get the ball, and olivia just wanted to stay afloat in the bumbo. who knew the bumbo could float? (maybe you did, but i didn't.)

beach bums

last week we went to myrtle beach for vacation. check out some of our pictures from our trip.

if you didn't know...

garrett (with some help from my dad) has been building a deck in our back yard. he designed it himself. he began april or may of last year and is almost complete. having jay has delayed the work as well as the cold weather this past winter. in the beginning when garrett had this idea, i thought that it was only going to cost about $100 to $200 and may take 3 or 4 saturdays. boy was i wrong. this shows how much i know. it cost much more than that and took a lot more time than that.

Look Ma... I'm on tv!

walky walky.... blah! blah! blah!

hanging out in my high chair...

getting bigger and growing up

it's amazing how fast babies grow. soon jay will be one year old this coming august. where has the time gone? jay is already taking steps; only a few though until he tumbles over.

jay's daycare teacher, ms. sue, left last thursday and friday to go on a trip and said that she can't ever leave again. when she got back on monday, jay had learned to take a few steps, daddy had bought him some 'Nike Shox' because he had outgrown his other shoes, and had his hair spiked. i think this was too much change over a couple of days for her.

(sorry, his new shoes aren't pictured in this post, but you'll see them soon.)

as we found out this weekend, jay really doesn't care to be in pools. he didn't really enjoy his swim over at matt and bethany trent's house. jake loved it, but jay, not so much.

also this weekend, we said bye to joey, lindsay, and hannah smith who are moving to kansas city, kansas. we wish you guys the best. although hannah looks bigger than jay in this picture, he really is about a month and a half older than her. jay's just a little squirt.

lets just say everything he picks up goes in his mouth. from straws to toys...well that is about it. ever since he got sick a couple weeks ago he hasn't picked up any food to eat on his own. jay just likes to be fed with a spoon, but seems to be doing pretty good with some of the solid food we've given him as well as his sippy cup.

here are some photos from memorial day at my parents house. in one of the pictures, is jay's cousin noah. jay just liked to crawl all over noah that day. it's funny to watch him play with other kids.