This is a Stick up!

Maid Service Requested

This is Why My Baby Will Never Learn To Feed Himself

It is WAY too much fun....FOR HIM!!

And since our maids are off-duty most days, this little dissaster is rarely allowed.

(ps: we're thinking of firing our maids anyway, they never show up to work! They're names are Ty and Cassie--our third maid is usually good at picking up the food off the floor, but really just sleeps on the job all day anyway.  His name is Indie)

My Baby Walks!!

Just shy of 14 months, Gage is finally Walking!! I love watching him teeter around!! SO darling! And he is SOOOO proud of himself! 


(Ignore the fact that I don't know how to trim the video...I just kept trying to end it with a smile...oh well.)

Dave Matthew's Concert at the Gorge!

First of all, if you're ever in Washington, I HIGHLY recommend going to a concert at the Gorge!! It is the most beautiful venue I've ever been to! Next year we're going to go to Jack Johnson with friends to campout over night and hang out the entire day of the concert!

 This just melts my heart! I love cuddling with this little man!  So precious!

 See what I mean??   Unfortunately, my little point and shoot camera doesn't do it justice, this place is amazing!

 Before Dave even came out, he had already tired himself out dancing to Ben Harper, (that's Ty's main man)

 Gage woke up to dance himself back to sleep, so he didn't miss Dave entirely.

Best concert ever!!

Birthday Party Do-Over Halloween Night

Since Gage's first Birthday Party was a huge let down, we did a do-over party Halloween night, where I finally made his official birthday cake!

BTW:  After buying nearly 6 lbs of candy for Trick-or-Treaters, we had a grand total of ZERO!  Sad.

In a fight between Chuck Norris and Paul Bunyan, I pick this dude!

Paul Bunyan and Babe, his blue ox

As you can see, the beard and hat lasted all of 3 minutes...so, for our party, we drew his beard on with waterproof mascara! Awesome!  Cutest little lumberjack ever! 

And here is his cute little friend, Miss Morgan! What a doll!!

Baby Boy Behaving Badly!

My Mischievous Munchkin!

                                  That face has trouble written all over it!!

 This is his official pouty face! Those little lips poke out, and while he is in fact, whinning or crying, I can't help but steal a kiss!

A Very Merry Un-Birthday!

My UN-Happy Birthday!!

A pretty miserable day for all of us! Poor Gager wasn't loving his molar that's coming in, which was giving him some pretty nasty little fevers too!  I tried so desperately to get happy photos, and now, it's just funny to me and I wish I would have gotten more of the sad faces, as they were a PLENTY! 

To start us off, we made Gage my family's famous birthday breakfast: Flapjacks with ice cream (not in bed, since I'm not sure how that works exactly at this age haha)!! YUM! Unfortunately, the only thing Gage was even slightly interested in was the candle.

Oh well, Ty and I enjoyed his pancakes and ice cream for him.

    

                              The candle might be interesting, but not enough to elicit a smile.

Look at his cute little flapjacks daddy made! Mommy enjoyed them!

After a bout of crying commenced, he ended up here....thank heaven!!

That evening, we attempted to do his birthday cake, which (patting myself on the back) was tasty!  I made a huge chocolate cupcake with oreos pressed into the edge and chunks of symphony bar in the middle, as well as substituting the water for chocolate pudding (amazing)!! And then the frosting was made of a very light, whipped cream cheese frosting with oreo crumbles! And then everything you see on top!  It was fabulous, I'm drooling just typing this up!  Yeah, wish Gage cared at ALL!  The only photos we got of him "eating" it, are the ones that Ty tried to stuff it in so he would maybe get a taste and change his mind....nope, but we got decent pics anyway...again, in retrospect, the truth, the crying, pouty face photos would have been funnier!

This was entertaining....momentarily.

Again, very intrigued by the candle!

And, the pouty face begins...again.

"Mom, you got to be kidding me!  All I want is the drugs."

 Hahaha, this makes me laugh so hard now; Ty kept trying and trying to get him to take a bite so I could get a photo.  Well, this looks pretty decent, however posed it may have been!

Playing with it was also momentarily entertaining.

And the tears are working their way back.

Daddy's a genius, and whips out a balloon!!

And here are his presents, at 6:30pm, and Gage is in bed SOOO not interested!!

We're having a "do-over party" in a couple weeks with his buddies which will also serve as a halloween party!  Hopefully, he'll have much more fun! 

I can't believe my baby is ONE!!!