My baby turns 1 (aka: June part 2)...

On June 26, 2010, we celebrated Trey's FIRST birthday!!! It was a jungle themed party with lots of fun animals. It was SO fun throwing my first kid birthday party. I can hardly believe that my BABY turned ONE! He is SO big and teaching me something new every day. I love watching him grow and learn and discover new things. He is such a funny and smart little man and reminds me SO much of his daddy :) I swear he is going to be an engineer, or a performer. He LOVES figuring out how things work. He takes it all apart and every once in awhile attempts to put it back together :) He also loves to chatter away, can't wait until we actually know what he's saying. Since it has been awhile now since his birthday I'll also update on how far he's come since then. At about 13 months he officially started walking- and I thought crawling rocked my world! He's a little bit naughty (especially when tired, like his cousin Jake) and hears the word "NO" a lot. His vocabulary is increasing, and every once in awhile a real one comes out ;) His favorites are "uh-oh" (also the first one!), "all done", the very awesome "poo-poo", "boom", of course "daddy", every once in awhile a "mama" (a VERY rare while), "ball", and "this, this" for any and everything he may want. He is also VERY good at grunting and pointing and whining. He loves to take people places. He grabs your finger and takes you around the house to different locations. Usually to his room where he will pat the rocking chair. You have to sit or he gets VERY upset. Generally he then leaves the room and you sitting there. My favorite is when he comes back and looks so surprised that you are still sitting there waiting for him :) He really is quite funny. He makes a whole repertoire of faces that are so silly, and he knows it. Clearly we adore him and can't get enough of him. We LOVE him so much and can't imagine our lives without him!!! Enjoy this glimpse into Trey's big day!

Trey's own personal cake, BEFORE.

WAY TOO MANY presents for one little boy!!!

Opening said presents.

Trey and all his grandmas... my mom (Grandma), Steve's mom (Nana), my grandma (Other-One Grandma), and Steve's grandma (Great-Grandma Kastelin)

Mommy even made him a custom shirt!

He had some presents for all his friends too!

And, AFTER! It actually took him a little while to get into the cake, but he soon made short work of it.

Cousin Claudia watches closely to make sure he's doing everything right! She's such a good helper!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE... (aka: the Big 3-0, aka: June Part 1)

On June 12, 2010, Steve turned 30! It was a milestone, so I planned accordingly. Like, planning a surprise party with 50 people at a West MI Whitecaps game the week before his actual birthday. And then planning an after party at our house, which even involved sending Trey away for the night (for the first time!). He had no idea, no clue whatsoever, and was COMPLETELY shocked. It was SO fun to do that. I still can't believe all the logistics with that many people and that many variables worked out. It was amazing, even though the weather didn't cooperate. After being beautiful all day, it started raining as we were walking into the ball park (which was my biggest fear). We were able to get into our private area and have our bbq though. They did eventually call the game, so in the end we actually ended up with free tickets to another game, AND were able to have our party. Steve had such a good time and couldn't believe so many people came out to celebrate and that I was able to pull off so many surprises. Here's a few snippets into the celebrations of Steve, both at the surprise party and on his actual birthday with his family.

There are a lot of June birthdays in our family, so even though it was a big one, he was still sharing a cake. I did make him his favorite chocolate eclair dessert though, too.

Overwhelming...

So last time I updated, many months ago, I swore I wouldn't wait so long again or miss so many events. Sadly, I was not so successful and as more and more time went on, I got more and more overwhelmed. So, I've just decided to start from where I left off and try and update a little as soon as I can (in my mind I think every day, ha!). So, on May 16, Trey was baptized by his Nana in her church. He was VERY good, even though likes to use A LOT of water! :) He was also the first baby to be baptized in her newly founded church in their new space. It was a wonderful day for the whole family and we were so happy so many people were able to share this special day with the three of us.

Mommy and Daddy with our new little Christian ;)

Three RSB's, all in a row

What a popular little guy!

I just couldn't resist this one... he's such a cutie!