Mill Turns One!

I cannot believe that is has been an entire year since my sweet baby boy was born!!! This year has flown by and been full of many and wonderful memories.

Mills turned one on July 30th. We celebrated as a family of 4 that day for his big day. David and I started a tradition of filling our kids' rooms with balloons on the night before their birthday so they can wake up to the excitement of them, when Mary Kate turned one. We continued this with Mills and he loved it! He tried to grab them, only to have them slip away from him. He would laugh and keep trying until he caught one.





























We gave Mills an adjustable plastic basketball goal for his birthday. We set it up in the bonus room. That morning, after we had fun with the balloons, we let Mills walk into the bonus room to see his present. I think he liked it, but Mary Kate loved it and would hardly let him play. Mills' favorite part was when David would pick him up and let him dunk the ball. He grinned from ear to ear and would also laugh.

















Another tradition of our is a homemade breakfast. After playing with he basketball goal for a while, David made pancakes for all of us and Mills ate them up! Both of the kids were in good moods that day and we enjoyed playing outside. We had fun playing outside in the pool while David grilled out for dinner. After dinner, Mills ate a small chocolate cupcake with smurf blue icing. He LOVED it! We had a great day as a family celebrating this extra special birthday.

















Because my parents were going to be out of town on Mills' actual birthday, we waited a week to have his party. Since he has a summer birthday, we thought it would be fun to have a water theme. We had a Finding Nemo cake with blue and green decor. I made a slideshow of pictures and videos from Mills' first year. It was a lot of fun to make and a bit emotional for mento watch. It just seems like time is going by too fast and I am trying my best to soak up every second of it! We started the party with the viewing of the slideshow and then moved on to the cutting of the cake. Mills took a bit to get into the eating of the cake, but when he did he dug in and destroyed the smash cake that I made for him.




























































Along with our water theme was an inflatable pool and a slip n' slide. After we ate cake and opened presents, the kids took off for the water toys and they had a blast!!! Mills started off in he pool and spent the rest if he time doing a combination of sliding and busting it on the slip n' slide. All of he kids played on each of the water toys and seemed to have a great time.


















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July 2011

So I am finally getting closer to getting this thing updated! July was a really fun month for us. We hung out, just the four of us for the 4th. We took the kids to play at the playground at Eastridge Community Church, which us right behind our house, and David grilled out for us that evening in the pouring down rain.





































David has been in banking school through BB&T at Wake Forest University since March of 2008. He was supposed to finish up last July, but was unable to because I went into labor, or so we thought, and he ended coming home. So, after waiting an entire year, he was able to go finish up this program. He was gone for 8 days and while he was busy in class and working on a big project, the kids and I went to the beach!

My parents bought a condo in Panama City Beach, Fl back in the spring and this was our first time down there. We took David's sister Katee and her kids Ana and Evan. We left on Friday morning, just as David was getting ready to go to work, and we were going to stay until Tuesday. When we got there the weather was awful! We had a tropical system spinning over the panhandle of Florida producing tons of rain! On Saturday, we decided to get out and try to have some fun, despite the rain, and we ended up at the indoor pool and then got brave enough to go on to the beach. Sunday started off rainy and got better by the afternoon. It was fun and the kids did not seem to mind. Monday was beautiful! We stayed out on the beach most of the day. The kids dug holes and played in the sand and we walked out passed the seaweed to jump the waves. Ana and Evan are great with our kids and were a huge help while we were down there. Next year we are going again, but both dads are coming with us.





















































We were all excited to see David when he got home. Not having him to help with the kids in the evenings made me really appreciate all that he does for me and he kids! Thankfully, he finished the program, graduated, and will not have to go back next summer!!!

My summer vacation came to an abrupt end the last few days of July when I had to go get my room ready at our new school and report to work. I enjoyed my summer at home with the kids so much that I had a difficult time leaving them at daycare and getting back into a routine. The summer time with them really makes me want to be a stay at home mom!
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