Ian's Birthday

We celebrated Ian's birthday today...almost two weeks later! He was sick on his birthday and then Seth was sick and then my mom had surgery Friday. We found out she has uterine cancer or they call it endometrial cancer a few weeks ago. They did a total hysterectomy and it went well. The doctor said he didn't see any visible signs that it had spread outside of the uterus, which was great news. Now we have to wait until they get the pathology report back to make sure it hasn't spread.
So, we celebrated today and there was extra family in the area because of mom's surgery so it was a bigger party than usual. We also celebrated my nephew Ben's birthday. 17 years old! I can't believe that! Time flies by so fast. It seems like Ian was born yesterday. Well, not really but maybe a couple months ago.
Here are some pictures of the big day...

Seth said Ian wanted a football cake

One Year Old

This is fairly long and for my own journaling...

Eating-He is pretty much over the baby food. When he was sick with a sore throat last week, he was glad to eat it because it went down easily, but now he wants his PB&J, quesadilla, and pretty much whatever else we put in front of him. He loves yogurt and is so cute when he eats a popsicle. I found out that he's been eating peanut butter and drinking regular milk for months when I walked in and he was taking a big bite out of Brent's sandwich and took a big swig of his milk. So much for waiting a year. I told Brent if Ian get's an allergy I'm going to tell him his daddy caused it. Of course, I only said that so I wouldn't feel guilty when I continued to give it to him. :)

Mobility-He is still army crawling. He does get up on his knees for a little bit, but lays down again. He can really move quick. He recently figured out how to get from a sitting position to a crawling position and is quite pleased with himself. I can no longer set him down and know that he will be there when I get back. He is dangerous in his walker as he zips around and we have each almost lost a toe. He's pulled himself up some and tries to walk with support, but acts like it's the worse thing that could happen to him and wishes that I would just pick him up. He's a little bit behind Seth at this age, but we don't hold it against him. :) He's actually right on since he was born a month early. I can tell that he is going to be into everything. He's very curious and I love to watch him move around and open and close cabinets like a big boy.

Speech-He says mama, dada, baba, whassat(what's that), sesus(Jesus-from walking around the halls at church and pointing at the pictures), and when I call Seth's name he yells like he is calling him too. He's starting to copy what we say and we love to make him laugh. Seth is the best at making him laugh.

Miscellaneous-I love how he wakes up happy in the morning and calls out for us to come and get him. He takes good naps and sleeps through the night! This makes all the difference when it comes to my energy level. He loves, loves, loves Seth and thinks he is the funniest thing. He gets excited when we walk by Seth's door in the morning and gets mad if I don't take him in there to see him. He is just a happy baby and a true momma's boy. He loves to cuddle still and I am going to take advantage of that before he gets too independant and doesn't want to. He is just a fun, happy, beautiful baby and we love him so much!

Seth

We went to another baseball game with some friends the other night. Brent walked with Seth who wanted to get their mascot to sign his baseball. Seth looked at it as he started to walk away and said, "Hey! He did it wrong! That's not how you spell my name!" Apparently he didn't want "Manny's" name on his baseball.

I Can't Hear You!

Last night some family came over to go swimming in our community pool and then we walked over to play at the park. It was a lot of fun to get together. Seth always loves getting together with his cousins.
After we were at the park for awhile he noticed one of his friends from next door heading to the pool so he decided he wanted to go back over to swim. I told him we weren't going to swim anymore tonight and that we were going to go home after the park. Well, we are having issues in the listening department and he started walking over to the pool. I shouted for him to come back when he was halfway between the park and the pool. He stood there for a little while looking right at me trying to figure out what he wanted to do. He then yelled back, "I can't hear you!" Amy said I should yell, "Yes you can!" So I did. He replied, "No I can't!" Then he ran to the pool. We were laughing so hard!
One of his older cousins went and convinced him to come back.

Not the Best Mommy

I don't know what came over me the other day. I told Seth that we weren't going to watch any tv or get on the computer for the day. They have both been on too much lately, especially since Seth has caught the Webkinz fever. Earlier I had also said we weren't going to have any sugar for the day. I know, I know. What was I thinking? Way too many lofty goals for a four year old!

As we were eating lunch, I said, "I am just the luckiest mommy in the whole world because I have the best two boys in the world." To which Seth replied, "Well, you're not the best mommy." I tried to hide my smile since I knew where this was going and said, "You don't think I'm the best mommy?" He said, "Well you are, but you're not because you said we couldn't watch tv or get on the computer or...and that's it." He was hoping that I had forgotten the no sugar idea and didn't want to remind me. Funny, smart boy

2 Boys

There are a few pictures that we have tried to get of both the boys at the same age. Ian is a little bit older than Seth in these. Seth is about 6 or 7 months and Ian is about 8 months. Ian is much bigger than Seth was anyway!





















Seth's room is a cowboy room because of this picture. He's ready to move on to a different theme, but I'm not. It took a long time to make that teepee! (I couldn't get the scanner to work so they look kind of funny)

And so it begins...

Busted!

Brothers

I love to watch Seth and Ian together. Seth is the best big brother. He never has anything negative to say about Ian. He's gotten frustrated with him a few times when Ian runs over his toes with the walker, but he quickly changes back to being sweet with him. I love this picture.

Squeaky Clean

I have so many pictures of them in the tub at different stages. That's when it's easy to catch them sitting still!