Happy 1st Birthday to my little angel!!! I can't believe that you are already one year old!! You are such a funny baby, and wow you keep me on my toes. We spent your birthday by packing up and going to the Bristol lake house. We saw your Gramma Teresa, your Uncle Shane & Angel, Uncle Brent, Aunt Vickie & your cousin Urijah. You spent the day playing in a baby pool on the screened in porch with your cousin Urijah. We didn't make you a cake, so I ran to the local grocery store and all they had were Graduation cakes, so I bought you a personal Graduation cake, and you loved it!!! You performed much better for pictures with your two dollar cake than you did with your big expensive cake that matched all of your birthday colors!!! Your daddy said we are going for the cheap cake and definately going to Chuckie Cheese next year. He said I went way over board with your party!!!

I love you so much and you are growing so fast. You started walking April 21st, one day before you were 11 months. You say DaDa all the time and have gotten really close to your daddy lately. You hate shoes and absolutely love playing with balls. I am hopeful that the seperation anxiety will get better soon!!! You have hurt a few of your family members feeling by not going to them. Even if you don't go to them, you always have a cheesy smile to give them!!! Oh and you have 7 teeth, 4 on the top and 3 on the bottom.

Tomorrow is your first plane ride and I pray that we all make it there safely and without too many tears. We will be going to the Daytona Beach and Orlando for Sea World. I am excited to see how you will react to the beach!!!

Happy Birthday Alexander, you have been a true blessing to us!!!

Here is picture with your getto Graduation cake, while we were singing Happy Birthday!

You dove head first into your "getto Graduation cake"

Here is you and your cousin Urijah playing in the baby pool

Your new duck tub for the lake house that scared the life out of you, this way right before you went crazy crying and climbing out!!!

Birthday PARTY

This past Saturday was your first birthday party. We have been having horrible weather lately, and I just knew that it would rain. We planned to have friends and family over and have a cookout!! It was cloudy all day until 1 hour prior to your party, and wow the sun came out!!! We tried hard to get you to take good naps that day, but you knew something was going on since we were all running around trying to get things ready. I have been planning your party for months and I have never been so excited to make sure everything was perfect. Now I know that there is nothing perfect about a 1 year old birthday party which in the end is what made it perfect!!! I made homeade cupcakes and of course worked til all hours on your cupcake toppers.

All of your grammies, poppies, gramma's, and grandpa's came aline with uncles and aunts and great friends. The day was definately about you, however you were quite fussy. We thought that you were a little freaked by all of the people and the chaos. You even took a small nap during your party, because you could stand yourself any longer. We ate, opened presents and did your cake, however you weren't real impressed and it took a lot of promping to get you to taste it.

Well, your party turned out great and everyone had fun, and we got some great pictures of you! We were really sad that you were so grumpy. You continued to be grumpy even yesterday (the day after your party). You are a pretty happy baby, so I was getting a little concerned. Your daddy came home and heard you crying, and then you coughed real hard. Daddy said it sounded like you had a sore throat. Daddy looked in your throat and guess what you have strep throat again!!!! We took you to Jefferson City Hospital Emergency room where daddy works. Of course when we got there you decide to flirt with all the nurses. You got a antibiotic shot and we hope you start feeling better soon. We felt really bad that we were getting frustrated with you, and blaming you for being spoil, when you probably felt like crap!!! Hopefully we didn't get any friends or family sick. I am sure this will be a busy week, and we will celebrate your birthday all week since you don't actually turn 1 until this Friday!!!

We love you and hope you had a good birthday party even if you didn't feel great!