BIRTH DAY!!!!

We just had a big celebration around our house.  Our sweet, little Sutton just turned one!!  I can't believe it. We had a great day and weekend celebrating this precious one.  We started the morning singing to her when she woke up.

We then all enjoyed LOTS of waffles.  Who says a one year old birthday girl can't double fist waffles.

I must admit, I learned another "mommy lesson" on her birthday.  We had our 1 year appointment scheduled for that afternoon.  I knew I was in trouble when Dr. Sue walked in and said, "Amanda, I never want to see Sutton again ON her birthday."  I figured she would get a shot or two but had no idea it would be 4.  And drawing blood, that just about did her and me in.  Oh, my heart broke for her.  As we were leaving, I promised her all the cupcakes she wanted after we celebrated her birthday dinner.  And that she did.  She finished her electric pink cupcake and wanted some of mine.  :)  I let her have all the sugar she wanted.

That weekend, we had a birthday party at our house for Sass.  Lots of family and friends helped us celebrate Sutton.  It was so much fun and we can't thank everyone enough for celebrating with us.  Sutton's party theme was pinwheels and we had it early to try and beat the Texas heat.  It started at 10:30 a.m. and we served brunch.

All the kids tried to stay cool in the water slide/bounce house and baby pools.  Sutton loved both of them and would just turn in circles not knowing where to play next.  She had a ball and nothing brought greater joy than just listening to her yell and shriek with excitement.

some sweet friends braving the heat and watching all the kids.

CAKE TIME!  Sutton loves sugar.  She didn't miss a beat with her cake.  It was everywhere!

We had such a great day celebrating Sutton.  It is hard to believe that she has been in our lives for a full year.  Nothing in life has brought us greater love and joy than being her parents.  She is full of life and makes us complete.  We love you, Miss Sutton, more than anything and thank you for bringing so much love, laughter and joy to our little family.  Lots of love to you BIG girl.

XOXO!

Ten on Thursday!

(A little catch up)

4th of July parade.

Checking out the scene.

 Grey and Kendra

Daddy pulling me in my wagon.

I want to play, daddy!

ready for fireworks... 

Not too impressed.

but mommy and daddy were.

Grandpa and Grandma bought me a sand box!

and I really like it.

but made sure not to get too dirty.

XOXO!

TWINS...

So my parents have been telling us that Sutton is looking more and more like her momma the older she gets.  They have had an image of me as a little girl in their mind and have been talking about this picture for some time now.  They stumbled upon it and sent it to us. 

You be the judge.....

TWINS????



ONCE Meses!!

Eleven months!! 

Wow...where has the time gone and Miss Sutton, when did you get so old??  You are no longer a baby - you act and look like a toddler now.   Here are some of your 11 month milestones....

* You are officially walking.  It didn't take you long from taking your first steps to getting from point A to point B.  You get so excited and clap for yourself when you get to your "destination."  You are so proud - as are we!!  Your sweet Aunt Kim gave you some new kicks that squeak when you walk.  You love to make them squeak and we now know where you are at ALL times in the house
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*  You finally said your first word...DaDa!  This made mamma so happy even though it wasn't MaMa.  It is the cutest thing to hear you at night laying in bed saying DaDa, DaDa, over and over again.  Talk about pulling at your Daddy's heart strings - all he wants to do is go upstairs and love on you more.

*  You just got your 1st haircut.  You did great!  You sat in the chair like a big girl and didn't cry.  You kept turning around to look at yourself in the mirror every time the lady would turn you away.  I think you liked it even though you never smiled once.  :)

*  Naps....what's that?  You are definitely trying to drop your naps.  We usally get one long nap around lunch then a little cat nap on the way home from school.  Not so sure this is a good thing, we may need to work on this a little bit. 

*  You have 8 teeth and it looks like another is popping up on the bottom.  Holy moly, girlfriend....slow down.

*  This week, you started at your new school.  Momma had a lot of anxiety over the switch and prayed for an easy transition.  You did GREAT.  We both started the morning in tears but it ended up being a good day for you.  You were so happy when I picked you up and I was able to put all my broken heart pieces back together.  We are so proud of you.

*  You love to fake cough.  :)  (Not sure this should be encouraged like it is.)

*  You love to drink from your sippy cup during the day.  The day is quickly approaching when we will have to get rid of the baba.  I dread that because you LOVE your morning and nighttime baba. 

*  Your baby doll - she is no longer the light of your life.  Every time you push your stroller, you throw her out. We are quick to love on the baby and put her back in the stroller but out she goes again.  You would rather push shoes, farm animals and other random toys rather than your baby.  Maybe you are trying to tell us that you are not going to be a girly girl!  No problem.

* You won't sit still for longer than 3 seconds.  You are constantly on the go and BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.  I was trying to capture your precious 11 month pics but couldn't get you to sit still.  We tried everything to get you to smile big!  Finally (after a little frustration), I told daddy to just let you roam and we will see what we get AND......

 (sticker immediately ripped off and)

(crumbled in hand)

THAT WAS THE END OF OUR PHOTO SHOOT.  What's a mom and dad to do??

Happy 11th month birthday, Sweet Sass.  We love you SO much.  XOXO.

LotsToCatchUpOn...

Where does the time go?  We have been up to a lot these past couple of weeks and 

have lots to catch up on.

We hit the 9 and 10 month milestones!

Sutton is on the verge of walking.  She loves to push her stroller up and down the hallway and walk along all the furniture.  She is very cautious and has yet to let go and walk on her own but she is almost there.  She has mastered the stairs and is now obsessed so up went the gate.  We knew it was time for the gate when I found her upstairs crawling into her room (I thought she was outside with Daddy - whew, no injuries there!)  Sweet little girl is a girl of little words but loves to scream - she loves to hear her own voice.  She still loves to shake her booty and dance.  When she hears music, she starts to shake it and clap - it's the cutest thing.  She is a full-time table eater now.  She loves chicken, fish, fruit, veggies, mac-n-cheese, and lots of other things.  Our sweet little girl is growing up too quickly!  She is our greatest joy and makes us laugh all the time.  She is such a ham!

Last weekend, daddy was in a fishing tournament down in Port Aransas with Oso, Grandpa and uncle Adam.  While they were fishing, Sutton and I stayed in San Antonio with CiCi.  We had a great time!

Giving Daddy some lovin' before he left!

Playing with my good friend, Harper.  We went to the kiddie park and had lots of fun!

We rode the carousel for the first time!  It took me a few minutes to warm up but then 

I had lots of FUN!

I even rode it a second time and switched to the white horsey! 

I spent lots of time in the pool playing with the water.  I love to swim!

 And I got to swing.  I love to go really HIGH!

Life is good!  

XOXO.

Choo, Choo!! All Aboard!

Miss Sutton has been vacationing down in San Antonio for a few days with CiCi and Oso.  Yesterday, CiCi and Honey (aka Janet) took Sutton and Harper for a little train ride.  The girls loved it and loved getting to spend some time together.

We are heading down to SA tonight and we can't wait to get our hands on this little one.  XOXO!