Little Man turns 1

We had great Birthday parties for Joe the weekend before his birthday and he had a blast with the cake. It was like heaven for him. We were so blessed to have everyone come and share in the special day.

It is hard to believe that one year has passed so quickly. Looking back at pictures, we cannot even remember some of the pictures from those first weeks when Joe was so tiny! And to top it off, at his one year appointment we discovered he has grown 3 inches since his 9 month appointment. He is now 33 1/4 inches tall. And he is climbing stairs and anything he can turn over to make a "hill" out of!

Our little walker

Even though Joe started walking on his own right after Christmas, it is still so fun to see him run up and down the hall!!

Yikes the weather!

I am a very bad aunt and forgot our camera this weekend for cousin Gabriella's Baptism. I will get some pictures and post them soon.

After a long and exhausting week (for everyone, especially Mike who worked 14 hours on Friday) we packed up early Saturday morning and went to southeast Michigan to visit family. I was supposed to take my nephews Ethan and Dawson to the Detroit Science Center, but the weather was SOOOOO horrible in Detroit, that I decided against that. Instead, we still braved the weather (with Mike driving, of course!) and took the boys to lunch and an arcade so they could have some fun.

The weather did not let up at all on Saturday, so Mike had to shovel out Grandma's driveway just so we could park the Jeep there overnight. Thank goodness Sunday was just cold, but no snow. 6 inches had to be shoveled out of our driveway in Lansing when we got home. UGH!

Well, start of another week and hopefully Joe will not get into too much stuff this week, like trying to climb the stairs without one of us around..... Gotta remember to shut that door! :-)

Northern Winter Wonderland

We finished our Holiday time off up north. Joe loves it outside, even when it was night and FREEZING! Joe also had his first tractor ride- which is hard to see in this picture.

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve with my family in Lapeer. Thank goodness the weather held until the evening, and everyone made it home safely in time for Santa to visit. My handsome little man had a great time- but of course his outfit no longer fits him!

Second Date

Abby Meyers and Joe had a second attempt at a play date just before Christmas..... I think this one went much better than the first where Abby was teething and Joe slept! :-) They both had a great time playing with the loads of toys that Joe got from his early Christmas parties.

Double Trouble

So how much trouble do you think these two will be for their parents?!?! Cousin Ayden and Joe certainly had a good Christmas and I don't even want to think about the trouble they were plotting for next year.