Austin & Taylie's "Under the Sea" 1st Birthday!!

Here are a few pictures of the first birthday party. For some reason it is taking forever to upload this photos!! I've been at it for three nights now and this is all I've done!! But enjoy these for now and I'll try to put more up.

Silly daddy!

LOVES his big dinosaur!

Daddy helping open presents now

Playing with one of his new trucks

Gotta taste the toys too!

Look at that mountain of presents!! Spoiled babies!

Opening another present!

Sitting in his new lawn chair

Tearing into a toy

Austin & Momma opening presents!

It was a GORGEOUS day!

Another view of the party

Lots of people !! Look at the table of presents!

Waiting for everyone to get there....

The tables all set up...so cute!!

Summer is here!

Austin's first birthday is this Friday and I have to admit I am feeling kind of emotional about it. All week long I've caught myself thru out the day wanting to cry. I just can't believe that this time last year he was still in my belly, and now he is almost a year old and mr. independent! Where does the time go???!!! I guess you just have to be thankful for each day and soak in each moment as they come and never take anything for granted. I'll write more later....and for sure try to get the first birthday pictures up fast!

Austin, 11 months

Family photo!

Looking out the window

11 months

Austin could care less, he is such a boy!

He loves grass, dirt, water, anything that gets him dirty!

Taylie didn't like the way the grass felt

so she was doing a little "crab" crawl!

awwww, dirty toes in the grass on a hot summer day!

...and then he would fall and make a tidal

wave and splash Taylie, so fun!

Grrrrr, growling at momma!

Austin kept standing up all by himself!

Taylie 11 months

They had so much fun crawling around and

playing with the toys!

Taylie came over to play too!

Okay, this is fun! Good idea momma!!

Okay let me feel it first momma...

Hmm, checking out his pool

11 months