Little Man Mustache Bash

Little man has turned one and it was only appropriate to celebrate. You may say it was more for us then for him. It is a big deal. First of that we all made it through our first year together, second that this little treasure is in our lives. We wanted so long for his arrival into our family. This celebration only made it that much more special to our family. 

We had lots of food.

  I made little sandwiches of Turkey and Ham.  There was also a curry chicken salad in mini pitas.  Bowtie pasta salad and mixed fruit salad.  To wet your Whiskers were mini waters and milk

We invited friends in on the celebration.

We had Lemon Curd Cupcakes and Vanilla with a whipped cream frosting, as well as chocolate Cake Pop.

Little man completely enjoyed his Cupcake.

 

Next he opened his presents.  

We set up a Photo Booth with props for people to take pictures.

Here are a few of our friends who joined in on the fun.

Aren't they cute?

This little family is so sweet.  Their Little man is a few weeks younger than our little man.

Here is our new Family picture.

We gave out Chocolate Mustaches as a party favor.  It was a wonderful party.  We are so happy to be able to share it with our friends and that we have little man in our family.

 

 

 

It's official we have a Toddler

It's official we have a Toddler on our hands. My little man has turned "ONE". We are so lucky to have him in our life. He is a treasure to our family.

First Cupcake

For breakfast he had a cupcake.  His first cupcake.  He was more interested in the balloon at first until he dips his hands in the frosting.  Then he took both hands and pulled the whole cupcake to his mouth and sucked it up.  I will post the video later.
 

Eating it with both hands in his mouth

It was so much fun to see him respond to a whole cupcake for himself.

Mega Block Play

Eating Cheerios later that morning

Then came the presents.  He loved everything that was given to him.  We gave him a elephant that shoots balls, a red fire engine truck and his Aunt and Uncle sent him some mega block that he loves.  I will post him playing as well late on video. 

 We love watching him play and interact with his toys. He has grown up so much in the last month.

Little Man Walking

Little Man took his first steps almost 2 weeks ago. He walked to his daddy who was holding a computer mouse. That was the motivation to get him going. Since then we have just let him do his own thing. This is what he does all day long around the house.

Little Man First Sleep Over

I never thought I would be posting this for my little man at such a young age. Little man had his first sleepover a few weeks ago at only 10 months. It was the hardest thing for me to do. But with the kindness of our friends my mind was at ease for those hours he was away.

Why would I send my little man on a sleep over at such a young age? We had a family emergency and so I needed to find little man a place of safety and security until things could settle down. Little man did great and from these pictures of his friend from this sleepover you can tell he was well taken care of.

Thanks Sarah and your family for taking care or our little man.

11 Months Old

Hooray Little man is 11 months old. We have almost survived one year with him. Or he has survived a year with us. Either way I can't believe it has almost been a full year since he has joined our family. I am completely in love with him and everything he does. He can do no wrong at this point. Even with his new scream he does at me.

Little man has 7 teeth. Four on his upper and three on his lower.

Little man has mastered his pincher fingers, he loves his Cheerios and anything he can pick up and put right into his mouth.

Little man cruises along the wall, couch and stands up to look out the window and watch what is happening outside.
Little man is able to stand all by himself. He is so close to taking his first step.
Little Man has added a bunch new foods to his diet and loves to eat what his mommy and daddy eats.

Little man was introduced to a blueberry donuts from Duncan Donuts during mommy's stress eating episode.

Little man had his first chocolate when he grabbed his cousin chocolate donuts, while sitting next to him in the back seat of the car.

Little man is saying Momma and Dada.

Little man is truly amazing in the eyes of his parents.

Spring Time in DC

It has been the perfect weather here for the past few weeks. The sun is out and the traces of winter is subsiding. I love spring. I enjoy watching the bare branches form their first buds. Then as a matter of days the trees and flowers pop out. Two weeks ago these trees were bare. Can you believe so much beauty can be produced in only a two week period of time. Like I said. I just love spring. I will never get tired of taking pictures of the blossoms here or smelling their sweet fragrance as you walk by.Spring is here and we are enjoy this time as a family.

First Haircut

So Adam needed to go get a haircut and while we were there we decided to get little man a first haircut. He did a great job. He just sat there and let the lady do her job.
My little man is now looking like a little boy with his new haircut. I regret then buzzing him. It will grow back in time.

Teething Beads

I just recently found out about these teething beads. I met a friend of my sister's who swore by them. She wished she had these for her older children. So after looking at them and then reading about them, I thought I would give it a try.

Amber Teething Necklace-the natural choice for mother and child

Baltic amber helps with teething pain

•Immune boosting properties •Reduction in teething pain •Calm a baby without resorting to drugs •Anti-inflammatory and therapeutic properties •Recognized by allopathic medicine as a natural analgesic

Baltic Amber has some of the highest concentrations of Succinic Acid found in nature, and this is what makes it so special.

Want to read more about these beads? Check it out.
http://www.amberartisans.com/amtene4.html

The package arrived today and I immediately put them on my little man. I don't know if they work yet. As little man was teething today and was pretty grumpy. I still used my Lavender essential oil which is a charm on him. Once I am convinced these beads work I will definitely be posting about it.
In the mean time here is my little man in his teething beads. I kind of think he is looking a little like a hippie child in the them. Especially this picture of him.


Oh do you see his bruise he got on his head. I found out that lavender essential oil helps. It was a goose egg two days ago.

Lemon Cupcakes

We have been watching a show on tv called "Cupcake Wars" and a little Alton Brown. And before you know it we were in the kitchen coming up with our own idea for a cupcake. We call our cupcake Lemon heaven. So what I did was make a white cupcake, once it was cooled I injected the cupcake with the lemon curd my nephew made and then we topped off the cupcake with a whipped cream with a dash of Lemon essential oil in it. WOW! It was fantastic! It is definitely a keeper

Cousin Feeding His Cousin

Little man's cousin asked me if he could feed his cousin. I thought it was so cute.
Half way through the bottle his cousin said his legs were falling asleep, so I finished the feeding.