1 Year Old!!

I know this post is a little delayed, but it's been a long weekend/few days. We headed to STL on Friday and stayed through Sunday. It was filled with family, fun and lots of activities. We started the journey by visiting Momo (my grandma) since she couldn't make it to his party and he had a great time walking around her house and playing peek a boo with her. Then we headed back to my parents to settle in and play with his cousin Ella who my parents were watching for the afternoon. The two of them had a blast following each other around and playing.

Saturday morning we headed to my nephew's baseball game which Ben was fascinated with. Despite my hoping that Ben wouldn't like sports just to spite Brian, it so far seems to be the opposite of what I hoped. Anytime sports are on he freezes and he watched just about all of Danny's game except when his other cousins were playing and it distracted him. Then we headed to my cousin's wedding which was beautiful and the day couldn't have been more perfect. Our first nice family photo. For the reception I had one of my good friends Pam watch Ben and put him to bed. Luckily he was so worn out from the day he went down like a champ for her which was nice.

Sunday brought on Grant's farm where Ben couldn't get enough of the goats drinking from bottles. If we learned anything it's that he should love Deanna Rose and that is on our list for this summer now. Sunday afternoon was his party where he got to see all 8 of his cousins. He loved watching all of them play and the turtle races were a great time in my parents front yard. Yes, they found two stray turtles and tried to have them race - I didn't see any side bets so that's a good sign. He had a cupcake, moose cake and ice cream. Apparently I have to explain the Moose Cake since most people are a little perplexed. We have a moose statue on our mantle and for the longest time he kept pointing to it and wanted to touch it. It became a ritual. If you ask him where the moose is, he will find it and point to it so I thought it only fitting that while he can't vocalize what he wants I can choose for him before we end up with all the sports cakes. And come on, the moose is cute!! He got lots of great toys from the fam including his own personalized 'Ben' size chair, water table (which we've already used every.single.day), inflatable pool with a slide, blocks and a gumball machine toy with balls that he loves to play with. Pretty awesome toys that he's loved playing with this week. Can't wait to blow up and fill up the pool!

I don't have a 1 year pic since it's impossible to get Ben to sit still so here's a slideshow for the pics of the past month and this weekend. Click on the pic below.