Better late than never!! Swinging fun!

Brooklyn has always enjoyed swinging! She caught on right away at daycare and loves to use our swingset at home now!

But up until now she has had to swing alone.....but no more!!!
This little guy got a swing for his birthday from Grandma Mary.

And boy does he like it!!

No more watching on the side lines for this little boy!!

He is now part of the action!

Thanks Grandma Mary and Papa Vince!! Although it was 2 months in the making, it was well worth the wait!!

Dance Party!

We love to dance!! Jamison has picked up some moves of his own already! And well Brooklyn....she has always been quite the dancer!

As you watch also notice the little "knee walk" Jamison does to get around. He does this quite often and must think this is easier than learning how to walk!

Enjoy our dance party!!!

Our one year old smiley guy!

It was time for Jamison to get some professional one year pics taken. And he did great!!! When I took Brooklyn she screamed the majority of the time, I even took her back for re-do's and she screamed then too! So I am SO pleased with the way these turned out!! Most of these were the first takes!! Jamison is such a happy guy and I think pictures really show his personality!

These are all great, right?? That's our smiley guy!! ***Now, to all of you that are thinking "I need to print these off becuase this little guy is so cute I just can't get enough of him"...PLEASE DON'T! Believe me....I spent some GOOD MONEY on getting these and there should be one coming your way soon. The pictures should be in on July 21st, and I will send them your way as soon as I can!! :)

Family Outing

As if two birthday parties and a 4th of July celebration weren't enough, let's add a trip to the zoo in there for the weekend

Although Mommy's 9 month pregnant self quickly realized it may have not been her best idea, it was still well worth it!!

Jamison looking at the elephants

Brooklyn with the cotton candy she had to have, but didn't eat!
Daddy and the kids taking a break/pose

And a family picture to wind out the day!

When I asked Brooklyn what her favorite animal was, she said all of them! And Daddy thinks the tiger was Jamison's favorite-I would agree since Jamison roared a little for us to prove it!

Another fun family adventure! And quite possible one of the last family adventures as a family of four! So glad we got the kids to the zoo before our next bundle of joy gets here and we become a family of FIVE!!

Family fun

Just a few family pics from Jamison's birthday party and the 4th of July. What a family fun filled 4th of July weekend!! We can't wait to fill it with more family as baby Nerio arrives and as we get to see our Iowa side of the family in the months to come!!

Cousin Katherine enjoying one of Jamison's trucks.

This is a Brooklyn photo of Aunt Angela and Great Grandma Kingsley

Brooklyn sat here with Uncle Jason and Daddy for a long time!! Just relaxing and looking at all the cool things Uncle Jason has on his phone!

Cousin Katherine enjoying the 4th of July!

Grandma Mary and Brooklyn relaxing after dinner

Aun Ru lovin on Jamison..how sweet!

4th of July Fun!

We got to go over to Grandma Mary's and Papa Vince's for a good ol' fashioned family 4th of July get together!! We had a lot of fun--see for yourself!!

Look at the eyelashes on that boy---gonna be a heartbreaker!!

And we even had a few firework first timers!

Katherine enjoying her first Sparkler

Brooklyn watching as daddy did some snakes

And smoke bombs... She enjoyed it if you can't tell!

Jamison liked them too!

And surprisingly Brooklyn took part in some Sparklers of her own!

What a great night!!

Party Time!

A lot of pictures this time to show Jamison's First Birthday Party! As you can see from the previous post we stuck with a Red, White, and Blue theme since we were having his party over the fourth of July weekend.

So here are a couple of pictures to see how the mood was set. :)

Brooklyn helped with the cupcakes to make sure each one had the right sprinkles on it! Then time for cake again! This picture isn't very clear, but I love Jamison's eyes! He looks so mesmerized by the cake and candle!

And boy did he make a mess!!

Cake two days in a row.... OH BROTHER Jamison says!

Then after a quick clean up this little boy looks pretty happy! But then again Papa Vince can always put a smile on this little guys face!

Cousin Katherine enjoying the party!

Present time again! This was one of the trucks that Brooklyn picked out for Jamison! She did a great job picking out his gifts, every one that she picked out seemed to be his favorite!

And she picked out a Big Truck for him. And boy did he try to help daddy get it out of the box!!

And then he danced when they finally got it out! He has got some pretty mean moves anytime he hears any sort of music!!

And yes, finally I get to play with my truck....vvvvvrrrrrrrr

Um, did this chick just take my truck away??

Well I am taking it back!

And finally a ball pit to play in!! But since it is still in the box, we might as well play on it!!

What a great party!! Jamison got a lot of great clothes and toys! We are so blessed to have such great family and friends!! I would have to say the Jamison's favorite gifts were any of the cars and trucks he got! We sure did have fun!

The real party!

Although we had a small celebration for Jamison on his actual birthday, we had a bigger party for him the next day. Here is a little looky looky at the invite! I love trying to come up with these things!!