Finally---Rhys' birthday and other misc. stuff

I finally have time to post about Rhys' birthday. Things have been so crazy around here and it seems like just non-stop. Every time I think Jared and I are going to have a quiet weekend and just spend some time with Rhys--things always come up and before you know it the weekend is over!

It started on Thursday when we had a birthday dinner for Rhys with Katrina and Marisol because they were going to be out of town on the weekend. They made sure he learned quickly how to eat his cupcake!

Then Friday we celebrated his birthday at school! Rhys loved sharing is cupcakes with all of his friends!

Here are the monkey cupcakes I tried to make for his birthday. They turned out cute but were a lot of work! Thank goodness my sister and Jennifer came over to help me out with them!

Done with the cake and ready to take on the new toys! I think he looks so grown up in this pictures. Tyler on the other hand wasn't too happy with whatever was going on!

He loved the new wagon from Jared's family. Christian loved pulling Rhys and Rhys was all about being pulled! Jared and I were just excited we didn't have to do the pulling!

After all that work it was time to cool off and drink some water! He is such a big boy.

The outdoor set Aunt Amy and Uncle Randall bought was a hit! Rhys loves putting toys in the bucket and taking them out. This week he has used the bucket as a step stool. Most importantly though, it has become a helmet. I found he playing with it the other day on his head, taking the shovel and hitting tennis balls with it and it was almost like he was playing golf! I have a genius.

As you can see Rhys was a pretty happy camper for his birthday! We were so blessed to spend it with so many friends and family. I can't believe that he is already a year old. It seems like just yesterday Jared and I were talking about getting pregnant and now we have a little boy. He doesn't even look like a baby anymore. Sigh....soon he will be talking and telling me what I need to do for him!

Update coming soon!!

I am trying to gather all of the birthday pictures for you to see. My sister was in charge of taking pictures. Jared's mom also took some I will need to just download those! For the moment enjoy this sweet picture of my one year old.

Almost One!!!

It is hard to believe that my little boy is turning one on Sunday! What a year it has been!

April 2009

May 2009

June 2009

July 2009

August 2009

September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

January 2010

February 2010

March 2010

April 2010

Can't wait to see what the next year brings!

Tomorrow we are having his birthday party and then on Sunday, his actual birthday we are just going to keep it low key and celebrate as a family!

Check it out!!!

Instead of a birthday cake for Rhys this weekend I am going to try my hand at these cute little monkeys!

This weekend is Rhys' birthday and we can't wait! It is so hard to believe that my little baby is going to be one! Where did the time go. Seems like just yesterday I was waiting oh so patiently for the doctor to induce me. Now, he is into everything--walking around, talking up a storm, eating dirt---that was the new thing yesterday---and just being the cutest little boy in the whole wide world!

Easter!!

As I promised here are the Easter pictures! We had a great day. We spent the day with my parents at their house for lunch and had a little Easter Egg Hunt and then we went to Church with Aunt Jennifer and the girls, then to dinner with Jared's family! It was so much fun. Despite Rhys being sick, we had a pretty good day!

Rhys on Easter morning going through his basket

Figuring out how to open the egg and find the prize

The only food he got and it was Fruit snacks! Yummy!!

All done with the basket onto the grass!

Onto the Easter Egg Hunt at Nonnie and Paw-paws

A fun time was had by all. Rhys is doing better. He is still not 100% but he is doing much better! He is still have stomach problems but his ear is not bothering him as much, which is so much better! Hopefully this weekend he will be up to par and we can spend some time playing outside--well really doing yard work.

Catch up!!

Hello friends!!

Rhys' has been so busy lately! Okay, really it is mommy and I just haven't had a chance to update the blog as much. Things have been a little hectic around here. Seems like we always have something going on. Not too long ago it was Christmas, and Rhys was still crawling around. Man time flies by because not only is it April and my little bit is about to turn the big 1, he is walking, talking, and getting into everything! He is growing up so fast it is crazy!

Right before Spring break, we went to our friend Christian's birthday party! Christian is the little boy of the lady who watches Rhys during the day! Needless to say Rhys felt right at home at their house, played with all of the toys and wasn't amused by the fact that we were actually at a birthday party! The party was  train theme and Rhys loved it!

Here we are riding in the train! Don't worry we didn't let him sit by himself the whole time....although that is what he wanted!

This is how we actually rode in the train! Jared seemed to like the ride as well!

Exploring the world

Ready to ride!!

Then came spring break. At the last minute Rhys and I decided to go and visit my grandparents right outside of New Orleans with my mom. The car ride was interesting and Rhys did okay for the most part! He is a trooper! We arrived in one piece and we had so much fun! Rhys played with is his cousins, we ate great food, played outside in the garden and then we had to come home because daddy missed us so much!

Playing with Taylor

checking things out on the golf cart....if only they would let me drive

After our fun trip it was time to get things done around the house, so Rhys learned a bit about yard work. I think Jared is anxious to teach Rhys how to cut the grass so he doesn't have to do it! Most importantly on Jared's to do list was to build me a box garden for vegetables! So Jared and Rhys set out on their important task. My garden is complete now, and is waiting the veggies to be planted! (It rained and then it was Easter) Once we have everything planted we will have green beans, cucumber, yellow squash, zucchini, tomatos, green bell peppers, sweet peppers, basil, and some strawberries! Yummy! I can't wait to start eating fresh veggies this summer!

Rhys and Jared finishing the job!

Rhys decided his toys needed to go into the planter! He would throw his toys in the planter and then he would crawl over onto the other side! Once he figured out he was stuck, he would start screaming dada, dada.

Rhys started this week a little unhappy. Jared and I thought that we probably had too busy of a weekend or we spent too much time outside with him. By Wednesday the lady who watches him called and said that he was running a fever of 101.6. Jared left work and we made a docs. appointment knowing that something just wasn't right with him. We were told that he had an ear infection. My poor baby, he has never really been sick yet and this was just pitiful! So, they put in on amoxicilin. Wednesday night was awful, we got no sleep and his fever peaked at 103.4. Thankfully my mom was able to watch him on Thursday and Jared and I went to work. Thursday was much of the same and that night we still couldn't get his fever to go down under 102. I knew at this point that the meds should have been kicking in. So Friday when he was still running a fever and just not himself we took him back to the doctor! Turns out that he is just resistant to the amoxicilin. So onto another drug and this one seems to be doing the trick! He is so much better yesterday and today, which was great because it was just in time for a crawfish boil and Easter! (pics to come later!)

So, that brings me to the last of the pictures! Yesterday we decided to get out of the house and make our way over to Debbies for some crawfish! Rhys was happy to get out and we were happy that he was happy! Rhys enjoyed himself so much that we were a little concerned....

That's right, Rhys has on his beer goggles. Too bad there weren't any ladies to pick up!

Having a seat! It was nice to finally sit down after all of the walking he did!

And just playing around!

So as you can tell we have been super busy lately! But don't worry I will post the pictures they might just take a couple of weeks before they get up there! Hope everyone had a great Easter and I have plenty of pictures to post from that!