Seth Turns 1!

Bring on the chocolate cake!

Today was the big day – Seth's first birthday. It was a perfect day to be at the park. Seth was good even when he got pretty tired at the end. He was blessed with many great gifts and I know he'll love playing and wearing everything he got.

BUT, I know what you all really want to see is Seth and his first cake experience. We made him a mini cake by using a jumbo muffin size tin. It was more than enough. I think he's following in his parent's footsteps. The kid likes chocolate!

As I write this, Seth is napping (after a big day) and Evan & I are pretty exhausted as well. We're off to Washington, D.C. tomorrow and we haven't started packing. Hopefully Seth will like it: first chocolate cake...then the White House!

Here are photos of Seth and his cake...and some shots of us and Seth's grandparents. Enjoy!

No nap = Fussy Seth

Seth and I at the Lesch Family Reunion

Seth is always a good traveler. Yesterday we put him to the test, though. He didn't get an afternoon nap and that led to a tiny melt down at the family picnic. It figures. Some of these people were seeing him for the first time...and what do they hear? A crying, fussy child. I know, most of you who read this are thinking: Seth? Fussy? But it's true. The kid needs his naps.

I should have known it was going to happen considering:
1. His morning nap was cut short due to us having to arrive at church early for Evan to prepare for his FPU announcement.
2. Fed Seth his lunch after church during Evan's FPU interest mtg. Was hoping Seth would then fall promptly to sleep for the 1 hour drive to Norwalk. As luck would have it, Seth fell fast asleep...as we arrived in Norwalk! Again, had to wake him up.
3. We forgot to bring his stroller a.k.a. place to sleep. For the next couple hours he was being held by someone and getting more and more hot and fussy.

There you have it. Recipe for a melt down. Granted, the crying didn't last long. He eventually snapped out of it and ran purely on fumes of playfulness and pleasantness. He managed to take a brief nap in the truck while Evan ran in to get his hair cut at his sister's house. I stayed in the truck with him with the A/C running. He stayed asleep even upon arriving at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Eventually he either woke up or we woke him up to eat his dinner. Then played and crawled all over their kitchen floor. He slept most of the way back to Lakewood and went promptly to bed. Ugh.

Both naps today have been around 2 hours long...I think he's making up for yesterday.

Seth shots...finally!

Seth turned 11 months on July 30. He is on the go and getting into everything. He has 6 teeth and still very happy. He loves to laugh and even makes himself laugh sometimes. Crazy kid. He is pulling himself up to standing all the time, even flushed the toilet the other day! He's been getting into potted plants and eating some of the dirt. He likes to play in the dirt, it gets on his fingers...which eventually end up in his mouth. Yes, it's gross, but he's a boy and a curious one at that.

August: A busy month!

I stink. I haven't had a new post here for awhile and sadly, I haven't had a chance to even take photos of Seth to post here either. I've been so busy and unfortunately, I'm going to remain that way at least until September. August is a very busy month.

Seth will have his first birthday this month. I have a few pages yet to go on his scrapbook and I don't even know when I'm going to get it done. I have absolutely no pictures of 11 months so it may not be represented in his book. Aah!

A bridal shower, a wedding, three family picnics, trying to remember gifts for my dad's birthday and nephew's birthday, and planning Seth's party has me busy on the social level...then work has been keeping me busy most weekday evenings. Then our tenant downstairs moved out so we're trying to get some touch-ups done down there. So I need to do some cleaning...oh yeah, and my apartment too! We host our church small group twice a month too.

All this and still trying to do my treadmill time every weekday morning, keeping up with laundry, and taking care and running after Seth.

We leave for our vacation the day after Seth's birthday, so somehow I'll have to find the time to get packed while preparing for Seth's little party. Lord, help me.