Happy Birthday Little Man!

July 29th 2016!  My little man turned one!  And I swear he knew it was his birthday.  He was so happy all day and loved having all of the attention.  Steve had to work until 3pm that day, so after breakfast I took the kids over to Salem pond to feed the ducks because Parker LOVES animals!

 We were the only ones at the pond, and it was such a beautiful morning!

After Parker's morning nap, we went and watched Kaylee play softball in Spanish Fork and for some reason I didn't take a single picture.

 Ellie thinks it's funny to try and eat her food with her toes! haha

 We picked up Steve from work and headed to Richfield so that we could celebrate with both sets of grandparents.

 Ellie picked out these party hats and she was so excited to make everybody wear them!

 He didn't go crazy over his cake, but he definitely thought it was pretty yummy.

 We gave him a box of balloons just like we did Ellie for her first birthday and he loved it!

 We got him this little motorbike too which despite his face, he was actually really excited about.

 Grandpa Larry & Grandma Janae, Grandpa McKay & Grandma Sheila, Rob and Julia and their kids, and Emily A. and Stetson and Heston, all came to celebrate with us.  We just love our families and we love this little man so much.  Parker has definitely not been the easiest baby.  I swear he is either happy as can be, or he's a bear.  Like if he hasn't had a good nap, or he wakes up too early in the morning, he's pretty grumpy and there will be a lot of crying going on.  But when he is happy, he is the cutest little man ever.  I call him my little boyfriend because he doesn't let me go anywhere or do anything without him.  We love having Little Man in our family and I'm so grateful that I get to be his mom.

July

Parker's hair was getting SO long, and I made the mistake of complaining about it to Steve, so he just buzzed it all off!

At first I was so sad because I felt like it made my baby boy look like a 2 year old, but now I actually prefer his hair super short like this.  Which I guess is a good thing because Steve says our son will always have a "short clean hair cut"! haha

Grandma Janae made Ellie a s'more in the microwave, and naturally she got it all over her face.

July was a big month for us because we finally moved to Salem and Steve started his new job!  We actually really love Salem and I could see us staying in this area long term.  Of course part of me still hopes that one day we could end up in St. George and eventually open another practice down there, but for now we really just want to plant some roots here and make this place our home.

All of our junk crammed into our tiny living room while we were unboxing everything.  We are renting a townhome for now and I really don't mind it all.  We don't have a ton of space, but hopefully before too long we'll be able to afford to buy or build a house.

Little Man is always climbing on top of something.

Silly girl!

Riding ponies at Thanksgiving Point.

More Home Depot fun.

Little Man loves to eat whole apples all by himself.  In fact sometimes if I take it and cut it up, he'll throw a fit and won't eat it when I give him an apple slice!

Ellie and Heston A. helping Grandma Janae make apricot jam.

Enjoying oreo chocolate cake for Brinley's birthday.

Ice cream on the back porch.

We went to the parade in Spanish Fork for Pioneer Day.