Canyon had a birthday..shout hooray!

February is birthday month in our house so we do a lot of celebrating! Canyon turned 3 on February 27th. His birthday was on a Sunday this year so we pretty much celebrated it all weekend. He is pretty spoiled! To start off the celebration Canyon really wanted to go bowling. He invited his cousin Lydia. They had so much fun!


He is really trying hard to concentrate...


Daniel and I started off bowling, but half way through the kids were having so much fun that they just took turns bowling every other time.

Oakley had fun too :)
On Saturday morning we took Canyon to one of his favorite places for breakfast...Krispy Kreme.


The boys loved watching the donuts being made.
That night we went and celebrated with Grandma Nickels at the Mayan. We took Canyon once before Oakley was born and he has talked about going to "the restaurant where the people jump in the water" ever since. We got a great seat right by the water. Canyon didn't do much eating.

They sang Happy Birthday to him with a sparkler candle. He was amazed.



Canyon loved his birthday dinner!!
So it finally the day finally came when it was Canyon's real birthday. He opened his presents.

And made Toy Story alien cupcakes for his birthday cake.

This was Canyon's favorite present. His Lightening McQueen bike. He loves riding and has caught on really quick. He is a little bit of a dare devil which makes me nervous!
Then it was off to church. Canyon got a visit from his mom in nursery with cupcakes and they sang Happy Birthday to him.
That night we went to Grandma and Grandpa Furr's for dinner and a birthday party. Canyon loved all his presents.

His birthday cupcakes.
But still the celebrating was not over! The next week Canyon had another birthday party at Grandma Nickels house with his aunts, uncles, and cousins.


We had more presents, more cake, and more fun. See what I mean by spoiled!! :) Happy Birthday Canyon.

Oakley at One

Oakley is such a funny baby! Here are a few things about Oakley at one year old:
He is the most stubborn baby I have ever seen. He has such a strong personality and knows exactly what he wants...which makes him a little difficult at times :) He does not like help doing anything. He likes to figure things out in his own time frame, and when he does, there is no looking back. For example-Oakley would not crawl on his hands and knees for the life of him. We tried and tried helping him and he would not have it!!! He would literally cry or throw a big fit when we tried to teach him. One day he decided he could do it and has been a crawling machine ever since. Example 2-I tried for weeks and weeks to get Oakley to drink out of a sippy cup. He would not do it! It became a battle of the stubborns between Oakley and I. He refused to drink all day and I would finally cave because I didn't want him to dehydrate. Then one day Oakley decided it fine to drink from a sippy cup and was totally done with his bottles. And that was that.



Oakley is saying a few words. His says mama (but only when he is looking for me. If I am holding him and tell him to say mama, he laughs. Such a stinker). He says dada, uh-oh, oh wow!, no no (when I am trying to snuggle him), wee, and his favorite THAT!!! He points to everything he wants and yells THAT!!! I guess its better than whining or grunting :)
Here he is riding Charlie the Caterpillar and this is an instance when he says wee! wee! over and over again. He is such a little dare devil...riding with no hands!


Oakley LOVES throwing things. He throws everything. His binky, his toys, Canyon's toys, tv remotes, basically anything he can get his hands on. The funniest thing his throws...his sippy cup. When he is finished getting a drink does he set it down nicely? Of course not, he throws it! EVERY TIME! We are currently working on putting cups down nicely, but of course he will do it when he feels like he is ready.
Oakley also loves throwing things into the bathtub. I find some of the strangest things in there thanks to little Oakley!

Here he is caught red handed throwing stuff into the bath tub. This time it was a fruit snack wrapper, a sponge, and one of Canyon's socks. (The curly mohawk is usually not Oakley's hair-do. This is what happens when he goes to bed with wet hair).
Oakley's favorite food: lime green Popsicles. He shares one every night with his daddy. So cute!


Another favorite past time of Oakley's...putting toys into my shoes. It never fails. Every time I put on my shoes, there is a toy of some sort. I am sure excited to be able to wear sandals again :)
Oakley also LOVES balls! I think we have a future sports player on our hands! He also loves animals, baby bear (pictured above), his blanket, and his brother.

Little Oakley we love you so much! Happy Birthday!

It's Fun to be ONE!!!

On February 5, 2011, little Oakley turned one year old!! This past year went by so fast. I wish time would slow down!!!! We started out Oakley's birthday with a trip to Toys R US for his birthday crown and balloon. He couldn't get enough of his balloon :) Then it was back home for lunch and naps for the day.



Then Lindsey and I went to work making decorations for Oakley's party. We held it at our church so we could fit both sides of the family in one place at one time.

The desserts...




the decorations..

the guests....

the presents.....

the birthday cake....



and the bath made an unforgettable party.

Overall Oakley's first birthday was a huge success. We had a lot of family and friends that came to celebrate with little Oakley. We had a great time playing bingo, playing basketball, and just having fun being with our cute little one year old! Thank you everyone for making Oakley Bear's first birthday so special.