Have a 1 year old...ee i ee i ooooooh

Owen turned one last weekend. It's hard to believe that we've had our sweet boy for over a year now, it's just gone by so quickly. He had a great time with all his family and friends at his birthday party on his actual birthday (I obviously planned well having him on a Friday so his first birthday would fall on a Saturday). Here's some pictures of his party!

He totally hated his cake...and not because it was gross (I did make it, but it tasted good!). I'm guessing he just doesn't want his hands dirty? He wouldn't even taste the cake and wanted down. Oh well, no smash pictures for us! We'll keep him anyway ;)

Owen spent most of his party....and a good amount of the weekend chasing his Papa's crutches. He loves to play with them and he loves his Papa. Here's the view from the top....almost worth the accident to see that face so excited about your "toys," right Dad?? Almost.

Here are some boys who appreciated my hard work and devoured some cupcakes!

Happy Birthday, Sweet Owen. Mommy and Daddy love you so much!

Visit family in Buffalo!

Owen and I went to Buffalo this past week with Nonni to visit Uncle Matt, Aunt Julie, Gram, and Aunt Diane. We had a great time! We went to Niagara falls on Saturday and got to see the snow that was still in the water....it looked like a glacier, it was so tall!

We also went to the aquarium. Uncle Matt was so excited to show Owen his first aquarium but Owen decided that a nap was more important....he slept through the whole thing!

We are busy with preparations for Owen's first birthday. We'll have an update soon with pictures of the messy birthday boy!

Walk, walk, walk!!!!

Owen learned to walk this week! He had taken one step two weeks ago but then we had never seen it again so we thought it was a fluke. Then Wednesday he took two steps, then four, then 16 by the end of the evening. Over the weekend he walked all the way from the living room to the front door and then back....which is about 25 feet away! We are so proud of our little guy and you can tell by the look on his face that he's very proud too!

We had a fun weekend as a family. We did some work out in the yard, Daddy worked on his bike, and we went to the library and the park together. Overall a very good weekend!

I took a photography class a couple weeks ago so I've been playing with my camera. Here are a few pics I've taken since the last post.

Enjoying the beautiful flowers in our backyard in his sun bonnet.

Owen seriously loves bouncing balls and rolling them back and forth with us these days.

We took a trip to Uptown Charlotte this Saturday to visit Imaginon. Owen took a little time to enjoy the view! And BTW, my photography teachers would be so disappointed that I forgot to push my flash up on this picture...it would have been so much better.

Check it out mom! I can pull out the grass and quickly stick it in my mouth while you try to adjust your f-stop!

Owen loves wheels....and anything else that rolls or spins.

Playing with mommy at Imaginon.

Our little Future Duke enjoys his Duke Dog, and yes, he did just rip the crown straight off his head. Duuukes!