Kellen's 1st Birthday

We went to Wichita this weekend to celebrate Kellen's birthday. Grandpa Cold Beer even came into town to celebrate with us. We went to Grandpa's favorite Mexican restaurant for lunch... they have the best tacos!!

Mom made little cupcakes that were supposed to look like Notre Dame football players... I think they turned out pretty cute!!

She also made football brownies... I've got the best Mom!!

Kellen was only crying cause Mom wouldn't let him tear into the cake yet. She was trying to get a picture of the cake she made before he destroyed it!!

As soon as he dug into that cake there was no stopping him.

I couldn't let Kellen have all the fun!!

Kellen was nice enough to share his cake with Mommy too. Mom was a good sport even though she hates chocolate icing!!

Kellen was in heaven. He ate the entire cake, and then ate 2 slices of pizza right after that.

As soon as the cake was all gone we put Kellen in the bath. He was really mad that the cake was all gone.

Kellen got lots of cool boy toys!!

This truck was the hit of the party. Kellen pushed this truck around the room a couple dozen times!!

By the end of the night Kellen was walking from one side of the room to the other!!! He's getting so big!!

Kellen's Pre-Birthday

My Dad didn't come to Kellen's birthday party so he brought his gifts over for Kellen a few days before. Kellen didn't really get the concept of opening gifts but I was happy to help him.

My friend Katie turned 4 last week so she had a tea party. We all had so much fun dressing up and having tea.

Kellen is getting really good at standing up all by himself.

Kellen and Mom went to the Neurosurgeon last week so they could look at Kellen's head again. They decided that surgery is needed to fix the closed suture. Mom is just waiting for the nurse to call back and let us know when they will be able to get Kellen in for surgery.

School Bus

I GOT TO RIDE THE BUS TODAY!!!!

Kellen and I waiting for the school bus. Mom told me that it would pick me up at 8:07am so I kept running back into the kitchen to check the time. I couldn't wait for the bus to get here!!
As soon as the bus pulled up I ran outside, before I got off the front step I yelled "BYE MOM!!"

I got to sit besides Savannah! Next we went to Katie's house to pick her up! Maybe I'll get to sit next to her on the way home!! I LOVE THE SCHOOL BUS!!!!

Grandma in KC

Grandma drove up to KC last Monday just to hang out with us for a couple hours... I have the best Grandma ever!! She helped us replant some plants that we got from Indiana. Kellen A.K.A. "the dirt eater" loved being able to play in the dirt. He gets in so much trouble for playing and eating the dirt in Mom's plants! I don't love the dirt so much, you could call me a "girlie-girl".

I love dressing up! Mom even got me this Snow White wig, we all think it's pretty funny when I wear it around the house!! Mom would love it if I would be Snow White for Halloween but I am insisting that I be Cinderella (the one Princess dress that I don't already have).

So I was walking Kellen from the office to the living room and I tripped and fell on top of Kellen. As you can see he got quite the goose-egg on his forehead. Of course it's his birthday week and he is getting his picture taken tomorrow. Those are gonna make for memorable first birthday pictures!!

When Mom went to check on Kellen last night he was sleeping like this. Mom thought he looked so funny that she had to take his picture!! Dad claims that Mom sleeps the same way!!

September

We got some fish that I have to feed everyday. Kellen and I both love watching the fish swim round and around the tank.
Last weekend we went to the park with our neighbors the Arthurs'. Kellen loves the swings just as much as I do!!

I LOVE swinging with my Mom! She can swing so much higher than I can by myself. We were going so high that I could almost touch the tree!!

Kellen loved playing in the pirate ship. He is getting so close to walking, before long he will be chasing me around the playground.

Kellen, Collin, me, and Hailey.

Hailey and I were "watching a movie" under the pirate ship. Pretending is my favorite thing to do right now, I have 2 kids...named Kendall and Kellen, I am always the Dad and like it when Addison is the Mom. I take very good care of my kids, making sure that they get their own seats at restaurants, I always let them sleep in Kellen's bed and don't understand why Mom makes me take them out of her bed when Kellen needs to go to sleep. I love my kids so much.

Hiking at Ernie Miller Nature Park

It was such a nice day out that Mom decided that we should go to the park and hike the trails for a couple hours then have a picnic lunch. Kellen and I were both really excited. We even got to use my new princess lunchbox, I got to carry the lunch in my backpack and Mom insisted on putting her keys in too, but I kept complaining that the keys made it too heavy. Mom didn't fall for it and wouldn't take the keys out!!

Kellen loved riding in his backpack. He really liked to play with Mommy's hair, I think he was just trying to make it look pretty!!

I saw lots of different animals while we were hiking. I chased this dragonfly around for probably 20 minutes.

Me and my Drangonfly friend.

I also saw a couple caterpillars, I refused to touch them but everytime Mom touched one it would pee. I thought it was pretty funny to see them peeing on my Mom. She kept telling that she loves caterpillars and used to catch them when she was a kid.

I saw lots of frogs jump into this pond as we walked by. I thought about going in after them and almost slipped in a couple times. But then Mom told me that she wouldn't go in after me if I fell in so I decided to move on.

Kellen's 1st Birthday Trial Run

Our neighbor John made cupcakes with his kids on Friday and of course they shared with us (we have the best neighbors). We just considered it a practice run for Kellen... in less than 2 weeks he'll be devouring his birthday cake in the same manner.

He loved the cupcake, thanks John, Hailey, and Collin!! Actually we all loved them, they just happened to be our favorite kind... Funfetti.

I insisted that Mom take my picture too, I wanted to eat my cupcake funny like Kellen.