Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The First Birthday Party



are all these people really here for me??

"Ggma, thank you for coming to my birthday party!"

The Keane-Miller ladies, an Anderson boy, an honorary keane-miller girl, and of course, a watering can

Arjen, Aunt Casey, and yes, the infamous watering can

not really understanding the "blow out the candle" bit

Every birthday boy must wear the special birthday hat!

What's a birthday without licking the frosting off the candle?

starting to try the cake

getting a little more excited about eating it

definitely getting more excited about wearing the cake

impressing us all by trying to eat up the crumbs with a fork

opening presents..."you climb up on it like this right?"

practice "sister-baby-brother" doll...big kisses!

Arjen's fancy belt

you're not a true Wisconsonian until you have your own cheesehead!

again with practice "sister-baby-brother"...now wowing us with his babysitting skills

Arjen's first really audible word?  "keys."  go figure...

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!" 


He really did have a fabulous day.  The parents did too!  Considering he pretty much didn't nap the entire day, he really did his party well.  Thank you to everyone for helping make it such a wonderful memory! 

Friday, October 7, 2011

It's official! I'm one year old today!

It's amazing how fast time flies.   Particularly when watching this amazing little person grow and change right before your eyes.  Andrew and I consider ourselves extremely lucky to have had this little guy pick us for parents. He puts a smile on my face every day...what more could a mom ask for?!?

As a tribute to his first year of life (thanks to Kelley for the idea!) we've been taking monthly pictures of Arjen since the beginning, in a white onesie, in the crib.  Granted, the photographer was not the best about being consistent, and the subject for sure has a mind of his own, but here's a little trip down memory lane to see the changes that bring us to today...Arjen's 1st birthday!

was he really that little?

with the xmas goat

all of a sudden he's looking like a baby boy!


and then he started smiling for real!

learning to sit with a little help from his friends

sitting on his own by 6th months!

starting to lean...getting ready to move at 7 months!

pulling up to stand at 8 months

back with his goat buddy

testing out the wing span at 10 months

had to coerce with a bottle to get any photos taken this night

back to the one month pose but now one YEAR!


couldn't resist including this one  :)