Bday videos

I'll try again with the video links. You don't want to miss this!

At first, Kevin was kind of timid with his cake. In the second clip, you will see that he got the hang of it! Very fun, very, very sticky.

First Birthday Party! A day in pictures

The day started with a morning wake-up call for the birthday boy. Last week I mailed Kev's photo to our local TV station. Every morning at 6:30 they show First Birthdays. We were so proud that he was on TV this morning, we had it on the TV for the party! Kind of silly I know, but you can't be too silly for a one year old's birthday celebration.

Today we celebrated Kevin's First Birthday! We hosted the playgroup for a barnyard themed party complete with big balloons, mac&cheese and cupcakes. We all had a great time. Here are some photos of the big event.

Thanks to everyone who sent gifts, cards & well wishes!!!!

Opening Day

Kevin does not remember, but he watched many Cubs games with me last summer. We took many naps together last season, back when Kev could take a nap on my chest. Those were great days. Nate would come home from work and ask me how many naps we had that day. I would usually lie. (I never thought I would miss those early days).

GO CUBS

It's fun to watch our neighborhood come alive with the excitement of another season. Now, it just needs to get warm to really enjoy it!
In honor of today's opening day of the Cubs season, Kevin is wearing his new baseball jersey from Grandmom & Grandpop :)

(Also, you should know, it's really hard to take Kevin's photo now - he will not sit still! I doubt this is a surprise to you experienced Moms & Dads who read this blog!)

ps - Nate wants me to add "GO TWINS". I told him that no one in Chicago cares about the Minnesota Twins, but he is excited for a new season, nonetheless. Poor Kevin, will be so confused on all the sports teams in our family!

Kevin tries to help.

Kevin loves to "help" with whatever we are doing. His natural curiosity leads him into whatever we may be doing around the house. You already know that the washing machine fascinates him, but he also loves to crawl through the piles of warm, clean laundry. To make him feel like he was helping me, I put him in the basket to hand me pieces of laundry to fold. This worked well, until he tipped the basket over and landed in the piles of folded laundry. Thanks for your help, buddy!

Thanks again to Lily, Kevin loves this book and recognizes so many of the words and pictures. We read it everyday.

A few more photos from Easter and bath time

Kevin never wore his super cute Easter outfit last Sunday because he was sick, but we did get a shot of him with his Easter basket and one with Nate blowing out the candles on his birthday cake :)

Happy Easter

So, it's the end of the day on Kevin's second Easter Sunday. We are trying to decide which of Kevin's two Easters have been the most fun. Both have been memorable, but neither one too fun for us. Last Easter, we came home from the hospital with our new baby boy. We were so scared, exhausted and clueless. I was really looking forward to this Easter as a celebration of many things; Nate's birthday, the start of springtime and giving Kevin his Easter basket. Well, Kevin threw us a curve ball. He got sick on Thursday night and it peaked last night with an-almost-trip to the emergency room. His fever was high and he had the chills so badly he couldn't stop chattering. With lots of motrin-tylenol-motrin-tylenol,, a cool bath & Pedialyte, his fever finally broke this morning. Lucky for me, Nate is a pro at taking Kevin's temperature the old fashioned way. Everyone is doing so much better today.


So, we didn't get a cute Easter photo of Kevin today, but here is a reminder of him last Easter :)

Dad's helper

Yesterday was Nate's 30th birthday. We are having a family dinner on Easter and a super-fancy night on the town with Nicole & Joe in a few weeks, so last night was a quiet night at home. Kevin was excited to help Dad setup his birthday present, a Wii.