First Birthday

Mitchell turned 1 on April 23rd. This was a Thursday, and we had his party on Saturday. I wanted to make his actual birthday special. I thought about taking him to the zoo, but it ended up being a 90 degree day. I just didn't want to get him out in the heat. Also he did not sleep very well the night before. I don't know why, but sometimes he goes through these spells of not sleeping through the night. So, he ended up being kind of tired on his birthday and took two good naps. We ended up going out to eat and then to the park. Which I think that he enjoyed.
We went to this new restaurant in Norman called Cheddars. This was more of a treat for mommy and daddy. But Mitchell did get some green beans from mommy's plate.

Mitchell seemed to enjoy the swing more this time, but we found out he did not like the slide. Maybe next time he will do better on it.

Then I had to get him a cake for his actual birthday. I bought this small cake at Wal-Mart, and it had some balloons on the top of it. I did not get a picture of it before we gave it to Mitchell. I was planning on giving him just a small piece, but Chad gave him the whole thing. Then I tried to cut a piece for him and took some of it away. He did not care because he just dove right in.

He had a blast!

He had to go right in the tub when it was all over.

We had Mitchell's party at my in-law's house. Their house is good for parties because there is more room than our house. This is Mitchell with his friend Kylie. I could not get him to smile. Kylie is two months younger than Mitchell, but they are about the same size.

We had lunch at the party. I got croissant rolls from Sam's and turkey and ham. My mom also made chicken salad.

I made some car and train peanut butter sandwiches for the older kids. I also used the same cookie cutters to make some cookies.

We also had some fruit, veggies, and chips. Everything was very yummy!

Here are some of the kids that came. It was mainly family but a few friends came too. The two blonde's are my friend Laura's daughters. The dark haired girl is Mitchell's cousin.

This is my brother-in-law's dog checking out Mitchell's new dog. Thanks Brenda for this cute picture.

Opening presents was kind of a disaster. After sitting in his high chair for lunch and being held, Mitchell did not want to sit and open presents. We only got a few pictures of him with his presents. I ended up sitting on the floor and opening all of them. Next year this will probably change. At least I hope so.

We got him a bongo drum set. He seemed to really like this.

His grandparents got him a riding car. He liked it, but he has not figured out how to push it around yet.

My friend Brooklyn made the cake. She did such a good job. The theme of the party was trains, cars, and airplanes. I gave her the napkin and she was able to copy the pictures onto the cake. The cake was yummy too! Thanks Brooklyn!

This time we just gave Mitchell a small piece. It did not have to much icing, so he really did not get to messy.

Thanks to Great Grandma Davis we had a bubble blowing machine for entertainment. Overall it was a great party. Thank you to everyone that came and helped.

First Hair Cut

Well, I finally did it. I took Mitchell today to get his first hair cut. It was getting pretty long and just looked kind of scraggly. I decided to take him to this place called Snip Its. They just do children's hair cuts. When we got there only two ladies were working, but they only had one customer. So, we got right in and it did not take long. Mitchell did not cry. He was a perfect angel. I thought that he was getting tired, and maybe that is why he did so good.
Here is the spike look. We decided against this and went more traditional.

Looking pretty good. In the end, I thought that she did take off a little to much around the ears. But really I don't know because I don't have experience with boy hair cuts.

Here are the end results. He looks like such a big boy in this picture. I liked this place, but I don't know if we will always go there for hair cuts. It is kind of far from our house. After the hair cut, Mitchell got to put this card in a machine and out came a prize. It was a bottle of bubbles. There are so many firsts in a baby's life. You just want to cherish all of them. In just two more days he will have his first birthday.

Easter

Our Little Easter Bunny!

Our Easter weekend started out with a visit to the Easter Bunny. My mother-in-law is apart of a junior service league that puts on Breakfast with the Easter Bunny. We went and got Mitchell's picture taken there. As you can tell, Mitchell did not cry but he also did not smile. I'm not sure what he thought. We really could not do much else. He was to small to do the egg hunt and the games. Maybe next year he can participate more.

After church on Easter we went to my in-laws' house. Mitchell got a train basket from us and another Easter basket from his grandparents. I just put empty eggs in his basket. He likes to play with them, and he can't have the candy.

Mamaw decided to put Cheerios in Mitchell's Easter eggs. He loved them!

Nana gave him a cute bunny that matched his outfit. It was kind of cold and rainy outside, but he did alright in his overall shorts.

He also got a duck filled with graham cracker treats. I love the look on his face in this picture.

He also got new p.j.'s. It looks like it is Christmas.

I love this picture. If you can tell, Mitchell is holding up his pointer finger. I say that he is telling us that he is almost one. Or that we are a number one family. Mitchell will be one next week. I just can't believe it. The time has gone by fast.