Swimming with Dad!

Here is Hutch and P swimming at Aunt Lisa's house. They had a lot of fun swimming until the "Grandma Incident" (heehee). It was a lot of fun to see Aunt Becky, Chelsie and Ashley and the rest of the family! Let's do it again!!

Playing

The first picture is of P playing with a toy that his Aunt Becky Chapman gave him. It's a wooden tractor type toy that picks up wooden blocks with a magnet. He LOVES this toy. He hasn't quite figured out how it works, but he loves to play with it. Aunt Becky gave him this toy for his birthday because she remembers P's Grandpa Tracy had a toy just like it. That was really sweet of her to share that with us.

The second picture is of P coloring. I bought him his own box of big crayons. He had a lot of fun coloring with daddy. We have learned that he needs to be supervised while coloring. Hutch had stepped out of the room for a minute and I was reading (in the same room with P). I look over at P and notice his mouth has flecks of black on it. I also noticed something in his mouth. I put my finger in his mouth for a sweep and what do I find? The top of his black crayon. He got bored coloring and decided to eat his crayon. Luckily I was smart enough to buy non-toxic crayons and I got it out of his mouth. He didn't really like the taste anyways so there's a good change he won't do it again.

At the Zoo

A few weeks ago, Hutch, Agent P and I went to the Zoo! Hutch hadn't been there in years and the last time I took P it was rainy and cold. Today was beautiful! We all three had a lot of fun! We have a year pass so we will be going again and again.

Here is Hutch and P in front of the Gorilla statue. P was so weird with the statues. He was acting afraid of them. Not sure why. When we went into the ape house, there was a gorilla sitting right up to the glass with his hand under his chin. He was just starring. It took P a bit of time before he was willing to get close to the glass. In the orangutan area, I was holding P while he watched it eat. A little girl came up and stood in front of us, blocking P's view. So what does he do? He starts swinging his arm like he was going to whack the girl. I stopped his hand. I have no idea where he would get hitting from. Silly boy!

Here's my boys at the lion statue. It took a lot to get him to sit on it. I have no idea why he was afraid of them.

Agent P and I in front of the giraffes. P LOVED the giraffes. He just stared and stared. He was mesmerized by them. He could have stayed for hours watching them walk and eat.

This picture is just after the T-Rex growled at us. P didn't like that. He didn't cry but he shook really hard and grabbed onto my neck really tight. I'm not sure if he realizes that they are not real.

 

Riding the wooden horses. He really liked to hold onto the leather strap and bounce around. 

Hutch and P on the train. The train has seemed to gotten a lot smaller since we both rode it. (years and years ago) When Hutch got out of the train, the whole thing moved. We laughed hard.

Agent P and I are prairie dogs too! We got into the lowest tubes so we both could be seen. My knees didn't like that. But P liked it.

The three of us had a great day. We walked all around, got a little wet (some of the dinos spray water) and laughed really hard. I'm grateful for my family and that we're able to spend these precious moments together.

Agent P's Birthday Party

I'm very, very behind in my posting (as I have been told by many people). I'll do my best to catch up.

On Saturday, June 11 we had a birthday party for Agent P. The day before his party, P got the stomache flu (curses to whoever gave it to him!). Poor little guy was sooo sick. He would throw up and cry and cry for us to just hold and cuddle him but we had to clean him up first, he didn't like that. It broke my heart to see him so sick and there was nothing we could do. Saturday morning he was still sick. We kept debating on whether or not to postpone the party. He started feeling better so we decided to at least feed everyone that was coming. We knew we could take P into the other room if he started feeling sick again. I'm soooooo incredibly thankful for my family and friends for their help in getting the rest of his party put together (decorations and food). My awesome sister-in-law Lindsay helped finish P's birthday cake that my mom and I made (my mom sacrificed her arm for that cake). My nephews helped hang up decorations, my sister-in-law Tifany helped them decorate. Everyone was so wonderful! I'm so greatful for them all. My besty, Steph, took pictures for me.

Here is P's birthday cake. It didn't look as good as I wanted to. My mom would have done a brilliant job if she had done it. Curses to that big knife!

We served hot dogs and hamburgers, salads and beans. It was all very yummy! Thanks to my brother James for cooking the meat and to everyone else for bringing yummy food. This was the "Monkey Chow" area.

This is the "Sweet Monkey Chow" area. I created a candy buffet for our guests thank you gift. Everyone took a bag filled it with candy.
We played "Pin the Tail on the Monkey" but all of my photos for that are in portrait direction and for some reason my blog will only post photos in landscape. Weird!!

For some of the decorations, I printed a ton of photos of P throughout the year and hung them around the house. At the end of th party, I let everyone take as many photos as they wanted to.

A tired birthday boy.

Does this look like a mom who's been thrown up on a lot? :) That or at least a very tired mom. But we had a fun day!!

Opening presents!! He was unsure of what to do when I gave him his first present. Once we opened it and it was a car, he was excited. Then when I showed him there were more presents, he really liked this game. He wanted to keep stopping and play with the toy he had just opened. Needless to say, he loved every gift he was given.

Here is a picture of the backyard where everyone ate. The center pieces were bananas and P's many stuffed monkey's. We also had the barrell of monkeys hanging from the tents.

Even with how sick he was, he still seemed to have a good party. He didn't get to eat cake at his party but still had fun. Here he is with his Grandpa. Grandpa held him most of the time and kept him calm and relaxed.

Hutch and I are very greatful for our friends and family for their love and support throughout P's first year. We are so blessed to have P in our life and could never imagine a life without him.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Dad! I love you very much!!

"No Finer Man" Sung by Linda Eder

Birthday Videos

Here are some videos from Agent P's birthday. One is from the morning of his birthday and he's just playing around. The other is eating some cake at dinner. He really likes cake; but then what kid doesn't?

Happy Birthday Agent P!!

Today is Agent P's First Birthday!! I have already sung "Happy Birthday" to him three times! He thought it was fun! I'm sad that I can't spend the day with him but we'll have plenty of time to celebrate his birthday. Here are some pictures from the day so far.

I love my little guy so much!! I'm so greatful that Heavenly Father blessed us with our special little man. I hope you have a wonderful day! We love you very much!!!