My little TODDLER! (:

Justin started walking a few days after his first birthday.
I wouldn't actually call it "walking" because he doesn't go very far, but my mom said as long as he is taking steps by himself, it counts.

Soooo................HE'S WALKING!
And we're LOVING it!

I know the videos are all pretty much the same, but I mostly put them on so my mom can see.
(He's not much for performing in front of the webcam.)

It's so fun to watch his expressions, you can almost read his mind. Right before he gets to the couch, or to me, or to Jason he stops and looks and thinks "i'm close enough" then just kind of lunges forward. -he's usually not close enough though.

I think his record is 7 steps before he fell...which doesn't seem like a lot but we get so excited and there is a lot of clapping going on in this house right now.

(and yes, I realize he probably could walk better if his pants weren't too long. We spend most of our practice time wearing JUST a diaper and a shirt) (:

We sure love this little boy!

Jason's 24th Birthday

Justin's 1st Birthday - extended

My little boy is 1 already!!! Justin was still recovering from a yucky cold so he wasn't feeling quite up to par on his birthday. (that's why I look more excited than him in most of the pictures) We took him out to lunch at a Mexican place we've never been to and it was so delicious. He ate half of my chicken burrito and kept trying to eat the limes.


(We sat by the window and he loved watching all the people and cars outside)


Justin really loves his daddy and was so excited when he got home from school. He laughs so hard when Jason wrestles with him

and believe it or not he was laughing during this too, even if he looks a tiny bit scared.


You can watch the video of his smash cake in the next post. You can tell he wasn't feeling incredibly good, and I probably shouldn't have let him have sugar when he was getting over a cold, but you only turn 1 once!

Daddy liked it too. This is a WHOLE cupcake in Jason's mouth.

Justin loves baths now, and with the way he likes to eat they're becoming at least and every day occurrence.

Bath #2 after yummy ravioli!


Presents from Grandmas!


I wanted to make Justin a really cute cake, but school was so crazy that week, I decided to spend the time playing with him and just buy an ice cream cake from the store to share with everyone. Justin wasn't quite sure about all the people that came over and acted pretty shy, even though he knew and liked all of them. I didn't mind though cause it made him just want to cuddle with momma. He hid behind my legs most of the evening but started warming up to everyone when they offered ice cream cake bites. (:

It was a Little People Farm cake.


I still can't believe he's already one. Where the time has gone? We've loved every minute of it though and are excited for this coming holiday season with our little boy!

Justin's 1st Birthday (for David)

I'll do a whole post tomorrow, but just wanted to stick a short clip and a couple pictures on right now so David will know we love him; there will be more next week David, I promise (:



I made Justin a small smash cake that we gave him at lunch time. The video's not incredibly exciting, but it was really fun to see what he thought of the whole experience. He wasn't too sure about the flame on the candle, and had to be persuaded to try the frosting, but ended up loving it. I cropped the end off cause it was really long but he pretty much destroyed the cake.


We love you Elder Weech and hope you have a great week!