Our One Year-Old

Brendan is active and curious as can be. He is a wonderful handful and rarely sits still. He loves swimming, playing with his ball, reading books, and clearing off tables! Brendan's vocabulary is impressive and I am quite surprised at the things he knows and can communicate. Proud too of course!

He is crawling, climbing, and cruising the furniture. I went to put a stamp on a letter and he destroyed the whole room by the time I came back the other day. My house will never really be clean again and we will leave trails of cheerios behind us, but we are enjoying it.

Brendan's personality really can warm your heart.

He loves hearing about and watching animals and to learn about everything around him. The best toys are pots, pans, tupperware, and utensils in the kitchen.

He also has a push toy that he will do laps around the house with. Grandpa taught him to climb the stairs and today he climbed and climbed and climbed!

We still do not let him watch television, though he has watched some Planet Earth on BluRay. I seriously think his social and verbal competence is because of it. We try to eat as a family at the table every night and he will eat just about anything. He loves cheese like Mom and raspberries like Dad. We feed him colorful food from all of the food groups and if he doesn't like it he throws it over his shoulder.

He now has 6 teeth and brushes them himself every morning. :)

Brendan's First Birthday

Brendan's actual birthday at Dr. Lichtsinn's office. He's a healthy 23 lbs. and tall.
Da-da read to him just before his shots.

Birthday lunch at Oregano's across the street from the hospital he was born at. He was dancing to the music and playing with other children dining nearby.

Brendan opened some gifts from Mom and Dad on his birthday.

Brendan and his Grandma at his birthday party.

All of the guests wore their favorite hat for the Hat's Off to Brendan theme.

Kids craft table.

Photo with Mama and her big green hat.

Being the Birthday boy is tiring!

Tearing into the cake and making a mess!

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

How old am I game.

Cat in Hat themed entry. Guests were asked to write a birthday message in chalk.

Favor table with used Dr. Suess titles. Dr. Suess books were everywhere.
We also had Dr. Suess inspired food.

Good bye and thank you message.

The invite said, On June eighteenth, two thousand and nine, We rushed to the hospital, as fast as could be. We rushed there so quickly, We rushed there, we two. In our suitcase we carried little clothes all in blue. For we knew that we soon would at last get to meet Our beautiful boy, oh so precious and sweet. At six o'clock sharp, we greeted with joy, The love of our lives, our new little boy. We soon took him home. Now the days quickly pass, As sweet little Brendan Is growing so fast. As we look back with joy At this year filled with fun, It's again time to celebrate Our wonderful son. So join us on Saturday, June ninteenth to celebrate Brendan's first! The party's at three, So please don't be late. We'll have for you ice cream, games, and cake on a plate. It's sure to be fun. So please RSVP! You will have a good time, You will not want to miss, A Cat in the Hat celebration like this!

Children's Museum

He made a hat and got a globe and robot in the gift store.

Flowers for Mama in the play garden.

Went straight for the ball in the three's and under play area.

Checking out "the Climber" with Da-da.

Adventure through the Noodle Forest.

In the beginning of June, the Phoenix Children's Museum had a birthday party for it's second birthday. Daddy took off of lunch and we all went downtown to the museum.