Can we say LAZY!

As most of you know Jack has never held his bottle. He is quite capable as you will see in these pictures but has never had the desire to. He would rather have someone else do it and Jack always gets what Jack wants. Sunday we were running late to church as usual and I asked Brandon to pack the diaper bag while I finished dressing Jack. Before I go into any more detail let me explain that I have completely gotten Jack off of the bottle and onto sippy cups except for his bedtime bottle in the past 2 weeks. I told him to make sure that he put a sippy cup with milk and a bib for our lunch after church. You can tell from these pictures that neither of those things got packed. I put the bottle on the table in front of him and thought surely if he wants it bad enough he will pick it up and drink from it. Well after about 5 minutes of staring at it this is how he drank from the bottle. I was sooo embarrased, but it was hysterical. After a while of drinking it with it lying on the table and it getting very difficult to get anything out of it, he started doing this. This proves that he could have held a bottle over the past year but had no desire to and I was a sucker and held it for him. I am so glad to be done with these bottles for the most part.
This is the make shift bib that my sister came up with so that he didn't get food all over his church clothes. It is the napkin from the restaurant. Brandon said that if I wouldn't put him in girly clothes with big collars we wouldn't have that problem, but I disagree. This is another one of the precious oufits that my Grandma made him.

The Birthday Week Begins

I know that I am going overboard, but your first child only turns 1 once!!! I can't believe that a year ago we were sitting around waiting on the baby to arrive. I can't believe that my little boy or I guess I should say man is turning one. I have experienced all kinds of emotions this week while thinking about it......
1. What were we ever thinking?(when he was trying to eat Bella's dog food and had just poured her water out onto the rug)
2. What did we ever do without him? (when he layed his sweet head on my shoulder to give me a hug)
3. How did I get through this year sane and with a husband, son, and family that still love me?(When I left the room to run to the bathroom and Jack followed when Brandon was supposed to be watching him and I was yelling at Brandon to do something with him the whole time)
4. I didn't know that it was possible to love something this much (everytime he smiles at me or tries to give me a big wet kiss)
5. How did I get so lucky?(every morning when I walk into his room to get him out of bed or every afternoon when I get him up from a nap)

Words can't explain how wonderful this year has been. I thank God everyday that he chose me to have this life with a wonderful husband, son, and family that I love more than they know. I am truly blessed.

The party is Saturday so I will have plenty to blog about next week. I hope that everyone has a great week!!

Love,
Ashley

Why spend money on toys when you have a........

Tupperware cabinet!! Jack loves this cabinet and plays with the tupperware in it all of the time but has never climbed all the way in to play. I walked into the living room for 1 minute the other night and when I got back to the kitchen this is where I found Jack. He was so happy and having soooo much fun. He tried to back out and fell out backwards onto all of the tupperware that he had thrown out. My Mom said that we should sell all of the toys that we have that Jack hasn't touched in weeks and put the $$$ into his college fund. Not a bad idea Mom!!!

4th of July

Our great friends Andi and Joey were nice and brave enough to invite us to the Lake for the 4th. We had a great time and got lots of sun. It stormed Friday night so unfortunately we weren't able to see the fireworks. We hung out all day Saturday and then headed back to Birmingham to start getting ready for Jack's big party this weekend! Jack had lots of fun on his 1st 4th of July.
Jack loves his Aunt Andi. He was such a good boy the whole time.
My boys hanging out on the water. How cute!! We took the boat to Sinclairs for lunch on Saturday and had a great time. Jack had a blast on the boat until we made him put his life vest on and then he was miserable.