Justin's Birthday Bash

Can you believe that Justin is 1 year old?! Well...he'll officially be 1 in a few days, but we went ahead and celebrated his big day on Saturday with a nice little party. We had many family members in attendance: Grandma and Grandpa Pickens, Grandma and Grandpa Curtis, Uncle Brad, Aunt Sheila and Sydney. It turned out to be a really nice day and we grilled out for lunch. Natalie kept us on schedule and as soon as everyone finished eating we opened presents and then it was on to cake and ice cream. We decided to stick with an ISU theme for his party (we did the same for Natalie's first birthday) and had a little baby Reggie Redbird on his cake. He received lots of nice presents and Justin is fighting Natalie for many of his new items!

After the party was "over" we put all the guys to work building a playset for the kiddos. This was our present to Justin...and Natalie...and the guys did a great job. I suspect there will be many of days that we are outside playing...and we got it done just in time for the 70 degree weather that's headed our way this week! A big thanks to Grandpa Pickens, Grandpa Curtis and Uncle Brad for their hardwork...and let's not forget dad...Aaron did a wonderful job getting all the wood cut and the playset started.

As for Justin's 1 year happenings....he's walking along things...but not on his own yet. He's a happy little guy and really enjoys trying to keep up with his sister. He got his first big boy haircut and it just seems that my baby has left and a little man has entered my life. He loves being outside but I have to keep a close eye on him because he'll eat anything. He loves to swing outside and play in the grass...however he hasn't realized that he can crawl on grass yet so he stays pretty much where we put him. He loves to play with my pots and pans and likes to pretend to stir things and is really intrigued by gravity. You name it...he's dropped it and then he just stares at it and makes a ssssss sound while he points at it until you pick it up for him. This is his favorite game as of right now. We've found the first thing he doesn't like to eat....watermelon...we'll try it again later and see if he changes his mind. After his 1 year appointment I'll post his stats.

Thanks to everyone for helping Justin celebrate his birthday!