I made animal face cupcakes. They are supposed to be a frog (green), a lion (orange), a sheep (white) and a bear (yellow), but they didn’t all turn out quite like I wanted them too. Oh well. They tasted good! 🙂

 Singing “Happy Birthday” to our big one year old!

He was quite bewildered about the whole thing!  

(I just love his expression here!)

He blew out the candle! (With a little help from Mom!)

 His first bite of cake! He was a very neat eater, probably the neatest we’ve had so far!

 This is as messy as he got. Not bad!

 We were so happy that my Mom could make it for his party. We have all had a very busy summer.

 He got a pop up toy from Mom and Dad! I love those things. lol!

 I also splurged and bought him a bath toy! Woohoo! 🙂

 AND…some new jammies! He’s growing like a…baby…so I had to get him 18 months size pj’s. 

I thought they were adorable! 

We are so grateful to have had this precious boy in our lives for a year. As the cliche` goes, time flies, and it does. Time doesn’t just fly, however, when you’re having fun. It flies when you’re tired, when you’re ready to quit, when you’re broke, when you’re sad, when you’re suffering from illness…it flies always. This has been a very hard year in many ways for me. I’ve struggled with horrible PPD, financial struggles, illness, loss of friends and many other heartaches. Yet, time didn’t stop. My babies grew. I decided to enjoy each moment, even in the midst of pain or sorrow. So, we made memories, we laughed, we loved. We seized the time that we had, even if circumstances weren’t ideal. We made the best of use of our time, and I have no regrets.