The Two Step...

Alright so Patrick took his first steps. Ok, yeah they were kinda forced by us but I finally got him to let go of the couch and do it on his own. And yes he falls in the end of the video because my hands were occupied with holding the camera. I am not a bad mother, I promise.

Partying with Lucy

Well, Patrick and Lucy have become very good friends with their moms walking together every morning. So we decided to get together with the Nichols, the Buntings and their friends and hang out for an evening. Patrick loved it because he got to hang out with his friend Lucy. Tyler was trying the whole time to get them to kiss and hug and they werent having it. We got a couple of pictures of Patrick trying to plant a big one on Lucy. We decided to give them a little bath together too. Lucy had never had a bath with anyone esle before and Patrick bathes with his cousin sometimes. So we thought it would be fun and we hoped they wouldnt notice certain "differences". Well they had a heck of a time and Patrick spent all of his time crawling all over Lucy and knocking her down. He did try to plant a smooch on her during their little rub a dub dub and we had to sit him down and talk to him when we got home about how to treat the ladies, no matter what Tyler Nichols tells him to do. (Shame on you Tyler) I also just have some cute photos of Patrick doing what he does best, being adorable. We all love a little Toga.

See what I can do now...

Growing up and almost 1

Wow, I cant believe that Patrick is almost one! 25 days and the count down begins. I cant believe he has been here for almost year. It has gone by so fast. I was so scared to have a baby and I thought that after the first few months I would have just thrown my hands in the air and said "I just dont know how to do this" but I made it. Now its easy, except for those times that he has blow outs and when he wants to be held all day and I cant get anything done. But I know now to cherish those moments because he is going to be leaving on a mission before I know it and I will hope that I remember all the precious times I had spent with him when he was small. He is now pulling himself up on everything and trying to walk along the furniture while holding on. He sometimes will let go and try to stand on his own, but he is a chicken and will squat down pretty fast so he wont fall down. He also has 8 teeth now and if you try to feel any new ones coming in, he will bite you. Hard. He can now say dog, duck, Momma, Dadda, Papa, Poo Poo (a very important one), occasionally he will make a doggy sound which doesnt sound like a dog at all and he loves to dance. Any song could come on and he will dance to it. Its awesome.

DEFIANT

Ok, so Patrick is almost walking but as he is learning to do so he is pulling him self up on everything. Lately he has been pulling him self up on the kitchen cupboards and eventually opening them and trashing my whole somewhat clean kitchen floor. I have been on this clean kick lately and since we have gotten back from camping, I am still trying to catch up, soooooo any little mess he makes is quite unappreciated (she says in a high pitched annoyed voice). oooooooohhhhh but when I tell him no, he just smiles at me and when I shake my head he does it back at me with a little bit more enthusiasm then I would like. But I cant help but smile at his sweet face and absolute indifference to my wishes. I also have to consider that he is cutting two new teeth which will bring his count to eight and if I had two new sharp objects trying to break their way through my gums, I wouldnt be a happy camper either.

Wicked!!

Ok, so I was able to go to the most awesome thing the night of the 24th. Mom, Sara, Stephanie, Janea and I went to see the Broadway musical Wicked in LA. I have listened to the music on cd but I never new all of the story so it was amazing to finally see the actual thing. It was amazing. It even had Carol Kane in it. She was soooo good. The music was beautiful, the actors were incredible and I couldnt believe I was there. I almost cried at the end. I would go do it again in a heartbeat. So far the only shows I have seen have been, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, and Riverdance and now I can add Wicked. AWESOME doesnt even say it.

And We're back...

Well, we are back from our fabulous Wishon adventure. We spent 3 days and two nights at Camp Wishon. A beautiful place with great fishing and wonderful wildlife ( do I sound like Steve Irwin yet?) The first night was only Mom, Sara, Jesus, Patrick and I and the next afternoon we were joined by Ben and Janae and Cory, Stephanie and Caleb. Im kind of glad it was a short trip, with babies its makes it all the more difficult to camp. We also, thanks to the marvelous Randy Clement, were able to do a little fishing. The first morning there, Jesus got up and caught a fish before the sun came up.

Then I decided to show him up with a bigger one.

We fished the for a while but this was all we got. Then we headed back to camp for Patrick to have a nap and I just had to join him. So while we napped Jesus went and caught another fish. When everyone else showed up, we went again to see if we could catch anything else. I hooked one but my hook broke off, then Jesus caught 3 more. By the end, I was so frustrated from getting my line tangled and all the annoying kids from other campsites throwing rocks and wading through the water trying to catch fish with their bare hands. I guess I just need more practice. Hey, at least I caught one! Jesus had a great time too, except I was constantly asking his help to fix my line, Im sure he got sick of that. But he enjoyed it the rest of the time.

Patrick had a wonderful time, he loved looking at the fire and all the trees. Since he cant walk yet he spent most of his time in the playpen but it didnt seem to bother him much since he was outside and there was so much to look at.

Patrick slept pretty well too. I was suprised but relieved the first night when he slept all the way through. The second night he woke up around 4 and slept with us the rest of the night, it must have been cold in his bed. All in all we had a good time. The mosquitos were a little rough but we survived and it was tougher with a family of my own to take care of. But we had a great time and the pictures to prove it.

Now if you will allow me, I have to find out what happens to Harry Potter!!!!!