Happy Birthday Patrick

I know I am a week late in posting-it has been crazy around here. Patrick turned one on May 12th and then was baptized on the 14th. I also finished teaching this week, so now I feel like I can breathe a little easier. Patrick's new "trick" is to give kisses!! So sweet. Enjoy birthday and baptism pics!

We started the day at the Butterfly Show with Mike's parents, my parents and Aunt Katie.

Cheeze!!

The White Men!!

I made Banana Cake with cream cheese frosting for the birthday boy. He liked the frosting alot!

There goes the cake!

His first lazy chair. He was acting like a king.

An unprompted kiss for the birthday boy.

Mary gave Patrick this stacking ring and was trying to teach him how to do it.

Patrick was watching himself on the slideshow that Nana made of his first year.

Our happy family!

Baptism Day. Patrick is wearing a traditional Arab dress from Jordan.

Our little king.

My pretty girl!

Happy Mother's Day

What a wonderful day! I am so blessed!!! This week we will be celebrating Patrick's first birthday and baptism. I can't believe my baby will be one!!!

Patrick loves looking out the front door just as Mary did when she was young.

Mike and I bought Mary another bike as a whim. She loved test-riding it at the bike shop so we just went for it.

Patrick is working on his driving skills. So far he is not fit for the road.

Visitors

We had a fabulous visit with Mike's sister, Jen and our niece and nephew two weeks ago. In spite of the rain we made it to a Reds game a first for the majority of the group and the zoo. Here are a few highlights of their trip!

Peyton, Owen and Mary at Pump It Up (a bounce center) on a rainy day!

WEEEEEEEEEE!

On the way to the Great America BallPark.

What a bunch of cuties!!

Mary's first ballgame and bite of cotton candy.

Patrick and Aunt Jen snuggling up.

Mary asked Peyton to sleep in her room. Mary had to sleep right next to Peyton.

We hope YoYo likes this shot of her grandkids!

Enjoying ice cream after a fun day.

Kite Festival Fun

We had a wonderful week with Mike's sister and our niece and nephew. I have not uploaded pictures from our adventures yet. That will be next week's post. Here are a few pictures from a Kite Festival we went to with my good friend Patty and her two girls. Two moms, two toddlers and two babies on a very windy day. We really enjoyed ourselves. Happy Easter to everyone!!

We had to take a Yellow School Bus over to the park to see the kites. Mary was so excited to ride a bus.

Does she not look like she is in chill mode? Behind them is a group of kites that were "dancing" for us.

The Kite Festival had a candy drop from a kite. Once the kite reached a certain altitude the bag of candy opened up and floated down. Mary liked the idea that it was raining lemondrops and gumdrops.

Reily and Mary-best friends!!

The babies watching while the girls have fun flying their handmade kites.

Patrick tried flying the kite as well.

Mary thought the higher she raised her arms the higher the kite would go:)

Walking back to the shuttle bus. What cute girls!

Fun times

We had a wonderful bike ride this week. Patrick and Mary sat in the bike trailer behind me. Patrick enjoyed his first ride.

Smelling the dandelions.

Picking flowers for his mama!

Before the journey began.

 

And now for a special song written and performed by Mary.

Happy Birthday Kay!!!!

Our birthday present to dear Kay White (Mike's mom and Mary and Patrick's Yo-Yo/Grandma) is a weekly update of this blog. I can't disappoint my mother-in-law so get ready for some fun posts. Here are a few updates:

• Mary is 3, her birthday was March 7th. Her favorite things are: dancing, singing, playing outside, and playing in her room by herself.
• Recent Quote: "Mommy, this is a magic stick. (She handed me a branch.) You can touch it but don't MAGIC me!"
• Patrick is going to be 11months on Mike's birthday (April 12th). His favorite things are: playing with his toy balls, watching his sister, eating, and playing with Mike's hat.
• Recent Cuteness: Mary said good morning to him and he waved back to her.

New Tricks

Patrick is growing so fast. He has been sitting up like a champ for about a month now. He loves to sit in front of his bin of toys. He takes the toys out one by one, plays with them and then throws them on the ground. When he is laying on his belly he can scoot around in a circle to reach things or just observe. He is going to be crawling any time now-yikes:) He is as happy as could be even while having a severe ear infection. He will be 7 months old next week. Time is flying by!


He is a bundled up in his car seat.