Ian's One Year Pictures

These pictures were taken on June 10th, 2009. I know that Ian is almost 13months old, but you do what you can when you can. Enjoy!!

Ian's Turns One!!

Ian had a great time eating his cake. Many might say that I took the easy way out because his cake was covered in fondant instead of traditional icing; however, in my defense I wasn't given an option and when your mom is paying for the custom cake to match the party theme you don't say a thing.

Ian's first bite of deliciousness! That was all it took to get him hooked. By the end of the evening he ate half of the cake and slept it off the next day which was great for me!

Ian's cake. The party's theme was Baby Einstein.

This was the cake for everyone else who attended the party. The cake was great and if anyone wants the contact information for the decorator I will gladly give it to you.


This day was a bittersweet day for me. I'm sure any other mom would agree. I was sad that I didn't have my cute little baby anymore and I reminesed of the days when I could just hold him all day and stare at him. The days when he wasn't moving and into everything! Jared says that if I miss it that much it is time to have another but I'm not ready for that so don't get any ideas!!

Graduation Day!!

Jared wasn't choking Ian, although a picture says a thousand words huh?! He was definetly done for the day and was trying to launch himself out of Jared's arms.

Me and my Dad.

Graduation Day was fun and it was actually the fastest graduation ceremony I have ever attended. I was really thankful for that. Which is easy when you aren't graduating 700+ people at a time. My sisters high school graduations were forever long. My Dad came down from Oregon and stayed with us which was fun. With graduation being in the early evening the sun was conveniently in your face no matter where you stood.

The Blog Overload!

So for anyone who has been attempting to follow our blog....obviously I have been a slacker!! It isn't easy going to school, taking care of your family, and having time to blog. So now that I have graduated and have all this free time (insert sarcasm here) I am updating our blog. There have been many new and exciting events that have happenned in the last months. First off I graduated with my bachelors degree, Ian turned one, and we moved out of the village and into a house. While all of these things are exciting they have also been really stressful too. I have posted pictures and video for all to enjoy.

Ian's 6 Month Stats

I know that it has been a while since I have updated everyone, but recently Ian went to the doctor for his 6 month check up and everything is looking great. I hope to have some current pictures up in the near furture so keep checking!!

Head Circumference: 17.5 inches ( 66th percentile)
Weight: 18 pounds ( 53rd percentile)
Length: 27 inches ( 64th percentile)

Ian's Attempt Towards Crawling

This video clip was taken at my mom's house on her sofa, and is from October 19th. I know it is at least a month old, but I just didn't know how to get video on here until just recently. Ian used to only be able to do this on soft surfaces (ie: the couch and his bed) but now he does it anytime we set him on his belly, and he trys to get himself in this position from sitting up (which isn't quite graceful but he seems to like it until he wants to sit back up again). It is really cute and fun to watch cause he seems so proud of himself. The last few days he is trying to move himself forward but just face plants it into the floor. He does that a few time then fusses because he is frustrated and probably cause his head hurts. Jared thinks he will be crawling by Thanksgiving, but I'm a little skeptical since Thanksgiving is fastly approaching. I told Jared that he will probably crawl the day after Thanksgiving and he told me that it would just figure. I'm thinking closer towards Christmas. Either way it is really exciting!!

More Halloween Fun!

Along with all the other cute Halloween photos we took of Ian, we also got some of him playing in the leaves. Which was fun for him because all he wanted to do was eat them. Being the drool monster he is (literally) this one leaf just wouldn't leave his face. Jared and I thought it was funny, and Ian didn't seem to mind it being there.