I promised some pictures from our nephew's first birthday party (and the reason we came over to Moses Lake this weekend). I took a lot of pictures (so this is a REALLY long post!), and Jason took some from the day before too, so bear with me! Saturday we went over so Jason could meet Nicholas since he'd never seen him in person before...
Nicholas is already walking... and I caught him mid-stride in this one. He's walking past his sandbox, but he doesn't know there is sand in it yet!
Jason was put to work to get ready for the party!
And while mowing the lawn, found a little friend. Ben and Kelli have a skunk family in their backyard, and this little one was just sleeping in the neighbor's crawl space on the side of their house.
After being put to work, Jason got to play with Nicholas. It doesn't take Nicholas long to warm up to new people, especially when he's being tickled!
Cuddle time!
Uncle Jason likes to make funny faces too!!
Apple juice leaks and makes for a sticky front, but it didn't seem to bother him much... he still pulled things off the shelves and out of the drawers.
Sunday was the big party, and Kelli was excited to show off her garden because it's the first time she's had a garden... and things are actually growing!!
Nicholas's first chance with the sand.
He likes it.
Lunchtime... he's a good little eater!
Petting Great Aunt Ann's dog, Lena.
I think Nicholas wasn't too excited about his birthday and the cake... big yawn!
Nicholas wasn't going fast enough, so Ben decided to help him out and eat some frosting too.
At least Nicholas likes to share!
After eating cake, we went back outside. Nicholas doesn't like the feel of grass on his knees, so he bear crawls when he has no pants on.
I guess all the socializing and partying wore a few people out... (Jason and Jenn's boyfriend, Steven).
Typical of dad... but hey, it was Father's Day too, so I suppose he was allowed to fall asleep.
Then it was time to open presents.
Nicholas's cousin, Kayla, helped him out a lot. She went swimming in her clothes, so her clothes were drying off... but I think she liked not wearing clothes anyway.
He got a magnetic wiener dog, so Ben had to figure out how it worked.
Opening more presents...
He got a lot of toys for his new sandbox!
He also got some wooden blocks from us, but Kayla thought they'd work better as a stool.
Opening presents was hard work, so Nicholas melted in Ben's arms and layed like this for awhile... with his eyes open. Eventually he fell asleep though.
In all, it was a good day with a lot of laughs! The weather was nice and hot, and I got a little sunburnt in a couple places, but not too bad. It was a good weekend and I'm pretty sad I have to go back to the cold side of the state today!! Oh well, we'll be back here in 2 weeks for 4th of July weekend... then our busy July will begin!!!
Nicholas is already walking... and I caught him mid-stride in this one. He's walking past his sandbox, but he doesn't know there is sand in it yet!
Jason was put to work to get ready for the party!
And while mowing the lawn, found a little friend. Ben and Kelli have a skunk family in their backyard, and this little one was just sleeping in the neighbor's crawl space on the side of their house.
After being put to work, Jason got to play with Nicholas. It doesn't take Nicholas long to warm up to new people, especially when he's being tickled!
Cuddle time!
Uncle Jason likes to make funny faces too!!
Apple juice leaks and makes for a sticky front, but it didn't seem to bother him much... he still pulled things off the shelves and out of the drawers.
Sunday was the big party, and Kelli was excited to show off her garden because it's the first time she's had a garden... and things are actually growing!!
Nicholas's first chance with the sand.
He likes it.
Lunchtime... he's a good little eater!
Petting Great Aunt Ann's dog, Lena.
I think Nicholas wasn't too excited about his birthday and the cake... big yawn!
Nicholas wasn't going fast enough, so Ben decided to help him out and eat some frosting too.
At least Nicholas likes to share!
After eating cake, we went back outside. Nicholas doesn't like the feel of grass on his knees, so he bear crawls when he has no pants on.
I guess all the socializing and partying wore a few people out... (Jason and Jenn's boyfriend, Steven).
Typical of dad... but hey, it was Father's Day too, so I suppose he was allowed to fall asleep.
Then it was time to open presents.
Nicholas's cousin, Kayla, helped him out a lot. She went swimming in her clothes, so her clothes were drying off... but I think she liked not wearing clothes anyway.
He got a magnetic wiener dog, so Ben had to figure out how it worked.
Opening more presents...
He got a lot of toys for his new sandbox!
He also got some wooden blocks from us, but Kayla thought they'd work better as a stool.
Opening presents was hard work, so Nicholas melted in Ben's arms and layed like this for awhile... with his eyes open. Eventually he fell asleep though.
In all, it was a good day with a lot of laughs! The weather was nice and hot, and I got a little sunburnt in a couple places, but not too bad. It was a good weekend and I'm pretty sad I have to go back to the cold side of the state today!! Oh well, we'll be back here in 2 weeks for 4th of July weekend... then our busy July will begin!!!
