. . . a glimpse into my heart.

My baby turned 1 year old last week. I thought I should share some pictures. . . The afternoon before his party (which was the Friday before his actual birthday) we cut his hair for the first time. It was kind of getting out of control. We had my family and a few friends over the celebrate with us. Liam, of course, was a big help with opening gifts. Gabriel wasn't intimidated by the bear cake at all, unlike Liam at his first birthday party. G-man dug right in and LOVED the icing. He kept leaning in to bite the bears face. It was so funny!! Eventually my dad gave Gabriel a butter knife but he wasn't interested. Liam, however, wanted it and decided to start cutting some pieces. He sliced the heck out of that foot. Dave's grandma mailed Gabriel a quilt for his birthday. I LOVE it!! Once G moves into Liam's room we're going to hang it on their wall. It's the Brown Bear book! Dave's mom sent some money for Gabriel and this is what we ordered: Little Tikes Deluxe ...

I feel like this picture sums up the last couple of weeks for us: We've all been sick. Fevers, coughs, sore throats. . .you name it. This is the first day the boys started getting sick. You can tell Liam has a temperature because he's so red in the cheeks. Here's a couple pre-sickness pictures. Liam got a big box in the mail from Dave's mom. This is one of his favorite toys, his Little People airplane. Gabriel enjoyed the box the toys came in. :-) In the last few days things have been way better. We're all better (expect some coughs). The weather is much nicer outside and we all have a new motivation. We planted a bunch of veggies and herbs yesterday. Want to get a head start so we can transplant into the garden as soon as the ground outside is ready. I've been enjoying Gabriel in a new way since he's been over being sick. I had some tough days with him but he's so full of joy again. He had a bath during Liam's nap and I got some sweet pictures. This...