Rainy days!

It has been pretty rainy these past few days. So we all have been a little tired of being house bound. One day we had the sliding glass door open just a little to let the lovely smell of the rain in and to also let some fresh air in. Brody was playing so nicely and then all of a sudden he started singing and laughing. So I found him like this...

He left plenty of hand prints for me to clean up.

He was just enjoying watching the rain come down. He was happy there.

Our Little Play Area...

We have this little play area in our apartment complex that is fun to go and play at when there are not a lot of kids running around and playing on it also. The bigger kids do not play nice with the little ones so we don't get to go much now that school is out for the summer. Brody just ends up hurt and unhappy. And I end up being the one stopping all the arguments. Not what I call fun. So one day there was no one there so Mike and I decided it would be fun to take Brody he had loads of fun. Once he got over the feeling of the wood chips he was fine and was crawling all over the place. He really liked being able to climb the stairs and make it to the top all by himself. He really thought he was the king of the world.

Brody loves to smile for the camera.

I really like this one!!!

First time crawling on the wood chips.

At the end of the slide, he was happy he was off.

Climbing up the stairs.

Looking down the slide.

He was ready to go!!!

Trying to climb the wall.

Brody's Birthday Party!

Here is the long awaited birthday pictures from Brody's 1st Birthday. Brody had a blast!!! We invited family and one of Brody's friends. One of Brody's gifts was a baby pool, so we thought it would be fun to fill it up and let the little ones get in and get wet. They had a blast. Brody just loves the water. He also had a blast opening his presents!!! His face is priceless in most of the pictures!

Really what was I thinking?

I really have no idea what I was thinking when I decided to make Brody's birthday cake. It has been a long time since I have baked and truly decorated a cake. And I think the last time I did it my mom was there to help me out. Although I did call my mom often to make sure I was doing things correctly. So I was thinking of what I could do for a one year old that he really likes so Mike and I decided that the cake would be a duck. I found a 3-D duck cake pan and so it was final, a duck it was going to be. I also wanted this duck to be sitting on a pond. So I thought what could I use to make a pond? Fondant, I thought! Well I have never used fondant before so I thought I would try it. I got help from a friend in my ward, who taught me how to make it. So I tried it. It was not the best, ok really it was pretty bad. But I just made it work. And in all the pictures it does not look so bad. I had fun making it.

The fondant

Here are some pictures of me completing the cake.

I really did have fun putting this all together. And Mike did not think I could really do it, I showed him:)

Crawling

Well Brody is beginning to really crawl now!!! I think he has finally figured out that it is much faster to crawl on his hands and knees. We do have to be a little sneeky about taking pictures or he will stop and turn towards the camera. That is why there is a pillow in the picture too.

Yay. He is getting so big.

Spending time together...

We wanted to spend time together before it got crazy with school and my internship this summer. Well really I told Mike I had to get out of the house and do something fun or I would go crazy, he agreed. He did not want me to go crazy either. So we decided to have a picnic in the park and than go to the Tracy Aviary. It was fun, Brody was having fun pointing to all of the birds that he could see, especially all of the brightly colored ones. I wish I could talk baby talk because he just talked and talked the entire time. He was sooo CUTE!!! We have some pictures of the birds, but the camera died. And I am sad to say it is not just the batteries that died.
:-( But here are some pictures of the birds that we saw.

Mama duck and her babies

King Vulture


You can't really tell but this duck has a beautiful
bright blue beak.


Pelicans

Great outing for Mothers Day!!!

I love Mike and how he puts up with me. He is one that likes to have everything planned and scheduled weeks in advance. So for mothers day he wanted to take me out to eat and than on to a movie. He said because it was mothers day I got to pick what I wanted to eat and what movie we would go to. I think he asked me everyday several times a day what my choice was. Or if I had decided on what we were going to do. And I being the person I am had not really thought much about at. I do not need things planned out and organized, I just go with the flow. So finally on Saturday I decided that we would just drive taking random turns until will find something that neither of us had ever eaten at. I think this about killed Mike. But it ended up working out great and Mike enjoyed himself. We ended up downtown walking around and found this awesome bistro called Vienna Bistro, here is the website, http://www.viennabistro.com/. They were having a great deal where you could get a 4 course meal for only $30 dollars. It was great!! We got to try new foods and be with each other. This was also a big leap for Mike trying new foods, and he loved it. We both got different things so we got to try a lot of different things. It was great to get out and have a night out with just Mike. Oh and we didn't go to a movie nothing I'd like to see. Thanks Trish and Stephen for babysitting for us.