Happy Birthday Wit Bug!

Officially 12 months old....crazy!

I'm one!

We are so thankful for this joyful, silly, active, sweet sweet boy! To prepare for the big celebration, Witten started "answering" questions that week with "nee" or "nah" and walked the length of our house. Even though he'd been walking more often, he still wasn't really sturdy on his feet until the day before his party. He stood himself up and walked from the kitchen to the front door. It's always amazing to me to see how quickly things change once they decide they're ready!

Fun friends to celebrate with!

This year has flown by, and his birthday crept up so quickly after celebrating Thanksgiving. We had such a fun time celebrating with family and friends at our house. It was a full house, much like Tytus' first birthday, but now several of our friends have added even more children to their families. He was happy to celebrate with everyone, enjoyed his cupcake (although he preferred a banana instead of finishing his cupcake), and then he was ready for a nap. We see him being more of an introvert, so when things get crazy he seems to like some quiet space. We loved celebrating our son with so many special people and are so thankful for everyone we get to walk alongside as we continue to learn how to be parents to these two awesome boys!

singing happy birthday....yummy! 

So thankful for our family of four and our sweet blessing, Witten

Witten got to celebrate again at Papou and Yaya's house with crazy blue icing!
They couldn't make it to the first celebration due to lots of ice in Dallas

Witten still had about 2 weeks after his party until he was officially one, and he just continued to change. He made the transition from mostly crawling to all walking and no crawling. He seemed to make it all the way through his first year with no teeth with his first one popping through on December 26! Now we can see four or five more just barely covered in gums. Any day we'll be getting more! So much changed in the past year, but we're just as excited to see all the changes that this next year holds for our little guy! Happy Birthday, Witten!

two brothers ready for a new year :)

6 Years!

Not many places to skate in the Austin area....but still SO fun!

I'm learning that what Ian and I have is pretty special. Most people don't have the ability to say they've known eachother/dated since they were 16. We've changed a lot in the past (almost 12) years. God is our sustainer and has blessed us and grown us in so many ways. It's crazy to see how things have changed in just six short years and exciting to see where we'll be in another six. While out celebrating this anniversary we asked each other "Is this what you expected when we got married?". Nope. It was easy for both of us to identify specific things we thought would be different, and yet we are so satisfied with where we are now. God does amazing things when you're obedient, humble, listening, and trying to follow His lead. We aren't perfect and wish we could do some things over again, but we can both agree that we make a great team for His glory!

back when we were dating

playing out at Zilker last month

We celebrated this year by spending the day together while some of our sweet friends watched the boys. It was the best day! I'm so thankful for my husband!

Understanding Their Little Minds

Tytus:

"Mommy, my baby is crying. I need to go get it. I'll be right back, okay?"

"Wait, Tytus, we're eating dinner."

"But it's sad. The baby got littler and littler and littler and was in my tummy. I need to go get it!" 

"Well, only girls can have babies in their tummy."

"Well, I'm the daddy. I went to work in my white car and forgot my keys. I need to go get baby, she's crying."

**baby has always been baby Witten, by the way**

"Well, let's wait until after dinner because your hands are all dirty.......Wait, who's your baby?"

"It's Witten's sister."

"Oh! Really? Is it a boy or a girl baby?"

"Oh, wait, it's baby Jesus! Mommy, can I go get him after we finish our dinner?"

"Sure, that's sounds like a good idea....."

Witten:

 He's been walking longer distances around our house, and when he makes it from one room to the next without falling down he looks around proudly. Yesterday, right after we had gotten back from dropping Tytus off from school, Witten was walking around babbling while I got the laundry out to fold it. (In the car ride back home he kept mimicking the sound for 'uh oh!' and I would laugh and repeat it back.) He saw me in the living room with the laundry, so he stood himself up beside one of our kitchen chairs and started to walk over to me but fell just a few steps into it. I said "Uh oh!" and smiled at him waiting for him to repeat it back, but he just sat up and looked at me. Then he shook his head (like 'no no') and started clapping. I laughed and said "Yay!" and also started clapping too, which made him break into a big smile. Silly guy! Then he stood himself up and made it the whole distance without falling.....and even grabbed a handful of clothes out of the basket before sitting down. 

We also had some fun with friends at the McKenna Children's Museum in New Braunfels today! Gosh, I think we could spend an entire day there and still not get to play with everything. It's so much fun! I think Tytus' favorite part was the long, twisting water table outside or maybe the grocery store inside. Witten liked everything we played with, but he especially liked pushing the grocery cart around and looking at the fish in the fish tank.