Birthday Celebration!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINKIN!

I thought you all would enjoy "seeing" Linkin enjoy his first birthday cake.

This is the first "innocent" taste of frosting. Notice how he is looking at us for some indication on how to proceed. :)

Now he is getting a bit more into it!

Linkin didn't eat much of the cake, except when we would feed it to him.

He was pretty proud of his work and kept clapping. It was cute, but aggghhh...Cake was everywhere!

He eventually worked the cake into his ears and hair too.

We made the unfortunate mistake of not stripping him down to a diaper before we started, so we had a fun time removing his clothes before the bath. I love his little blue-frosting beard.

What a cute little man!!

We also caught the "eating" of the birthday cake on video, so I will try and get it posted soon.

Socks, the dishwasher, and corn on the cob

Okay, so I am slacking! It has been over two weeks since my last post. It is truly amazing how fast time flies and I can't believe Linkin's birthday is in two days... it seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital. Anyway, he is growing fast and is such a funny kid—He LOVES socks. He will carry a pair of socks everywhere—sometimes one in each hand, sometimes two in one hand, and often he'll carry one in his mouth. He puts his socks in his shoes, in his dad's shoes, in his toy bucket, in the drawer, everywhere... Linkin also LOVES to "help" me with the dishes and no matter where he is in the house or what he is doing, if he hears me opening the dishwasher he hurries right over to give me a hand! (What a sweet helpful boy!) A couple of weeks ago I found Linkin with his socks at the dishwasher.

Maybe he thought they needed washed?

And of course he can't resist with the cheesy grin!

And, I have to share these pictures too. We had corn on the cob the other night for dinner. Linkin thought he was in heaven. He ate the corn good, but I think he spent more time gnawing on the end of the cob. :)

We Are In Trouble Now!!!

He's been "practicing" for weeks, but suddenly today Linkin took off and was walking all over the house... the busy guy is now going to be even busier (and life will be crazier)!!! Now, if only he would wear those shoes we bought him... :)

Linkin's Picture Day

We had pictures taken of Linkin this past weekend. They aren't the best, but there are a few that we liked. To view the pictures, go to http://www.thesmilestation.com and enter the following:

Customer Name: April Simpson
Access Code: LTTT0910104144TAR

Note: the Customer Name and Access Code should be entered exactly as it appears above. Access to the images will expire on 11/27/2008.

Unfortunately, his pictures were scheduled the same day as the soup accident happened, so we didn't get nearly as many good smiles out of him as we would have otherwise. Oh well—there will be more picture days to come, right? We hope you enjoy!

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