My baby boy is one!

Boy oh boy have I been blog negligent!  Wedding season is in full force and that coupled with the fact I'm a mom of three under the age of six....need I say more?! *wink, wink*  I've decided to get a little more personal in my blog on Monday's.  A "get to know me" blog, if you will =)  Enjoy!.....

Chance - 2 months old

Ah, how time flies by!  It seems like just yesterday, I was on the operating table anticipating Chance's first cry.  Now he's one year old, saying a few words, cruising the furniture, belly laughing, eating table food and sipping from a straw!  

I'm learning to embrace the moment, but while designing his first photo birthday announcement composed of pictures from the last 12 months (which I never finished) I broke down and cried.  No, not just a few tears - we're talking loud sobs and crocodile drops...red face, runny nose and all!   I wanted to jump into the photographs and squeeze that velvet haired, tiny baby that he once was!  When did that baby morph into the 30 lb chunker he is now?  I'm afraid that even though I'm attempting to embrace today - somehow I'm not because of all the changes I seem to be 'missing'.  I love him today as much (if not more) than I did a year ago, but time seems to be in fast forward and it scares me.  Before I know it, I'll be sitting alone in a quiet house - staring at photo albums and waiting for the kids to come home for a visit from college.

To celebrate our little man's first birthday, we had a little backyard cookout with a few friends.  He loved it - and I did too ;)  

YUM!

Daddy with all the kids on the trampoline!

Thanks Grandma Shellie!

Here are a few pre-first birthday pictures I took on the beach about a week ago...