birthday party!

We went to Ryan's birthday party on Saturday. It's hard to believe that he will be 1 year old on Wednesday the 20th! I know I keep saying this, but MAN, time flies. There were lots of little kids there and everyone had a great time. Kristen and David got him the wagon that the boys are sitting in. Below is the water table that his Grandma and Grandpa Winegar got him. It was a HUGE hit at the party and everyone got plenty wet.

We got him a sandbox and my mom and dad got him a little plastic bike (like the Little Tykes brand) that first starts off as a rocking bike, then a bike with a handle on it so Mom and Dad can push it down the sidewalk, and then finally a "real" bike when he can finally reach the pedals. Ryan loves rocking on it.

His birthday theme was Elmo, complete with his own Elmo cake. David really wanted him to do a face plant in it, but instead, he was very clean and took teeny tiny little pinches of frosting, put it aside, and then took a teeny tiny pinch of cake and ate it very neatly. He finally got into the spirit a little later. :)

My aunt, uncle, and cousins from Helena, MT were on their way back home from a vacation in Alabama today and happened to be in Laramie over lunchtime. So Josh, Brecken and I got in the car and went and had lunch with them and Kris, David, and Ryan. We haven't seen my aunt and uncle since Thanksgiving, so they were surprised at how big both babies have gotten! My cousin Ian went to Space Camp in Alabama, so they made it a family vacation.