Last Saturday we had a birthday party for Austen. He turned 1 year old on Monday. Oh how the time flies! I didn't want anything too over the top because I wanted to enjoy the party too. All in all, the birthday party turned out real well. We didn't have too much or too little food, and even though it was not warm outside, it didn't rain. I thought that the house would be too crowded with the weather not being the warmest, but there was room for everyone. We were able to see some friends we had not seen in a while and we were happy to be able to share Austen's first birthday with family and friends.

Austen is great at getting into things. He always gets into the recycle and chews on things like pop cans and yogurt containers, I was doing the dishes and I turned around because I thought I saw him bending into the box and when I turned around he was sitting in the box! It was so funny...he was just chompin away at the yogurt container. We kept him in his PJ's until just before the party for things just like this that would make his outfit all dirty.
Gift time! He wanted to just eat the paper once he wripped it off!


He loves this little car from his Aunt Kimberly and Uncle Jon. It's a tow truck from the movie "Cars" and it talks and drives across the floor on it's own. He just chases it around the house!
When it came to the cake Austen was due for a nap. He cried until I put the cake in front of him and then it was time to explore what was in front of him. He was more interested in the gooey frosting than in eating the actual cake. Then he was just getting bored so he rested his arms on the cake and got it all over his arms. We knew it was over when he rubbed his eyes from being so tired. Bath time!!

Oh, and the best birthday gift of the day? A shirt from Mike and I to Austen. It says "Big Brother: AKA In charge" Thhaaaaaaaaats right! We are pregnant again! We couldn't believe it either, but I'm due in January. Some days I'm not sure if I'm ready for two kids, but we are excited. I try and remind myself I have 7 months to prepare!

Okay, I know I have been slacking on updates BIG TIME so here are some quick pics to update you guys on the past three months, and then I'll get to the current stuff! We went to California at the end of March over Eater because my brother was having his second son's baby blessing. While we were there we were able to see some good friends we had not seen in a long time. For some reason there are no pictures of this trip except for our lunch with Grandma Lowe. We went out for lunch and she just LOVED Austen. How could you not?

This is just a messy faced boy after he hit the spoon I was feeding him with and knocked food all over...and then rubbed his face with his hands. I can't believe how big he is getting!