I can't believe it's been one year since Austin joined our family...and what a busy year it has been! Not long after Austin was born we decided that the house we were living in just wasn't working for us and we needed to find a better fit for our family. So at the end of September we decided that we needed to put our house on the market. We listed our home with a realtor the first week in October and it SOLD within 2 weeks. We were shocked, but also so excited that it didn't take long and we could begin looking for another home. We looked for a while and decided that we didn't like anything that was avaliable at the time so we rented an apartment.
We moved out the first week in November. We squeezed what we could into the apartment and the rest went into storage aka...Grampy's shop. While living in the apartment we kept watching for the right house to come on the market, nothing seemed to be the right fit. We knew that what we really wanted was to build a house. We didn't see how it could happen but late in November we found a lot and a contractor that could make it all work. In December they started building our home!!! We were so excited! We came to see the progress on our house almost everyday and counted down the days until April.
During our stay at the apartment Austin grew so fast! He is such a good baby. He started sitting up, scooting around, and almost crawling in the short time we lived in the apartment. We moved out of the apartment on the 28th of April and moved into our home on the 2nd of May. By the time we moved in Austin was crawling all over the place. He was so excited to have more room to roam.
We moved out the first week in November. We squeezed what we could into the apartment and the rest went into storage aka...Grampy's shop. While living in the apartment we kept watching for the right house to come on the market, nothing seemed to be the right fit. We knew that what we really wanted was to build a house. We didn't see how it could happen but late in November we found a lot and a contractor that could make it all work. In December they started building our home!!! We were so excited! We came to see the progress on our house almost everyday and counted down the days until April.
During our stay at the apartment Austin grew so fast! He is such a good baby. He started sitting up, scooting around, and almost crawling in the short time we lived in the apartment. We moved out of the apartment on the 28th of April and moved into our home on the 2nd of May. By the time we moved in Austin was crawling all over the place. He was so excited to have more room to roam.
We had a short time to get settled in and then summer came, school was out, and we got busy! The month of June was consumed with baseball games, scouts, picnics, and reunions. We were so excited to celebrate Austins birthday (we don't have any kids birthdays in the summer).
We planned a fun day as a family for Austin's birthday. Justin had 4 days off for the 4th of July weekend. The morning of Austin's birthday we got up and packed a picnic lunch and headed for Tauphaus Park. Our first stop was the zoo. The kids had so much fun! Their favorite part was the monkeys. There was one monkey that came right up to Austin and played with him.
After going to the zoo we went down the street to the park. We ate our picnic lunch and the kids played on the toys.
(Despite the sad look on Austin's face he really did have a lot of fun. He was just upset about mom making him hold still for the picture.)
The kids also got some time to play baseball with Daddy.
The kids also got some time to play baseball with Daddy.
After playing at the park we went shopping for Austin a birthday present. We looked and looked. Austin doesn't really like toys so shopping for a birthday present for a 1-year-old who doesn't like toys proved to be a little bit of a challenge. We ended up buying him some new jammies, a couple of books, and a tent with a whole bunch of balls to put in it. (A ball is one toy that he will play with.)
After spending the whole day in Idaho Falls celebrating we came home for cake and ice cream with the Adams' side of the family. Austin got his very own cake...WOW, that was a huge HIT. We had to take it away from him so he didn't get a tummy ache. He made a HUGE mess but he wasn't about to miss out on the cake!
At the end of the day we had a tired, happy, full one-year-old little boy. Even though it's been a crazy busy year. We are so happy to have Austin in our family. There isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't put a smile on our faces!
At the end of the day we had a tired, happy, full one-year-old little boy. Even though it's been a crazy busy year. We are so happy to have Austin in our family. There isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't put a smile on our faces!
Happy Birthday Little Buddy...we love you!!
