A Birthday Party

Though Gareth actually turned 1 on April 19th, we celebrated his birthday on Saturday, April 16th to make sure all of our families could be there.  I think its a bit silly to have themed birthday parties for 1 year olds, as they will have no recollection of the event, but when asked what the theme would be, I always replied: Crawfish.

That's right, Gareth's birthday party was a crawfish boil.  That's what you get when you marry into a cajun family.

So without further ado, a collection of pictures from the birthday party.  Thanks Jenny Dougherty for taking such awesome pictures.

Yes, Gareth is holding a live crawfish.  He was totally unfazed by them.

Gareth & Grandpa

Gareth loves his cousin Aubrey

And his cousin Granger

Nan and Gareth share a dance

The whole gang!

Mom, Dad & The Boss

Eating cupcakes is serious business

But Gareth likes to share

Grandma comes to the rescue!

Hooray for birthday presents!

Thanks to all of the great presents that Gareth received.  We are blessed by the love of our family and friends!

Hey World

It's been awhile, yes?

Well...here are some updates (and pictures!) for those who are actually interested.
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After Cliff and I went to New York, we got out 1 year old wedding cake from his granddad's freezer and had a bite.

Here I am about to cut the cake.
Here's the cake about to be cut.
Poor cake. It's a little...deflated.
Here I go!
Look! Chocolate!
Look! Cliff has a huge mouth! ::laugh::

June was fun. Hot. And then July came, and with it, our niece Aubrey's first birthday. She got many many gifts.

One of which was a pink horse! That had to be assembled...

So Cliff assembled it!
Later, Aubrey and Cliff discussed the finer points of activity tables

She wooed her newly acquired giraffe
And got some books. Good for you kid.

The DAY we got back from Aubrey's birthday party, this is what I saw:

I know. Terrible. I freaked out hard core, made Cliff come home to take me and Ghost to the emergency vet (did i mention that it was Saturday? And that my vet's office was closed? And I was also pretty sick from having done 4th&5th grade church camp the week before?)

Here's Ghost in his new cat carrier at the Emergency Vet's office.
Here are the 3 week old kittens that the receptionist/nurse/vet-lady was trying to nurse. Cliff immediately said "NO! YOU CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER CAT!"
Admit it. They are ADORABLE.

So that was June and July. The next post is about August/September and the Tale of the Terrible Flooring Project. Stay Tuned.