What a Happy Birthday

I had always imagined my baby's first birthday to be elaborate, huge, and fun filled but Lilly's was none of those things. It was small, kinda boring, and anxiety filled(for me). I bought a cake from Sam's Club after a few trial runs of trying to make her one. We bought 8 red balloons and invited our families over.

Lilly wanted to lick the candle, so we let Savanna blow it out

Maybe I shouldnt have waited until Lilly's first birthday to let her have sugar for the first time. She just kept laughing and shoveling it in.

It's all fun and games until someone gets a bite of the strawberry filling. Obviously she doesnt like strawberry filling! Who knew.

Happy to be washing all that sugar off her body

Opening all of her fun presents. Well actually her cousins opened her presents while she ate the wrapping paper.

In all I guess it was an OK day. She had her Grandma Arnold from Rexburg there, her Grandma and Grandpa Henshaw, all her cousins, and some aunts and uncles there to help celebrate the day.

The too small tub

I have a few pictures of me as a baby in our kitchen sink taking a bath. I have always thought they were really cute. So we decided to try it with Lilly. The kitchen sink was full of dishes so we put her in the bathroom sink. Either the sink is too small or Lilly is too big. I think it is both. Then again Lilly is the size of her 2 year old cousin. Were just glad she had a good time.

Goodbye Sammy

We loved Sammy, but obviously not enough to keep him around. He tracked in mud, drooled on the floor, whined constantly, wasnt a guard dog, wouldnt set foot in the doghouse we bought him, he smelled like a dog, he was expensive, and he pooped in the yard. But there were good things about him; Lilly loved to throw bananas to him from her highchair, he had those puppy dog eyes, he obeyed most of the time, he ate our leftovers, he looked really cute when he was sleeping in his bed, his dad loved him, sometimes he would sleep face down, the clicking noise of his nails on the laminate floor, saying "Sammy, Dad's home!" got him really excited, and he entertained Lilly. Now I am starting to miss him.

Sammy went to a new home with 4 little kids. He gets to sleep on the couch and has a huge backyard to run around in. I hear he is having the time of his life. We are glad he is in a good home.

In the end, the bad outwighed the good, my mental health was failing, and Sammy had to go. We will miss you Sammy! Well sometimes.

Our Pretty Girl

The 4th

We stayed in Utah for the 4th this year, for the first time in 3 years. We went to the Family Fun Run at 8:00 with Gus's family. Gus and Sammy ran a mile, Lilly and I cheered from the side. Actually Sammy ran like 8 miles, that dog was just lapping everyone. He can run really fast! Afterwards, we went to Gus's parents for Breakfast. The rest of the day we just hung out at home, relaxing. That night we went back for a BBQ. It was a fun day.

Birthday Boy

Gus turned 28 on June 7th. We didnt do much since he had class that night. We did go car shopping during the day while Gus's mom watched Lilly and then went to lunch. That night Gus had class untill 11:00. At least he got a cake!

Swimming

Lilly went swimming for the first time with her cousins. Well, it wasnt really swimming, more like wading. She loved the water even though it was FREEZING!