ONE

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Mdfrisco

The day after the party was a special day for many reasons. First, it was Dylan’s actual birthday, it was Mother’s Day and his baby dedication!

We spent the morning with our church family for Dylan’s dedication.

We are so blessed with an amazing village to help guide us on this crazy parenting journey!

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.” – Deuteronomy 6:4-7

Afterwards we had a quiet (at least as quiet as you can get with two boys!) afternoon at home, celebrating with just the 4 of us.

I love his snuggles, giggles and big bear hugs…I love his determination, fierceness and stubbornness. He is sweet, he is loud, he is growing up way too fast in an attempt to keep up with his brother! I can’t believe he is ONE! Happy Birthday big boy!

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The First Birthday Party

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Mdfrisco

The day before Dylan’s birthday we had a party to celebrate his first year. Since it was the weekend after Cinco de Mayo, we kept the celebration going into the weekend with a Cinco de Mayo theme.

Dylan had friends of all ages come to celebrate with us.

We just celebrated this little cutie’s 1st birthday a month earlier.

After everyone ate and the kids got some good playtime in, it was time for cake!

Dylan didn’t quite know what to do with the cake, so big brother got him started by showing him how to properly eat the frosting with your fingers.

Once he got the hang of it, he decided he liked it.

Then he figured out how to pick it up, and shove it directly into his face.

Some of the kids made it in the group photo

And it wouldn’t be a kids Cinco de Mayo party without a Pinata! Thanks to one of my girlfriends we had the ultimate giant Pinata, it was almost adult sized!

The birthday boy got the first swing

Then all the kids had a few rounds starting with the little ones

And big brother got his turn

I love the kids cheering in the background!

And you can tell this girl knows her way around a Pinata by the looks of determination on her face!

And the kid who plays T-Ball is the one who finally got the job done!

A happy Birthday Boy!

All the kids (and adults) had a great time. We are so thankful to those who came to celebrate with us. When the party was over Dylan couldn’t go to bed without opening his presents, with lots of help from his brother of course!

I’d say it was a successful first birthday and looking forward to all the birthday parties to come!

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Papa’s pool

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Mdfrisco

The last weekend in April we went to Papa J and Nonnie’s house to celebrate Papa’s birthday. And Justin made the mistake of telling Jacob we were going about 2 weeks before. So…every single day, all.day.long he kept talking about going to Papa’s to swim in the pool. Every time we were getting ready to go somewhere, he would ask, “are we going to Papa’s?” When we put him to bed at night, we tell him it’s time to get some sleep so he is ready for the next day’s adventures, and he always asked “Tomorrow are we going to Papa’s pool?” Finally, the week before, I started laying out the days and telling him what we had to do each day before we could go to Papa and Nonnie’s house. It went something like this…“Today we have to do laundry and run errands, tomorrow you have school, the next day is a playdate and swimming lessons, then you go to school again and when we pick you up from school, THEN we will go to Papa’s house!”

After counting down the days, the day finally came for us to go, and we had a great time! The things I didn’t get pictures of was golf cart rides, trip to the park, yummy meals and lots of family time playing together. And of course what Jacob had been waiting for…we spent lots of time in the pool.

Jacob is not the only one who loves to swim, Dylan was having a great time too!

They love being with their daddy and Papa in the water.

And Jacob loved being launched into the air by Papa.

And Dylan was cheering him on.

It is fun to sit back and watch them playing around, being silly and simply just being kids (both the big boys and the littles!)

And Dylan has become quite the dog lover. The neighbors dog spent the day with us and it was a love affair between the two. The dog followed Dylan everywhere, and Dylan loved every minute of it and was signing doggie all day long. I’ve gained supporter in my quest for a dog!