New play place!

Santa Claus brought Ian this toy box for Christmas. But I think he intended for it to hold Ian's toys - not Ian! I found him playing quietly in his toy box one morning while I was doing laundry. He just loves to climb in and throw out all of the toys. Here is a picture of the little fellow having a ball!

We have been giving Ian samples of whatever we eat at mealtime. Ian loves his Daddy's pancakes! He especially likes them with butter and syrup. Here he is with a mouth full.

Ian's First Birthday!

My baby turned 1 on December 30. I just can't believe that it has been a whole year! What a great year - Frank and I could not have asked for a more wonderful little addition to our family. He really is a blessing. Here are a few pictures of our little man on his birthday.

Ha ha Daddy, I got an airplane and you didn't!

Hands off, Uncle Sammy! This truck is mine!

I'm a big boy now! Ian loved his Mickey Mouse fire truck.

Here is his birthday cake.

Here is Ian wearing his birthday cake.

And sharing it with Mammaw.

No, I don't need any help.

And here is Ian's birthday cake after he was finished.

This is Ian's new "cute" face. When you tell him he is so cute, he gives this fake smile. What a mess!

My little fellow is already driving - his cozy coupe that is. Look at that form. He already has the hand positions down pat.

Beep, beep! Watch out Brittany!

He loves to drive his new car. Thanks, Franny and Grandaddy!

It's Christmas!

Santa Claus came to Durant.....and emptied his sleigh! Ian must have been a really good boy this year. Here are a few pictures of our Christmas time with our families.

Ian just loves the pony Santa left him. He likes to bounce for a while, then climb on and off, on and off, on and off....you get the picture!

Here he is helping other people open their gifts at Franny and Grandaddy's.

And really having fun opening his own gifts. He loved playing with the paper!

Ian also helped give out the gifts at Nanny and Pappaw's. He just couldn't wait to see what was in those bags!

He was so excited to ride in his little red wagon that he got from Mammaw and Pappaw. He didn't want to get out.

This is a picture from his birthday party at Franny and Grandaddy's. The cake looked great on him! (And it tasted great too!)

Here is a picture of Ian playing in the snow we got a few weeks ago. He just really didn't know what to think about it.

Just another cute picture of my little man!

You have heard of a milk mustache, but what about an ice cream beard! Looks like he could start a fad with this one.....

And one last cute picture. We tried some yogurt melts this week, and Ian loves them - to eat and wear!

Ian's First Thanksgiving

Ian's first Thanksgiving was lots of fun. We spent Thanksgiving Day with Frank's family in Madison at his aunt and uncle's home. Ian got lots of extra attention from Franny, Grandaddy, Aunt Elizabeth, cousin Todd, cousin Leslie, Aunt Glenda, and Uncle Wesley!

Here he is in his cute little tractor outfit. Thanks, Franny!

Ian played really hard......

Then, Aunt Glenda got to rock him to sleep!

We took some family pictures before we left.

These turned out really good.

First word!

This morning, I picked Ian up off the floor to take him to get dressed for daycare, and he reached toward the deer on the wall and said "deer"! I should have known my son's first word would be hunting related!

Yum, that's good!

We took a little shopping trip to the Memphis area last week, so we did a lot of eating out. Ian got to try some new foods at the restaurants. His favorite was the ranch dressing on the onion strings at Chilli's. Here are some cute pics!

Ian's First Halloween

We managed to make it to all of the grandparents on Ian's first Halloween. He got lots of trick-or-treat goodies!

Here is my little lion in his costume. I thought he was so cute! But I don't think he liked it much at all.

He looks like he is thinking,"This woman must be crazy!"

I think this expression says it all!

Ian loves to look out the window. He was watching Pappaw go down the road on the tractor.

Here is Brittany chasing Ian.....

And Ian chasing Brittany!

Frank was playing with some paper. Ian got so tickled.

Ian had his first sucker a couple of weeks ago. You know he loved it.

And he really enjoyed the icing on this cupcake!

Here he is with my Mom and Dad.