fun in UTAH

Dallas and I spent a little extra time in Utah after the party.

we had fun, as always, eating CAFE RIO, RED MANGO and SPOON ME!

I can't believe Dallas is old enough to ride this little roller coaster at my mom's! He is so BIG, silly, fun and entertaining these days. It just keeps getting better and better!

my mom, grandma, Dallas and I went down to Thanksgiving Point to see the tulip festival. The tulips weren't all out, but it was just fun to be together!

some of the tulips

going to visit uncle j, aunt steph and junior

but.....he couldn't wait to get home!

pUpPy PaRtY!

I am a little late on pictures, but we had Dallas' birthday party while we were in Utah. It was a 'puppy party' and he was happy to have family there to celebrate!

this is one of the few shots of Dallie with his face painted - turns out one-yr-olds seem to just make a mess! we couldn't get him to wear his puppy ears either!

Dallas with all his puppy cousins!

treats in dog bowls and my favorite - his CAKE!

not only was it ADORABLE but it tasted SO good!

the puppies before the 'dog show'

Dallas doing his 'forward roll' for his trick!

and time for cake...

he wasn't totally feeling the cake thing until Hailey put frosting and ice cream on his binky!

...and finally onto presents...

not suprisingly, Dallas was far more interested in the boxes than the actual toys!

Dallas was lucky enough to have his grandma reynolds come up to spend his birthday with him! she wanted to do things that he would like so we took him to Cheesecake Factory for lunch (he likes getting his own plate with banana's and brown bread), went to the Disney Store at the mall, and hit a pet store too!

then it was back home for a nap and to wait for daddy so we could have cupcakes!
the kids is OBSESSED with Cheerios so I thought I would throw some on a few of the cupcakes to get his attention...

but he wasn't too interested. he just likes to poke his finger in the frosting and lick it off
with daddy
with mommy

with grandma

our little fam
getting presents

SLAM DUNK!

dallas LOVES basketball and spent the rest of the night trying to put all his different toys through the hoop

and of course, some quality box time!

Teag brought home a big cardboard box and cut holes in it - this by far beat any toy we gave him for his birthday!

look who's 1

today is Dallas' 1st birthday!

we love our little buddy more than we could have ever imagined!

I never knew life could be so great!

birthday fun!

Saturday Dallas went to his first friend birthday party! Addison and Dallas share the same birthday - April 9th! Dallas, Addison, Patrick and Luciya have all known each other and been playing together since they were 4 months old and met in our Gymboree class. Now we all do Little Gym together and they LOVE seeing each other every week! The other moms are great and we have all become such good friends - so fun!

Dallas, Addison and Patrick hanging out and playing before the festivities REALLY got started
Jessica and Addison
the kiddos with the AWESOME industrial size bubble machine Dallie in the bubbles
the birthday girl!
Erika & Patrick, Jessica & Addison, Dallas & I, Emily & Luciya

Addie opening her baby doll from Dallas

the party had a whole cupcake theme going - the decorations, favors, cake and everything were AMAZING!

Jessica even did a 'toddler smorgasbord' with mini-muffins, goldfish, graham crackers, applesauce, cheerios and sippy cups with juice. It was so cute!

the babes waiting to dig in...

for some reason Dallas was a little unsure and hesitant with his cupcake. huh?!?!

weekend with the whiting fam

hApPy EaStEr!

we had a great Easter weekend with some of Teag's family in town. Dallas LOVED playing with his cousins, they loved playing with he and the dogs (especially Cooper) and we had good food and a great time hanging out!

I think having 4 of our nieces here reaffirmed for Teag that he is fine having just boys! It was more emotion and high maintenance than he is used to (insert joke about me here!)

the girls had a ball dying eggs
we read the "would you rather" book with the fam. Yeah, the question "would you rather walk in on your parents having sex, or have them walk in on you" could have been a little weird if I had read that one. I opted to skip it.
Olivia and Hailey having SO much fun with Cooper. He is just a big teddy bear!
Dallas checking out his goods from the bunny. He got his first Disney movie '101 dalmations', binkies, sesame guys, books and balls in his Elmo Easter basket.
Growing up I remember one Easter that we couldn't find all the eggs and had to deal with an awful smell for months! Therefore, I filled about 100 plastic eggs with candy and we hid them for the girls to find Easter morning. Dallie checking out a peep...
and enjoying it just like his mommy does!

easter fun with grandma reynolds!

my mom came in town for a day the week prior to Easter to bring Dallas a little easter suprise!

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We went to lunch (Cheesecake Factory-as usual), then headed to the mall for pix with the Easter Bunny, back to our house so Dallie could open his "easter ball", then my mom sent me for a pedi while she played with the little guy!SO big sitting up at the table with us-eating his brown bread and banana

I thought he was going to be afraid of the Easter Bunny, but he was all smiles :)
onto the Easter ball - it is full of suprises wrapped up in crepe paper. As you unroll it all sorts of fun things fall out! Dallas loved it! We looked forward to them every year growing up.
dallie with grandma reynolds
having fun playing in the crepe paper!