Happy Birthday Adam!

Yesterday was Adam's 1st Birthday!  Happy Birthday Adam!  I can't believe it has been a whole year since he was born.  He has gotten so big!  And he is walking now, too.  He started walking one month ago yesterday, right as we were getting ready to leave for a Halloween party.  

We celebrated his birthday a few days ago with Brian and Janny at their house.  Don and Connor were there too.  Adam wasn't sure what to do with the present.  Luckily Iris was there to help him figure it out!  Thanks Iris!  You are such a good helper.

He got some cute clothes from Don and Connor, which was great because he needed them!  

He also got a cute little chair that Janny made but it wasn't quite done yet so there will be pictures to come of that.

Then we had some cupcakes that Janny made.

He liked them a lot.  Most of it ended up on his face and in his hair.

Yesterday we celebrated his birthday with the Swensens and we also Skyped with Grandma and Grandpa Waldram.  That was fun.  Grandma Waldram's present was a big hit.  Adam opened it first and then lost interest in the rest of the presents.

How cool is that?  Even Brent was envious.

Grandpa Swensen had to help Adam open the rest of the presents.

"What?!  Clothes?  I don't want clothes for my birthday!"

It was better when he opened this car track from the Swensens.

I love how he's concentrating on the wheels.  

Then it was cake and ice cream time.  Auntie Breanna did a good job decorating the cake with lots of bright colors.

"Give me my cake!"

"Forget the cake.  I'll take the ice cream!"

It was a fun day, but we were all tuckered out at the end.  I hope it was a good first birthday for Adam.  We sure love him!  Happy Birthday Adam!!

We Must Be Related...

For the past few months, Adam has been making this funny little face.  The only way I can describe it is it's kind of like a "cheese" face.  You know, when you are getting your picture taken and you say, "Cheeeeeeeeese." He doesn't do it all the time when he gets his picture taken, but sometimes he does, and sometimes he does it when he is feeling bashful, like if he meets a new person or something.

  

Anyway, the other day I was looking at some of my photos from when I was little and I found this one of me when I was 2 years old:

I started laughing because it reminded me of Adam and his "cheese" face.  I think it's obvious where he got it from.

The Zoo

Adam and I went to the Zoo last Wednesday with Janny and Iris.  It was lots of fun!  We got to see all kinds of animals and we got to feed the giraffes. 

 It was really funny, when they gave the carrots to Iris, she started eating them!  Poor thing, she thought the carrots were for her.

Adam loved the birds especially the flamingos and ducks.

He also really enjoyed watching the koi in the big pond.  They were three times the size of Grandpa Swensen's koi!

Adam and Iris really enjoyed being outside and seeing all there was to see.

And not all the monkeys were in a cage!

We sure had fun at the Zoo!

It's About Time!

Well, I finally took the time to sit down and create a blog.  I've been wanting to do it for a few years now, but just never took the time to do it.  I guess the main reason I wanted to make a blog in the first place was to give me more incentive to keep a journal.  Yes, this blog will be my journal.  I have neglected my journal for so long (I think I get that from my dad, maybe).  I have missed writing about important events, such as my marriage to my wonderful husband, Brent, and the birth of our precious son, Adam.  As our family grows, I want to be able to document the important parts of our life, not just for us, but for posterity's sake as well.  Also, it is a way that we can (hopefully) keep in touch with family and friends and share our life's experiences.  Not only do we learn and grow from them, but maybe we can be the means of touching someone else's life as well.  
We were reading in the Book of Mormon the other day in the book of Omni, and it kind of hit me.  If I don't do anything to "preserve our genealogy," it will sound much like the records of the Nephites at that time.  You know, like "And I, Kyra, am the daughter of Garth.  And I had a son and called his name Adam.   And I began to be old, wherefore I hand over the records to my son Adam."  etc., etc.  There would be a lot of life's lessons lost if I don't fill in those blanks.  So, here's to keeping records and sharing life's experiences, and hopefully I won't have too many more holes to patch up in the future.