Spring has Sprung

Happy Birthday!

Looking Back at Cai's 1st Christmas

Looking Back-Celebrating

Caius celebrated both his sisters birthdays this year with our family & friends.  Here he is holding the balloons down.

Halloween 2012

I don't think I ever blogged about our Halloween this year.  Caius was 8.5 months old for his first Halloween.  Our neighbor and friend, Lauren made our costumes with the help of her mother.  The girls are M & M's and Caius was a M & M Fun Size Bag.  We had a blast trick or treating in our neighborhood with our friends.  It was cold so Caius went in early and hung out with my parents.

Picture Credit goes to my Dad, Terry Faith.

Looking Back-6 Months

First Trip to See the Horses

Last May Caius got to take his first trip to Churchill Downs to watch the horses.  He went twice the week of the Kentucky Derby...lucky guy.  To be honest, he didn't really watch much but he was indeed there and we took a couple of pictures to document it.

A Look Back- First Bath

A few pictures of Caius' first bath at home. We were still just giving him "bird baths" at this point and you can see in the pictures how much he enjoyed them.

Cai's First Easter

Going Home Day

A couple of pictures of the day we got to take Caius home.

Looking Back-Sibling Love

His sisters loved him from the moment they met him for the first time. Ruby and Telia get a good look at their brother in the hospital last February.

Counting Down to Birthday #1

As I did with the girls, I am going to take a look back on Caius' first year. I love looking over the pictures and seeing how he has changed and grown over this past year. So, here we go. Caius' birth February 2012.

Caius at 9 and 10 months

This is our sweet energetic boy at 9 months (top picture) and 10 months (bottom picture).  Caius started taking steps at 10 months and now can take about 8 steps at a time.  He will probably be walking by his 1st birthday! 

8 Months

I forgot to get a picture of Caius on his blanket in October but for the record here is our happy boy at 8 months.

7 Months

Also in September Caius turned 7 months. I actually think he was about 7.5 months when I took these photos. He started crawling when he was about 6.5 months old so getting him to stay on this blanket is getting very challenging.

Farmyard Party

Ruby turned 5 years old in September and when I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday she said she wanted to go to the farm.  My mom has a friend who actually has a farm with animals which is what she was referring to but I figured hey, lets just run with this idea.  So, we had a farmyard party.  We had a lot of fun and a lot of people.  Here are some pictures of that Friday night.

We had fun with the food.  

Below you will see Chicken Feed, Pig Tails, Straw and Wagon Wheels

 I think this cake was really cute and really easy.  Actually, icing an eggless cake was not easy but since they were supposed to be in the farmyard I figured it was ok if it was messy.

 The Dessert Table

 I put farm animals throughout the house for decorations

 It was really hot until the sun went down but the kids didn't care and played in our backyard the whole time.  

So thankful to have a backyard and a fence

 This is seriously not even all the kids that were there.  We are missing a couple of kids and lots of babies. 

 Instead of a pinata we filled balloons with one piece of candy and then made a little pointer that the kids used to pop the balloons.  They loved it and I think the parents did too since the kids only got like 2 pieces of candy.

 Me and my sweet friend Kristyn with Anna and Ella

 Caius with his Aunt Heather

 In the side of our yard we have a dog run...perfect for pony races.  Brian ran the races with two kids at a time.  They had a blast and did not even care who won.

 On your mark...

 Gift opening time got a little crazy...we had to do some crowd control