Happy 1st Birthday Jason!

On Saturday November 15th at 1:16am, my little boy TURNED ONE!!

On Sunday we had a birthday party for him :-) Several of my family friends, and a few of my personal friends showed up. We all had a pretty awesome time and Jason enjoyed his second first birthday party (his dad had one for him on Friday).

Here are some highlights:





He got his very own baby Chuck's :-)







We discovered that, to Jason, Curious George falling off of a
box is one of the funniest things EVER

And of course....CAKE!

Thanks everyone for coming and making my little guy's day so very special!!

Jason's First Halloween

It occurred to me today that I forgot to post a blog about this!



I took Friday off for Jason's First Halloween (boy, I worked really hard last week, didn't I??)



Jason and I went to Waxie and visited all of my coworker friends and showed off his adorable lion costume. Patty took this picture of him crawling around:







After we left Waxie we had to go to the lab and get some routine blood work done. His doctor gave me paperwork for this at his 9 month appointment. I realized that it was almost time for his 12 months appointment and figured I should probably get it done! Good news, the doc called and said all is as it should be. Bad news, that was one of the saddest things I've had to do so far as a mommy I think. They made me hold him still while they put a needle in his arm and he cried...and I cried harder. :*(



Once all that unpleasantness was done, I took Jason to Lifelock where my mommy works. She got to show him off to all of her coworkers. He waved to almost everyone. He also got to go trick or treating in one of the departments there that they had dedicated for that. I was impressed by all of the decorations. They really went all out. Forgot my camera and didn't get any pics.



Later on after my mom came home from work we took Jason to a couple of the neighbor's houses and showed him off a little. Then it was time to take him to his dad's house. Here are some pics we took before he left:

The Fair

I decided to take the day off on Wednesday and my mom and I took Jason to the Arizona State Fair! Since the gates don't open until 12pm, Jason was ready for a nap as soon as we got there. So he slept in his stroller while my mom and I explored. When we arrived at the petting zoo area, I tried to wake Jason up and he was still sleeping soundly so my mom and I wandered around in the zoo playing with the animals ourselves.

Then Jason finally woke up:

And, just as I'd figured, he really loved the animals in the petting zoo:

This baby goat thinks my pants are tasty. TOO CUTE!!

Then we wandered around looking for a ride that would be baby friendly enough for Jason. We came across a Pony Ride and I was so excited when they said he could ride! He did SO good! He loved it and he held on tight and sat up straight and didn't wobble or anything. I walked around with him of course, but he rode like he'd been doing it forever :-)

This carnival dude behind us was super nice but wouldn't quit talking...

Such a fun time at the fair!!