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Summer Fun!

I have a whole summer to catch up on - so I am going to start with today and go backwards! We went to Young's Dairy as our last Friday play date (with friends from school) and we had a really fun time! They have a new kiddie play area with a "sand" box that is actually filled with dry corn kernels instead of sand (genius). The area is also complete with John Deere trikes, a tunnel, slides, a wooden cow to milk and hay bales. We spend most of the morning there!

And of course, we also fed the goats...

Jack's 1st Birthday!

Sorry about the delay in updating the blog, but we've had some technical problems with our internet. Since Kelly has had such a hectic schedule, I decided that it is Dad's turn to try updating the blog (so Kelly will just have to fix this posting later).

Jack had his first birthday recently, and it was a blast! He invited about 20 guests of all ages and got plenty of attention, to say the least. Mom went all-out on the celebration:

Jack had a great time opening presents too:

And, finally, he ate his cake, but with a lot less enthousiasm than we expected...maybe it was the 20 people staring at him all at once thing....

And what post would be complete without something embarrassing that we can show Jack's future prom date?

It has been a long time...

...but hopefully these pictures will show why! Our house seems to be in a constant state of upheaval. Our "baby" is becoming a toddler, and there is never a dull second:

Porky definitely enjoys Jack's new ability to throw and dump food! And of course, he never leaves Jack's side.

I swear I don't feed him Cheetos. He pulled this bag down off the table and was sitting in a PILE of Cheetos. I cleaned up the pile before I took the picture. Then, I had to PRY the Cheetos out of his hands and of course, crying ensued.

(More pictures to come of Jack walking outside...we're having technical issues!)

Jack is walking really well with a walker, but I don't think he's close to doing it on his own. Jon and I have decided that his legs aren't big enough to hold up his belly yet!