Gage David’s Sock Monkey 1st Birthday!

We celebrated Gage’s birthday on Saturday, October 8th with several family members and friends!  The party was held at the community building in my mother-in-law’s development.  (seriously the best party spot ever, thanks Lil!)

My sweet baby Gage was sporting his special 1st birthday shirt I ordered from Mimi's Babies – such a great shop!  (I’m thinking about putting the shirt in a shadow box and hanging it somewhere because I love it so much..)

I really enjoyed planning the party and decorating.. the space really is very fitting for parties, such a nice layout.  I ordered most of the decorations and Gage’s invitations through Stylish Celebrations and they were all awesome!! (I made most of the decorations for Gabby’s party but there was just no way I had the time to do them all myself for Gage’s party)  The stickers and return address labels I used were from Chickabug – another fantastic shop!

We did a candy bar for guests to take as favors; people seemed to really enjoy that!  I loved the fun Chinese take-out style boxes people got to put their candy in!  I made fun cards for people to write Gage a message.. we will keep them safe in his vintage sock monkey box so he can read them when he’s older!  We also had silly party hats and fun monkey puppets for kids to make.   

Gage was such a good boy through the entire party despite it being prime nap time.  He loved his cake, even though it did take him a couple of minutes to really figure it out.  He wasn’t all that interested in opening gifts but is definitely having a blast now playing with all of his new toys!      

THANK YOU so so so much to everyone that helped us celebrate Gage’s first year.  We are incredibly lucky to have such wonderful family and friends.  It warms my heart to see how much all of you love these children! (and yes, I’m crying)

Before we ate I said a quick prayer – part of that prayer was this - Father God – please camp your angels around Gage always.  May he live a life that is pleasing to You and may he always know how much he is loved.

I do pray that Gage grows up to be a strong, sensitive, sweet man of God.  He’s been such an amazing blessing to our family – I truly cannot imagine my life without my sweet little peanut butter.  It’s hard to believe one year has already passed.. it seems like just yesterday Gage was just a major surprise second line on a silly white stick.

I praise God every single day for my beautiful children :)

- 12 -

So this is super late too but that seems to be the norm with me anymore!  Gage will soon be 13 months old which means no more monthly sticker pictures.. boo.

• You weigh 19 lbs – which puts you in the 13th percentile for weight – and you are 31 inches long, which puts you in the 90th percentile (or somewhere around there) – Gavin and Gabby were always off the charts for both height and weight – you my dear are a skinny little peanut!
• You absolutely hate bath time.. it’s total meltdown city..
• Eating.. now there’s something you love!!  Veggies are probably one of your favorite things to eat along with yogurt drops and chicken nuggets.
• Still no teeth.  Yes, I said it, ONE year old and ZERO teeth.
• Your blond hair is so cute and curly!
• Gavin and Gabby really know how to make you smile.
• You say kitty and thank you – so so so so cute :)
• You’re the fastest crawler I’ve ever seen.
• Walking doesn’t seem to interest you all that much.. which is completely fine with your momma!
• You love sharing a room with your big bro! I hear you two talking in the mornings :)
• You’re such a snuggle bunny – on Sundays in the church nursery you won’t let the ladies put you down – all you want to do is snuggle!
• Paci = bestest buddy!

I love you Gage David!

Ocean City, MD

So… this post is long over-due!  We took our annual beach vacation to Ocean City, MD July 9th through July 16th… that means I’m only 3 months late posting about it!  The day before left, my husband was told he was being let go of his position that he had held for the last 5 years.  The company is doing poorly financially so they had to make some cuts and sadly, his position was one of those cuts.  We’re still on the job hunt but are staying hopeful.

Back to the beach.. we had a blast!  It was Gage’s first trip to the ocean and I think he really enjoyed himself!  We ate way too much food, got way too much sun, spent way too much money but had a great time!

I took 946 pictures during our week there.  Obviously I won’t post them all here so I will try to pick some favorites from the trip!

(here you go Mom… I’m finally posting some beach pictures!!)