DQ Ice Cream? Yes, please!

Friday night my mom, dad and I took Easton to Dairy Queen for the first time. She had her very first ice cream cone and LOVED IT! In fact, when you tried to take it away from her she throw a little fit. It was a fun and messy DQ trip!

Finger-lickin' good

The fallen cone

"You little stinker!" That is all I could say as I walked up two flights of stairs with grocery bags in my hands. I had went to the garage to grab the groceries Easton and I had picked up on our way home. I had left her playing in the living with her toys right by the ottoman. The baby gate going down stairs was shut, but to lessen the chances of me falling on my ass while hauling groceries in, I left the baby gate going up stairs unlatched, but pushed to. I swear I was down there for 30 seconds grabbing the groceries out of my car, but she is a fast one. And these days a little on the sneaky side. As I am rounding the corner to go up the next flight of stairs, there that stinker is. Running around in our kitchen playing with the cabinets, dog food and water like she is queen of the world. Of course she sees me and immediatly does her "I know I am not supposed to be doing this, but it is so damn fun" laugh/shriek. I just smiled and asked her "What are you doing stinker." So new rule in the Bosley house. No longer can we leave the upstairs baby gate unlatched. She will high tail it up the stairs and find freedom in the cabinets, dog water and food. Our little dare devil is fearless!

Summer Time Is...

A Popsicle on a HOT day!


A Naked Wagon Ride!

Bosley Waterpark & Biker Babe!

The Bosley Waterpark is open for the season! We have a giant sprinkler ball, a mini pool and a water table with all kinds of play stations! 2 and under are free! At first Easton thought the giant ball that sprinkled water was fun. Until she realized how stinkin' cold the water was coming out of it!
She loved to walk around her water table! And she would crawl out of her pool, walk around her water table and crawl back into her pool. She thought it was a fun game!
Mommy and Easton playing.

Hiddy Hoe Neighbors!
Our little water baby!
Serious biker face! Giggley biker face!

This is how we ride!

Birthday Bash: OUR LITTLE LADY TURNED ONE!

Easton woke up in a great mood (as usual) the day of her birthday! She must have known she was one and now considered a toddler!

I am going to start with the details of the birthday bash. Some will say it was way too much for a first birthday party others will understand. Yes this was about Easton turning one, but it was also a celebration of many more things, Josh and I survived our first year as parents and I met my goal of providing breastmilk for a year! Not to mention I enjoy planning parties... birthday, baby showers, bridal showers etc. I LOVED planning my wedding! On with it! The theme was ladybugs.

Here are the centerpieces. Yellow tissue paper flower, ladybug pick, crazy green paper grass, terracotta pot and a Easton and 1 pick.

Instead of doing the traditional cake and ice cream. I went a different route. Can you say DESSERT BUFFET! Chocolate and Rainbow Cupcakes, Strawberry and Lemon Cakeballs, Cookies, Brownies and Lemon bars! Yummy! Of course in the center of it all was Easton's birthday cake! The dessert buffet was a hit, especially with the kids. So below is a picture of the dessert buffet. Swagged above the sweets are pictures from when Easton was a newborn until 12 months.

Closer view of the timeline. I purchased the little ladybug tags from Ciao Bambino.

Cookies were by Icings by Ang.

Easton's cake was by Sweets N Such.

These little tags were also ordered from Ciao Bambino.

Eating a snack.

Hugs for Sully!
All the kiddos!

Cake Time! We sang Happy Birthday to Easton and she loved!


She also LOVED her cake!

To keep the kids entertained I bought some 8x10 canvases, finger paint and cheap paint brushes. The kids LOVED the activity. Parents on the other hand cringed when I said they would be painting, but there wasn't any spills, no fights and no one was covered in paint. Instead of going home with a favor bag full of candy they had masterpieces!

We decided not to open gifts during the party, but instead bring them home and open them after the party. I believe this was the best idea ever! Easton could help when she wanted and still run around and have fun!Our daughter is so loved by so many people. One lucky little girl!


Easton had a wonderful 1st Birthday! She was one tired little girl that night and didn't even finish her bottle before she passed out!

ONE!

Easton is ONE! Of course we had a big birthday bash, but I will leave that for my next post. This post I want to share her 1 year photos and accomplishments. The week leading up to her 1st birthday Easton really started to take off with walking. She now walks long distances without any support. She is still a bit wobbly and has yet to master going from a sitting position to a standing/walking position with out some assistants from furniture or a person. Her vocabulary is expanding more and more everyday. She has become quite the chatter box. Toy, ball and balloon are the most recent additions. She is in size 9 mo. to 12 mo. clothes and size 3 diapers. Recently Easton has decided she would like eat only meat. She will eat some fruit and veggies, but the majority of her meals are meat. Though I completely stopped breastfeeding the end of June, Easton is still receiving breast milk from the stash I built up. We plan on using the remaining breast milk up and then its onto whole milk! I really thought we would have at least one tooth by her first birthday, but no such luck. She is one and still toothless. Easton still takes a morning nap and an afternoon nap. She loves her sippy cup, but still gets 3 bottles a day. I am not sure when we are going to drop the bottle. I figure she will let us know when she is ready like she did with the pacifier. Easton's bedtime is 8:30pm and she wakes up between 7 am and 7:30 am.

At Easton's one year check up she weighed 19 lbs., 15 oz. and is 29 inches tall. She also received 4 shots which broke my heart! She is developing nicely and is hitting her milestones and surpassing some!

If you can't tell or haven't figured it out by now, Easton is very much a routine baby. Even on the weekends we try our best to keep to her routine. It's simple.... from day one Easton has always known what to expect. Her life and days are stable. I believe babies can sense a lot and feed on parents energy and stress levels. A stable home is important in a child's life. People (even random strangers) ask me all the time if Easton is always this happy. I answer with "Yes, she is always this happy". I credit this to a couple of things 1. breast milk 2. routine and 3. stress-free home. Now, don't get me wrong there are times we can't follow the routine and we must adapt and be flexible, but when these times happen Easton always seems to adjust very well. Probably because she knows we will be right back into the swing of the routine once we get over the bump. I am by no means a child expert, hell this is my first one, but this is what I have learned with Easton and it is working! So to all those random strangers out there thank you for stopping your car in Wal-Mart parking lot to ask if my baby, the one waving and smiling at you, is always this happy! And to the two old lady's at Joann's fabric store, thank you for telling me how much my daughter looks like porcelain doll with those gorgeous blue eyes. You all make my day!


These pictures were taken on the 4th of July so we could hand them out at her party! Easton's onesie was purchase from Stitcheroos. Her tutu and flower bow were made by me!
Easton LOVED her cake!

So much she even ate it off her toes!

And put a death grip on it when Daddy tried to take it away!

Cake makes little girls thristy!