LG = Life's Good

I was cleaning up after dinner today and walked past the laundry room and saw something like this:Logan had climbed inside our washer. Not sure how. But he was having a great time. The washer is an LG, which I am pretty sure stands for Life's Good. And life was good for Logan as he discovered that the he could rock the whole drum back and forth, and was having a great time rocking around in there. I don't think he did any damage, but its one of those times where you hesitate to take a picture b/c you don't want to encourage him to do it again - or do it to his little brother. Don't call CPS, I'll just have to keep the door shut on it. It closes pretty tightly; I even have to give it a good tug to open it, so I doubt he could open it.

Tolan's Birthday

We finally got to celebrate Tolan's birthday last night. Here are some pictures.They made a gumball machine cake on Ace of Cakes and I thought I could do a smaller, simpler version. It would have looked better with fondant, but I didn't feel like messing with it this time.
All the birthday presents

He was ready to dig in...

taking a drink break

Logan loving the cake

When he decided he was done, he started smearing the frosting all over his body. Then he picked up a chunk of cake and rubbed it around like a sponge. After this cake-bath, I gave him real bath & then let him open presents.

Taking his new ride for a test drive

Checking out presents from Grandma & Grandpa T

The dinosaurs are a hit! Thanks mom!

Tolan is ONE!!

His actual birthday isn't until tomorrow, the 12th, but its going to be a busy day, and I wanted to get a post in for his bday. We won't get do the whole deal tomorrow with the cake & presents & everything so I will post pictures when we do. But until then here's just a little bit about our little Tolly.

( Justin's parents wanted to do a litte early celebration for his bday when they were here last month, so that's what this picture is)

He weighed 7 lbs 13 oz when he was born. We don't go to the doctor until Wednesday but I'm guessing he's about 23 lbs. Look how much he has grown in one year!

(As proof of his growth, notice that he is now wearing the same clothes his big brother was wearing the day he was born)

A little bit about Tolan & his first year:

Some names he goes by around our house: Tolly, Tonan or Tony (these 2 are Logan's) and Dirty Sal

Favorite foods: bananas, goldfish, cheerios. (Pretty standard for a 1-yr-old, but unfortunately, this is about all I can get him to eat.)

Things he likes to do: climb up the stairs, "play ball," wrestle with Logan, push cars around, and lucky for me, sleep!

Little known fact: Tolan loves any kind of drink - milk, water, juice, etc. He will find any sippy cup he can, throw his head back, and just chug it

Favorite items: his blanky and his binky

Favorite noises to make: any spitty or gurgly sound he can managae to make with his tongue, and he also does an ear-piercing shriek

Words: mama-mama and sometimes dada

One of my favorites things about him: his laugh. he has a great belly laugh. I also love the face he makes when he is concentrating:

Some of my favorite pics:

Happy Birthday Tolan!