Owen is 1!

Yesterday we celebrated Owen's first birthday with him...

 

With plans to party on today and tomorrow...

And hopefully will try my hand at taking a 'cake smash'

session with him sometime this week! :)

 

 

 

This year Owen has/is:

 

*6 teeth

 

* developed quite the character...

 

 

(such a treasure... love!)

-these top 4 pictures taken by Roxanna J. Photography-

 

* survived the colic stage - oh, I have almost forgotten it! (not quite!)

 

*loves the outdoors

 

* he is SUCH a Mommy's boy!!

-like really... guess I know that I am loved but ...

 

 

 

* celebrated stages of smiling, laughing, sitting, rolling, crawling, steps...

almost walking - oh, he is growing up so fast!

 

* nicknames: chief, champ, little man

 

* loves his big sister!

(oh, how I love seeing the sibling bond...)

 

* prefers tractors/machinery over cows

-although he doesn't mind the cows but he LOVES the tractors!

* had a haircut and sports the spikes well!

 

* so thankful to be blessed with a beautiful sweet boy

- a snuggly, cuddly one to boot

 

 Looking forward to celebrating with

 

Opa and Oma Korporaal this afternoon

 

Opa and Oma 'Shiloh' and all the Lindhout Uncles/Aunts/Cousins

tonight...

Along with Great Opa and Oma Lindhout 'Duke'...

 

And then a little get together with friends tomorrow morning...

 

Hoping to do a cake smash at some point!!

 

Love you my Little Man! :)

xo

 

Uncle Wim's Birthday!

Especially for our siblings out in Ontario...

 we know how much you like

seeing these :)

 

Wish you could all join us out here!! 

 

Oh, I love this man so much!!!

 

'Uncle' Ben loves playing around with his nephews/nieces!

Always SO much fun when we all get together...

can't wait to have the pool up and running and everyone over :) 

And the two munchkins 'helping' Mom!! 

 

xo



Snapshots!!

Snapshots of the past few weeks...

 

Ranen had a hoot chasing the frog around on the patio...

 

Mom's 'helper'

 My little man is almost 1.... where does time go??

 

 

And for someone who does not particularly like or enjoy rhodos...

I found a little beauty in them!

 

 

I want to send out my thanks to my dear

cousin Treena ( Love Live With Kids )

and Aunt Carla ( Making Our Memories )

for nominating me for the

Beautiful Mama Blog Award!!

I truly feel honored to be nominated for this...

just don't feel very deserving of it because of my

lack of consistent blogging.

 

I blog mostly for the enjoyment

of family and friends (both near and far) to see

our day to day adventures

as well as to share some of the MANY pictures I take!!

Because I want to stay 'low key' in this blog world I am not going

to 'accept' the award and just continue on my little journey...

Once again, thanks for nominating me - love you both!! xo

 

Working on another post...

of a Korporaal get-together for Uncle Wim's birthday!