Vaillant Family Blog: November 2013

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Thanksgiving 2013

On November 1st we started a Thanksgiving Tree for Hayden. Each day we asked him what he was thankful for and he taped a leaf to his tree. His first few leaves were for his friends, his school and for church which made us very happy. It took a while for him to be thankful for mommy (even the dog beat me out) but I was thankful that he finally thought of me. :) Here is a pic of his completed tree.

We spent Thanksgiving Day this year at my mom and dads. It was a team effort as far as cooking the meal and everyone helped out in some way. We had a very nice and delicious dinner! Lincoln had his first piece of turkey and enjoyed lots of new foods. All the kids had fun playing outside despite the cold and were wore out by the end of the day. I captured this picture as we were all sitting down to dinner. Hayden's last thankful leaf was "I am grateful for all my family" and I think that says it all!

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Lincoln - 1 year old!

We celebrated a little early but Lincoln turned 1 officially on November 20th. He had his 1 year well baby the next day. He was almost the exact same weight from his 9 month appointment, weighing in at 23lbs 14oz (85%). He was 2'6"(56%) and still has a big head at 18.5" (74%). He had to endure 5 shots but took it like a champ. Lincoln is still our happy, silly boy. He loves to play with brother and daddy the most and wants to do everything they do. He is still crawling mostly but can stand in one place for quite a while and has taken 1-2 steps towards us before resorting back to the spider-man crawl. He is a great eater! He loves green beans, chicken, strawberries, and cheese the most. He is very observant and inquisitive and is into everything! He is keeping me on my toes these days but I am enjoying his fun little personality. Here are a few of my favorite pics of Linc that I took before his party.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Lincoln's 1st Birthday Party!

Last weekend we celebrated Lincoln's 1st birthday at our house. We did a circus/carnival theme and I had lots of fun planning the big day. We had a wide range of ages attend so I tried to make it fun for all. We started the party with a little silly dress up/photo booth (see blog post below for photos). We continued on to a few party games....duck pond, tattoos, pin the nose on the clown, spin a prize, ping pong ball toss, bean bag toss, and basketball shoot. After the games, we had pizza and hot dogs for lunch. Lincoln then had a wardrobe change for his big cake smash. :) He was just the cutest thing as we sang happy birthday and was not afraid to dig into his cake. While the kids were eating cake, Eric snuck upstairs for a costume change of his own. The kids loved it when he came down dressed as a clown! It was a great ending to a great party and I so appreciate my husband for doing just about anything for his boys. Here are some pics from the day....