Day with the cousins

 Yesterday Reid & I met his cousins, Aunt Suzanne, and Grandparents out at the new Sea Life Aquarium in Grapevine.  It was a really fun day full of fish, time at Build-a-bear, eating lollipops & cookies, and riding the carousel at the mall.  SO glad you all came in town and that we got to see you one more time before you went back to San Antonio.  Reid LOVES his cousins and they love him just as much! 

Standing in front of some coral... love the look on R's face!  Priceless!

Such a cool little bubble to look at the fish!

Mary-McKinley tried it...

And so did Monroe... WAY cool!

Look at those amazing colors of fish... God is so cool!

Who KNEW?!

Touching something that's a part of a shark... not sure what?!

We were all standing on a plexiglass floor that looked down on too many sharks.  I was ready to get out of there! 

Look how tall all the cousins are!  As tall as some sharks!  Ha, ha! ;)

Nana, Grandpa, & little Reid

                                                                 

Me & my sweet Reid got to spend some much needed QT together yesterday.  LOVE my boy!

Touching some starfish

 

After we left the aquarium, Reid & Mary-McKinley made a trip to the Build-a-Bear store.  Reid's first trip to this store EVER!  He was thrilled, but at first could care nothing at ALL about building a bear and stuffing it.  There were so many other cool things to see & do... it took a little coaxing and after he saw M-M get her bear, he decided he would do the same.  He picked out a cute little Longhorn.  How Texas is that?? He was scared of the stuffing machine... a little loud for Mr. Reid.  :((  Sorry  buddy! He let the lady put his heart in the longhorn, and then he & M-M were off to give their animals a bath. 

"Bathtime" with the animals.  This place cracks me up!

Mary-McKinley, Monroe, (who decided she wanted a bear after seeing M-M's & Reid's) and Reid with their brand new build-a-bear animals.  

We had a ball yesterday and Reid had a ton of fun spending the day with his sweet cousins.  The aquarium was awesome and a definite must see!  We really enjoyed the extra time with Aunt Suzanne, Madison, Monroe, M-M, Nana, & Grandpa.  Thank you for driving to Dallas to hang with us for the day.  

We love you all! 

Riley's 1st Birthday

Riley Colson
July 8, 2010
7:56 am
7 lb. 15.9 oz.
20.5 inches long

July 8, 2011
4:30 pm
23.5 lb.
ONE BIG BOY!


HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY LITTLE RILEY!
We were actually able to celebrate your birthday on your actual BIRTH DAY!
I decided on The Very Hungry Caterpillar for your birthday theme and I
think it turned out pretty cute if I do say so!
We had lots of family over and even your Aunt Suzie, Uncle David,
and cousins were able to come in town & help us celebrate!
It was a great day, except you had a little fever all day and weren't quite feeling
yourself. :(( You did pretty well considering you weren't feeling
so hot. It was a fun party and I think everyone enjoyed it!

Your first time seeing Aunt Suzie & your cousins since Christmas.
They missed you!!


I made a little banner with pictures of you from birth to 12 months.
It is so neat to see how much you've grown & changed this year!

Daddy made a "caterpillar" balloon for you!

All of the yummy food!

I had little signs made up to match the theme of the book....
"On Monday, he ate through one nice green leaf, on
Tuesday he ate 2 onions, but he was still hungry,
on Wednesday he ate 3 tomatoes, but he was still hungry...."

Even had labels made up for the plasticware...
That's the party planner in me!

Look at that sweet face!

Papa & Riley-Roo

Your Very Hungry Caterpillar cupcakes :)
Turned out SOOO cute!

The smash cake with your bday hat!

Getting ready for the cake...

We let your brother blow out the candle....

he was SO excited about that!

"Really? This is all mine?"

"I'm really not quite sure what to think of all this cake, Mom.
Are you sure I can have this? I'm only 1, ya know."


So we tried a cupcake instead...


That didn't work so well either! Oh well....
I'm sure next year will be a different story!

Trying to help open a few presents...
(Shhh... your brother opened all your presents for you!) :)

Your cousin Monroe painted this awesome picture for
your with her hand on it and all of our names too.
So sweet!

Playing with one of the presents from Mommy & Daddy.

Me and my sweet boys

Happy 1st birthday to our sweet Riley!
We adore you & have loved watching you grow
and explore your world this year.
We can't wait to see your personality continue to develop
even more as you learn & grow. You are a joy and we love
your sweet, smiley face! We praise God for you & thank
HIM for your precious little life!

4th and Fireworks

Happy 4th from the Lindsay fam!

We started out the day with Riley having his first BIG piece of watermelon...
What 4th of July is complete
without a little watermelon?? ;)

I think he liked it!

Later that evening we set off to our neighborhood's 4th of July
celebration complete with bounce houses,
snow cones, and lots of fun kid stuff to do!

Reid lovin' on his little brother... I think he likes it!

Sweet brothers

My sweet Riley-Roo :)

Reid dancin' himself silly here... :)

The Dawson boys & Reid

Doesn't Reid look so grown up?
I can't believe how big he's getting!

We ended the night with it being just Reid & I at the fireworks show.
Daddy had to take a VERY tired 11 mo. old home to bed at WAY too late of
an hour!! We tried to push him a little too far past his bedtime last night and
boy did we pay for it! At least he slept till
9am this morning! He's a trooper and has been in
a good mood all day today!
We had a great time and Reid enjoyed the fireworks
this year, although he kept saying they were too loud. :/
Hopefully next year we can have them both
with us at the fireworks show and we can make it a complete family affair!
Hope you all had a great 4th of July!

Riley's 1st Haircut

The cape is going on, but that face has "I don't think
I want to do this" written all over it!


"Daddy's here, what could go wrong?"

The first cut...

It's not so bad after all!

All done! That was easy!

Riley had his first haircut yesterday and he was a trooper!
He didn't like being still one little bit, and the lady cutting his
hair was so SO patient with him! Bless her!
I'm surprised she didn't cut his ear off as much as he was moving around!
We got 'er done and he has a cute 'boy' cut now!
"I'm not a baby anymore, Mommy! I'm growin' up!"
Can't believe my baby is almost ONE!!!