evan turns 1!

It's been a whole year, can you believe it? Me neither! It has gone by so quickly, it's almost scary...

His 1st birthday fell on Friday the 13th. I know... We started the day with his very first haircut! He needed one months before but my MIL believes the old wives tale about how it's bad luck to cut a child's hair before the age of 1, and so we waited. I never heard of that before but once I did, I got a little superstitious about it...

Before the haircut

Here he is before we started. Man, was he squirmy!! At least I got it out of his eyes and people will stop mistaking him for a girl. Didn't happen often, but with those eyelashes and curls, it's an honest mistake.

After the haircut

This is his deer-in-headlights pose. Andrea was in town so we took him to the children's museum. He had a blast playing! He looks like such a big boy now!!

Later that evening, we met up with Megan and Paul at Tamayo and celebrated his birthday with some drinks, apps and cupcakes. Yes, we took our 1 year old to happy hour for his birthday! He had a great time =)

Megan's birthday was the next day so we started her celebration early.
Andrea took Evan home and Shawn and I went out to a movie. Yes, we went to the movies, alone! It was nice.


Saturday, we got our act together and headed to Wash Park with all of our friends for some bbq and fun to celebrate both birthdays. All in all, a great day--weather was amazing and we had a spot right by the lake.

So now I officially have a toddler (which, I guess, is what they call babies over the age of 1). Eeek! It's been an amazing year and I am so blessed that I have been able to spend so much time with Evan, watching him grow and learn. It's those moments that you can't ever get back and I think I've done a great job of cherishing them. I've had my tough moments with motherhood (and will continue to do so), for various reasons, but I've realized over the past year that I love being a mother more than anything I've ever done. Having an amazing kid like Evan doesn't hurt either =)