Wow Tavis is ONE!

Wow what a day. Tavis got up at 6 which is early but I guess he knew it was his day! We went to church but I wanted Tavis to be rested for his party so we took him home early to get in his nap. We cooked delicious steaks and loaded mashed potatoes and had homemade rolls (i am getting so good at the roll thing) fruit salads and a load of junk food! It was so good! Nathan's family came down from Bloomington and Jenn and Dave were up from Ca. and Amber and Aaron we up from Provo and all the Grandparents came which was wonderful. We all just hung out and ate as much as we could then we opened presents. The best part of the day was when we gave Tavis his own cake.
- I made a tractor cake from a pan and decided I wanted to be cute like all my friends from back home and decorate it and I made a mess in my kitchen and worked all day on it and it looked good well kind of. . . well not really good at all but it was a good for a kid cake.

We got him down to his diaper and let him dig in. He didn't really eat much he was much more interested in smearing it all over the table and watching squeeze through his fingers. It was so cute until the black dye we used for the tires started dyeing everything purple including Tavis. We put him in the bath and it looked like we had beat him which i was in fear of because i had a Dr. the next day. All in all it was a great birthday and it has gone by so fast!! Thank you all for your support and love
Jess
What a hot lookin' birthday boy!






I love to drink out of straws
yes a mess!!

Nathan helped blow up all the balloons except he thought he was in some kind of competition with himself to see how big he could get them all before they popped. . .many popped first!
Dave Jenn and Amber
All the kids
A funny birthday family photo
Nathan at the Grill

The Grandparents

It's a long one but it has lots of pictures!!!:)

A LADIES NIGHT OUT!
1. So this last wed. evening the RS in our ward had a fun little BQ and everyone brought so much food and we ate a chatted and it was so nice to get out a rub shoulders with the ladies you don't get to see very often. I love gatherings! More importantly I wanted all to see the family that has taken care of me during my times of difficulty with Carter and these women have now become sub-grandmothers to Tavis. I just wanted to show everyone all the people I love!!! (of course this isn't all of them but it's a good portion).

A CRACKING OF THE HEAD. . . OUCH!
2. Well that night I was doing some clean-up just before bed and all the lights were turned off and I was putting the last of the clothes in the laundry room and on the way i saw a sock on the ground so i went to pick it up and cracked my head on the counter-top and split it open. . . I didn't realize I had split it open until i went to stand up and blood started to rush down my face and arm. . .it was lovely as you can imagine so Nathan came to my rescue. . . kind of, he uh. . well . . . to put it nice he doesn't do well under pressure. This was 10:30 at night and at 11:30 I was able to get my stitches and all was well until I realized i had invited everyone to the beach on friday and I really did invited everyone i could think of so great I hope i didn't gross anybody out.

BEACH DAY . . .YEA FOR THE SUN!!
3. So I invited everyone to the beach with there kids because we all have needed to get out and play a little and I just love my friends and their kids. So We set up the canopy and played all day! I loved it! I love watching kids play in the sand and water and use their imaginations! So here are pictures of all of this! I thought Tavis would get bored since he's not completely mobile but Alli gave him a little shovel and he played all day in the dirt. He loves to dig i have found.

A Side note. .
I was helping the beautify committee plat flowers and I brought Tavis along and gave him a little shovel and he dug in those barrels and squeezed the dirt between his fingers for 2 hours and never got bored. . a true boy!

A New Family Picture

I had to scan this picture so it doesn't look great but will give you and idea of what we all look like now. We took this picture at the beginning of may and Tavis looks so different now. Well I just wanted to say hello everyone and have a beautiful day!
Jess

June Update

We are starting Tavis early! He is going to be the best mutton buster yet! Nathan thought that was the coolest thing that tavis didn't even mind sitting on the calf. So funny! Well Tavis won't drink out of a sippy cup and I refuse to give him juice and water in a bottle so I bought a squirt bottle and that works.. . Tavis no nows when i am taking a picture and he held the grin for 20 seconds waiting for me. Also he is teething so bad that we gave in and he had a redvine feast! Oh how he loves them and the loves being sticky afterwards. He'll clap his hand forever trying to figure out why they stick it's so cute! We just love our happy boy!