Joseph's Birthday Party

Between my blogging and Facebook, you might have thought Joseph had three birthday's. We had his Safari themed birthday party on Saturday morning and his actual birthday was on Sunday. We had a great turn out for company and as usual, Joseph was blessed gift wise. He really enjoyed running around with Mark, Jack and John and playing whatever they were playing outside. Poor little June just sat and watched the crazy boys....we really need some girls for her. Tilly will be right by her soon and I bet June is going to love having another girl to play with. Thank you to all who came and helped us celebrate another year with our Joseph.
I would like to send a big thanks to Lindsay, Carol and Anna for helping me out on Friday. Lindsay (the next Cake Lady) decorated Joseph's cake. The cake in the pictures doesn't really give her justice for what she can do...I didn't really do any detail work on Saturday morning (like she had instructed me to do) to make it look as pretty as if she would have done it. She was a real angel for helping and by helping, I mean she did all the work. Carol and Anna for watching Joseph so I could go to Lindsay's to decorate the cake. That was such a big help. Thank you girls.
And my family on Saturday morning...entertaining Joseph and helping with all the food preparation. You were all a blessing.

Houston....we have snow

Okay, I am going to be like every other Houstonian and post a little about the snow. Lately I have complained how it is always hot in Houston and never wintery (is this even a word) enough. Living in Dallas for 20 years, we had cold Novembers, Decembers, and January's. Jeff doesn't believe me, but we really did. I remember wearing a heavy coat a lot more than I have ever done down here. Anyhow, it was nice to see the snow falling and actually sticking....and actually being really cold!! I hope the snow brought a sense of merriment to your families as it did ours.
Oh, Joseph didn't want anything to do with it. I think he might still be traumatized from our very chilly Spring Break trip from last year. He didn't want to touch the snow or walk on the snow covered yard. He is for sure a southern boy. Maybe the next baby will share my love for snow and frigid temperatures.

" 'Tis the season to be Merry."

Yesterday, Lindsay came over with her new toy and took some pictures of Joseph for our Christmas card. She did a great job so I wanted to share a few of my favorites. I won't spoil it and tell which one or one's I chose for our card, but I hope you enjoy.

New Game

Jeff and Joseph have this game where Jeff takes our exercise mat and unfolds it. Jeff will then take off and Joseph chases him down and plops down on it and then is taken for a fun ride. I am only nervous when Joseph is running in socks around the cabinets and sofas...only one mishap since this game was started. Joseph ran head first into the front door....a little set back for that day, but as you can see, it hasn't scarred him. The last video is a normal reaction when the game is over. Jeff always has really fun games for Joseph. (Sorry for the dark videos, I literally had every light on in the house, but it still didn't help. Hopefully you can see something.)

Christmas party #1

This weekend, the Selby's hosted their annual Ginger bread house contest party. It is always a blast and so much fun to see what everyone comes up with. The last 3 years, Jeff and I haven't had much success...we are determined to get better though. The first year, we did a Bait Shop, last year was an RV, and this year was an igloo. I think this was the first year we didn't score a single vote. Oh well, we will start planning on next year's and maybe get the top prize.