Happy Birthday Austin!

I can't believe today is Austin's Birthday. What a great year it's been. He has grown so much and learned so many new things.

Yesterday we had his party. I am so happy so many people were able to join us in celebrating. It was a jungle themed party. Here are some pics:

Raleigh Fun

So I know this is now some what outdated, but I wanted to share some pics anyway. After spending time with the family, we headed to Raleigh, which was only about 90 mins away from Grandma and Papa Doc.

We had a great time at the Natural Sciences Museum. There were lots of cool things to see. Here are some of our favorites:





After that we went to Marbles Kids Museum. This place had so many fun things for kids to do. Even though Austin was SO tired, he still loved this place!

North Carolina

Over Labor Day weekend we took a vacation to North Carolina to visit Scott's side of the family. They had not met Austin and it was a great time to all get together. His grandparents live there in NC. His brother's family drove down from PA and his Dad up from FL. We had a great time visiting with everyone!


Austin loves his cousins!








Family Time




Fun in the pool!

Cat Crazy

Somehow Austin seems to have an obsession for cats. He laughs at them and points at them and even gives the picture of a cat in his book hugs and kisses. He is so silly.

Criss-Cross

So I just about always sit criss-cross. I guess it's just like a big habit of mine. Who knew it might be genetic! Austin loves to sit this way. It is too funny.

10 months old

I can't believe Austin is already 10 months old. He has changed so much and totally seems more like a toddler than a baby. He is a super fast crawler and moves pretty quickly with cruising as well. He has let go a couple of times, but it seems to really surprise him..like omg I am standing all by myself. He really is a sweet boy.


Austin has been spoiled the last few months by getting to sleep with us in our bed. He loves to cuddle and sleeps so well this way. However, with me returning to work soon I doubt the daycare will sleep with his this way! So we have been working on sleep training. Man, is this hard. Austin HATES it! The first night was the worst, but the second night was better. When Scott and I went to bed this is how we found him in his crib. Maybe he thought the bear was Da-da. Who knows....it made me giggle as soon as I saw him. Glad he didn't wake up. I moved the bear and Austin slept until 2:30. We'll keep working on it and hope Austin learns to sleep on his own soon....with little to no crying!

Family Time

We enjoyed having Aunt Becky stop by Havasu after her trip to Mexico. It allowed for some fun family time. We were all sad when she returned back home to Hawaii. Here are some random shots from when she was here.