Loving Life as a Family of Four

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

such a champ

Bridger boy is back at daycare today, probably only up to a 70% on completely recovered scale from his bout with an URI (upper respiratory infection) but he is a champ and was ready to get back to see all of his friends and teachers.

Daddy and Bridge both came down with the sickness starting Saturday morning (the day of his birthday and birthday party). I was a little nervous since last week there were 4 kids in his class out with RSV, so I took my chances and decided to continue on with his party. He played hard and was so happy, and in the end I knew I made the right decision. Although, the back of my mind I was really dreading the thought of him getting sick AGAIN! It seems like every other week we have been battling some sort of illness. Daddy was able to take both Monday and Tuesday off to be home since the trimester is ending on Friday for me, and since I took the last week off for his stomach bug. Poor fellow.

I am so ready for spring.

We have continued on with the celebration of Bridger's birthday all week. From singing to him happy birthday every night when I rock him to sleep or to him welcoming his new cousin Kallan in this world a day after his birthday. Auntie K.K. had her little girl on Sunday night, weighing 8lbs 10 oz. She is beautiful.

He received his very first cougar camping chair from the Goode's today. I can only imagine all the cougar stuff we will be buying him as the years go on. But seriously how cute is he?

Here he is tearing into a few gifts that our co-workers were so kind to get him. He thinks that the popping elephant is a walker....to funny!

Bridger and mommy have his 1 year doctor appointment on Friday, I am loaded with questions about the transition from formula to whole milk, coming up with a sleep plan since Bridger's sleep pattern and habits have been so out of whack since he has been sick and of course all the question dealing with a 1 year old.

This has truly been the most blessed year for both Ben and I and I can't wait to see what is in store for us as we continue to watch our little man grow and discover the world around him.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

We got ourselves a walker

I am going to call it!

Bridger is starting to walk more then a few steps.

This morning he was taking steps from the couch to his new slide that Shorty and Dad gave him for his birthday.

And tonight he walked from the slide to the tile floor.

Whooooo HOOO!!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Bridger!

What a day Saturday was! Our boy turned 1.

And talk about proud parents, Ben and I were grinning from ear to ear.

We survived the first year and would GLADLY do it all over again.

Bridger was surrounded by grandparents on both mommy and daddy's side, aunt Becky and uncle Bill and cousins Audrey and Natalie and lots of friends who love him so much.

We are so lucky to have such wonderful people in our lives who care and love Bridger.

The party was so much fun. We had LOTS of food, great company a few photo props and lots of laughter and fun.

Bridger was such a fantastic host and loved on each person who came to spend the day with him.

When it was time to open presents he had a blast playing with the bags and bows and a few times forgot to look inside. O well! He's easy to please, right!

Next it was cake time.

We sang "Happy Birthday." Mommy helped blow out the candle and then it was time to SMASH into the cake.

At first he was quite sure why all the eyes were on him, after a little bit of cheer we were able to get him to dig in and smash the cake all around. I'm not sure how much he actually ate, but he sure looked cute after he was finished.