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Happy 1st Birthday to My Little Cookie Monster

We celebrated Maddox's 1st birthday on April 10th. Being the crazy party planner I am I had to have a theme, so we went with Cookie Monster. It was so great to be able to spend his 1st birthday with Grandma, Papa, Uncle Eric, Aunt Lisa, cousins Mara and Eva and family friends, the Dunbars. We had one of Madd's favorite meals, hotdogs, and enjoyed Cookie Monster cupcakes! We even had a cookie bar! His favorite part was playing with his cousins and big sister.

Madd has come a long way in his first year of life. On April 10th, 2009 my precious baby boy was born in San Antonio, TX. That baby boy SCREAMED for the first 6 weeks of life. We soon discovered that he was suffering from reflux. Once on medicine he became this incredibly sweet, affectionate and happy baby! You will be hard pressed to find a little guy who loves his Mama as much as he does at an early age. That love has positive and negative aspects. He showers me kisses and hugs and makes me feel like I am the most special person on Earth - Positive. He crawls around after me and sobs Mamamama when I don't pick him up - Negative! He can be the most pleasant little guy and it all goes down the drain when he sees me. Most people tell me they would rather hang out with Maddox without me there. Either way I love that baby boy. He has his challenges, but he has taught me so much about myself and I couldn't imagine my life without him. Happy Birthday Madd!

We were all decked out for Cookie Monster.

Dan and I found these Cookie Monster ski hats and

I made Grace a Cookie Monster colored tutu.

The Cousins

My attempt at Cookie Monster cupcakes. Not great, but you get the idea:-)

My Cookie Monster

Grace having some messy cupcake fun with Maddox.

Here we go....

I give up. I just cannot keep up with providing you a snapshot of the day. I am obviously very behind, so I will just try to update when I can.

So let me update you. This last month has been CRAZY! Dan was laid off from Coventry and quickly found 2 jobs that were very interested in him. It came down to location (the other location was Dallas). So we are moving back to Pittsburgh. Dan starts his new job tomorrow! We are temporarily living with Dan's parents while we attempt to sell our house QUICKLY!

On Day 2 of living in Pittsburgh, Dan found these matching shirts for him and Madd. They are very cute!

March 9th - All Dressed Up

Dan has been out of town for the past week, so today when we were getting ready to go pick him up at the airport Grace told me she wanted to wear a dress to pick her Daddy up. She was so excited to see him...and so were Ariel and Prince Eric.

March 8th - Pretty in Pink

Grace got a new "ballerina" dress and a headband to match. She really wanted the headband, because she wanted to look like her friend, Charli. Charli has long beautiful hair and always has some sort of bow in her hair, so I guess Grace is starting to notice. I think what sets Grace apart is the one black and one pink ballerina shoes. Don't you think?

March 7th - Toothy Grin

There is that toothy grin I know and love. Unfortunately there is some food in there as well. Oh well!