Rhett's 1st Birthday Party - December 17, 2011

I consider his first birthday party a success! We had plenty (actually way more than enough) grub and beer and pretty much all of our friends and family there (minus the Jeter's because we will be in AR with them on his real birthday this week). We couldn't have asked for more and we feel so blessed and lucky to have everyone of these beautiful people in our lives. Rhett is going to have the most amazing friends in life (as well as the cutest - I'm telling you every one of Rhett's cousins and friends are simply adorable.) Thanks to everyone who came. We love you all! (BTW - All of these kids in these photos are less than 2.5 years old. Man, we all got busy having babies at the same time.)  :)

 gettin' ready for the guests. shirt courtesy of the ladies at his Mother's Day Out

 aunt mandy

 cousin cooper

 ashley and lyla

 alec (aka mini merritt)

 mary elizabeth and henry - you can't even tell she's 9 months pregnant

 cousin harper - loved the pom pom so i let her take it home

 buds

 big man walkin'

 alec and rhett - we're only 9 days apart

 whatcha got there?

 bo

 sabrina

 lyla, alec, sabrina, harper, rhett, crew, cooper (who you can't see), and henry  

(bo was laying on the floor, we did what we could, but it was quite a fiasco)

 the three youngest - all of these babes are just days and a few weeks apart!

 cake time! first time he's eaten sugar other than in fruit and organic breakfast bars.

 he just hated every minute of it, can't you tell? ;)

 gettin' after it!

 what was left

 after a scrub down. black icing remains in the tub.

 gramps!

 ooh...presents



11.5 months

Photos from last weekend (December 9, 2011)

Below are some shots of us decorating the tree. Rhett was really starting to walk more than crawl here. He'd been taking steps since 10.5 months but still mainly crawling. We went on a Friday night to Sandone's (behind Keller's on NW hwy) to pick out our tree with Rhett. He loved it. Then, of course, we had to get burgers and beer afterwards. The next set of photos are from our Christmas card photo session via my camera on the tri-pod. This was the first one we took and it actually worked out pretty well. Mitchell took some pics of Rhett and I too. Lastly, our dear friends Kyle and Laura gave Rhett the most adorable cowboy boots for his birthday. I love them. He's just got to learn to walk in those big heals!