Atwood Family.

Meet the Atwood's. Dave and I went and took their family pictures and we couldn't be happier with how they turned out. It was so fun and we learned a few things, like pack snacks for kiddos! They are a gorgeous family and so it made it easy to get such great photos!

FEET!

Love this picture of Makenna!

She knew how to work the camera! Once we started she didn't want to stop :)

goofiest little guy!

Isn't she so pretty??!

We used a sucker to distract mason but it turned out really cute!

gorgeous!

they are so in love, it was adorable!

My favourite!

Thanks for letting us do them, it was so fun!

p.s i didn't edit anyone's eyes.. they are all that blue, so jealous!!

one awesome one year old

When Levi was little i did a monthly photo shoot till he was 6 months old. Then again at 9 months and here is our 12 month/1 year old.

{click on each photo to see it in a better format}

here's an awkward smile

he knows how to work it!

so tired of pictures

when we ask him to wash his hair we get this reaction

oh dear!

just having a mid morning snack of rocks

Now that Levi's one it seems the perfect age to reflect on. when i look back levi has 2 stages that really stand out to me. 0-6 months : acid reflux & 6-12 months: active fun stage. that might sound horrible but until he was over the colic & acid reflux we really didn't get to see what his personality was like. so these last 6 months have been absolutely fantastic! The whole year has been wonderful, sometimes its so overwhelming to think how we are responsible for this little boy! Since almost every month I do a little blurb on his new discoveries here's his 1 year old quirks:

~he is so independent, generally only eats if he feeds himself or its on a fork.

~LOVES to walk, hes getting to the point where he doesn't like to be in the cart. 

he wants to be out pushing the cart.

~he chases bowie even more now that he can walk 

~were down to 3 bottles a day! huge accomplishment, he's very attached to the bottle and 

so cutting it down was a big deal.

~he drinks out of a sippy cup really well!

~he would be outside all day if we let him

~ says "more & please" but sounds more like mo & pe

~ loves the library

~really started to love looking at books

~ he is so tough

~ still is a momma's boy, but thats ok i LOVE that!

 

Happy Birthday Levi! We love having you in the family!

visiting a great grandma

Saturday afternoon Levi and I went to go visit Grandma Campbell. We weren't able to attend the Roberts reunion and Daddy was working all weekend, so we went to Taber. We first went to the library and Levi was in heaven.  He discovered empty shelves make loud noises when you bang on them. {not quite library appropriate} That library had a fantastic selection of books & DVDS. Then we headed back to GG's place for supper & bubbles!

The gorgeous flowers on the balcony.

one of these days i'll figure out how to turn photos.. grr!

I couldn't decide between the color or the black and white. 

but this one melted my heart!

This one is just proof that someone is finally starting to leave a hat on, 

now that summers half over! haha oh well!

 

Thanks for the fun time Grandma! Next time we will have to go to the park!

1st Birthday.

Levi turned ONE this week. We had a pool party at our house today to celebrate. Here's some pictures of what happened and I'll share a few details along the way. {I took a lot of pictures so click on a college to see all of them better.}

cake & cupcakes:

I did sort of a beachy-bright colors theme. So the cupcakes & smash cake are meant to look like the ocean. I made 40 of these and only had 3 left over. Id like to think they were a hit! 

smash the cake: 

He didn't even eat a piece. He barely touched it! So daddy helped him get the idea. After that, he realized what to do!

 

 presents: 

I have been sewing a blanket for levi for the last 2 months and have vowed not to touch a sewing machine for at least 2 years :) I know he won't appreciate it now but he will when he's older. I never made him a baby blanket and I figured this was the perfect opportunity to sew one to fit a single. Somehow it keep getting bigger and bigger so maybe a king? Just kidding! My mom and Lei Lani helped so much! THANKS!! Levi was absolutely spoiled! He got so many fun toys and cute clothes. Thanks everyone.

fun & games:

We bought levi a pool awhile back and borrowed a few others to make "one big pool party". It was pretty windy and so I didn't get to use half of my decorations and most of the kids didn't last a half hour in the pools. There was lots of shivering but they all seemed to have a blast.

 

Thanks again everyone for making Levi's Birthday such a special day!

Thought I'd compare how much Levi's changed!