Maya's first birthday!

This past weekend we celebrated Maya Hatfield's first birthday. She is the daughter of some very good friends of ours, Chad and Monika Hatfield. They hosted the birthday party out at the lake on some friends of ours dock. They had Whole Hog cater and even Cold Stone Creamer was there. The kids had a blast eventhough it had to be one of the hottest days of the summer! My parents were also in town visiting. Evan loves it when his Nana and Papa come, he gets so excited and is tied to them both the entire time. We hung out at the lake all day Saturday, and Sunday we went out to the pool so they could watch how good Evan is in the water. He is not afraid of it at all. He jumps head first right in, and actually smiles more I think when you let him go all the way under. He is very comfortable in his life jacket in the lake and pool, but when we take it off we can tell that we have to practice with him to remind of his floating techniques along with reminding him that he doesn't float without the lifejacket on. He is becoming such a little ham... for instance he loves it when people take pictures of him, if you point the camera at him immediately he says cheese and gives you a big smile! He loves hugging and kissing everyone and waving hi and goodbye. His favorite thing to do when he gets home is ride the golf cart. As soon as we let him out of the car he goes straight to it and starts saying "peas, peas" that his please and "golf car, golf car" it's so cute you can't help but take him for a ride. He is also starting to speak so well. His vocabulary has grown so much since even last week. Parker has also had a lot of exciting things going on, he is now smiling so much! I love waking up in the morning and watch him just lay there and smile and giggle. We have been blessed so much by these two fabulous little boys. They make our day so much better just by smiling, giggling, and calling us momma and daddy. You so often take for granted the little things, but I try to remind myself that those are the things that make my day so much brighter! Anyway, back to Parker, he rolling over completely now, and getting strong enough to hold his weight up when we hold his arms. He is jumping around in the jump around, and sitting up a lot better in his bumbo. He is still not sleeping thru the night completely but I can't complain because he is only waking up about once a night and that is around 4 am. All-in-all we have been a busy little family, and so happy! I hope you enjoy the pictures I will try to post lots, because my mom and sister keep getting mad at me for not updating the blog enough! Love you!
God Bless,
MIchelle