Dawson Turns 1

Dawson turns 1 tomorrow. We had a family party for his this weekend and he decided to grace us with his crawling ability (finally!). It was such a nice weekend to have family here with us to celebrate. We are so thankful for Dawson and for our family and friends who came to celebrate the first year of Dawson. We love you Dawson and we're so lucky to have you in our family!

The Engineer and The Great Pumpkin!

Dawson tried out a new outfit from Great Grandma Dillow with a train on it. He styled his own hat and poses....I know...he should be in professional pictures...

Our little tiny pumpkin seed planted in a plastic cup at preschool this spring was transplanted and grew into this vine and we got a cute pie sized pumpkin from it. Spencer was very proud!

Recent pictures

Mohawk Man!

Cute brothers!

Where's Dawson?

We are off to a great start this school year! Spencer is enjoying school, AWANA, and playing with new neighborhood friends that he has made. Dawson is enjoying his Music Together music class with mommy and getting lots of one on one each day! Dawson is still not crawling, but is a master roller and starting to get on his knees. He's 11 mo. this week! Jason is busy with work and has managed to get our new kitchen floor and carpeting ordered for our first floor. We can't wait for that to be installed! Jason is also a Sparks table leader in AWANA this year so Spencer enjoys having Daddy there with him. I'm enjoying MOPS at church, adult choir and getting ready for the Christmas performance, and I recently signed up to help in Spencer's children's choir class. I'm also volunteering at Spencer's school with his class parties and some bake sales this semester.

Halloween Preview

Spencer trying on Daddy's glasses

Back To School Pictures

I'm ready to go!

Here's my speed racer backpack!

My mom won't stop taking pictures!!!!

Here's the door to my class!

This is my teacher, Mrs. Mahrt, and I really like her a lot!

Water Fun

We had quite a few friends over for a water party recently. Here are the results of many water balloons being thrown. It was quite a busy day.

These are some cool balloons that Jason's boss, Zeke, gave to Spencer as a gift. You pump them up and let them go and they squeal off into the air. It's great exercise for S to chase them and then they can be reused over and over again. I think this may be my new birthday present for others. It's really neat!

This is Dawson just in awe of the cool balloons!

Water play after swimming lessons!

Chicago Fun!

We made it to Chicago for a friend's wedding and to visit the Field Museum.
It was a fun day of dinosaurs and lots of other animals.


Big T-Rex puppets

Spencer really liked these puppets...

"Sue" the giant T-Rex at the museum

Dawson did lots of driving in his stroller that day!

Swim Lessons

Here are the highlights of swim lessons. Spencer finally has no fear of the putting his head under the water and has magically turned into a little fish!
We are very proud of him!

The back float

Holding onto the board and kicking

The big jump with the teacher on the side instead of in front of him...a big leap for Spencer!

Sophie and Spencer...their last days together before Kindergarten starts in a few weeks!
What will they ever do without each other?

We're saving this one for the wedding video :)