under the sea & into the storm!

We celebrated Jack's first birthday last weekend at a nautical themed party! Clare played up the Jack Cousteau theme & it was so cute! I loved Jack's little shark shirt & Anderson wore an adorable sea themed outfit from GG.

Jack was so adorable eating his cupcake & I loved the blue icing that got everywhere! Clare did such a good job on the party-I felt like we were at the ocean, for sure!

After almost 9 years of knowing him I found out that Brandon can juggle. I am still a little in shock. How does that not come up at some point? We are going to pair him up with Bop's Balloons for the next party!

Discovered a free outing for us-Home Depot. Who needs to pay to go to the zoo when there are tractors to sit on? Also, please check out the cuteness overload when he fell asleep with his toy tractor!!

As part of our daily (desperate) attempt to get Anderson to eat, we are putting the high chair up & moving him to the table. It is definitely not easier in terms of cleanliness or behavior but I do think he feels more grown up.He is not really ready because he still wants to smear everything/throw everything on the floor & the high chair tray was definitely easier to clean. Our table is by the window & every time a car goes by he can hear it & is positive it is a truck so he gets hysterical/giddy & just cannot focus on eating.

Notice Brandon (on the right) at a SWAT training day. I will say once more that very, very soon Anderson will realize all that is awesome about his dad & I will officially get the boot.

Jessica came by last week & brought goodies to Anderson (of course) and goodies for us in the form of yummy cupcakes!! How cute is this peanut butter & jelly one??

So, like everyone we had crazy weather a few weeks ago. Here is the hail at my parents' house.

The hail in our yard...

We are so lucky because so many people were really affected, but I must admit it was definitely scary for a few minutes. We got Anderson up & went into the cozy little world I had made for us in the bathtub. The worst that happened was a broken window & lots of dents in the siding. I am so sad for the people in Alabama who lost so much and everyone in Memphis who is dealing with the floods! Be careful!

On a positive note, here is a video of some random moments over the past few weeks.