Haley's 1st Birthday

  Haley turned 1 year old this past Saturday.  We celebrated with a party at our house with family and friends. There a lot of people here, but Haley did great!  Jeremy was a little sleepy all day and didn't seem himself, but he got better as the night progressed.  Haley received many great gifts, including tons of adorable clothes, a kitchen, shopping cart and dollhouse.  So we now have some girl toys and more pink in our house, although Jeremy loves them too!  Haley loved her cupcake and even had an ice cream cone afterwards. 

State Fair

 This past week, my parents and I took Jeremy and Haley to the state fair.  It was a long day, but Jeremy had a blast!  Haley did very well and had fun too, but of couse Jeremy was able to do more than she could.  Jeremy was even able to share some of grandma Ficklin's funnel cake at the fair and hot fudge sundae from McDonald's on the way home.  We saw lots of animals, tractors, rode on rides, but Jeremy favorite was the train stuff.  He saw a big one, rode on two small ones and saw art with trains.

Lake weekend 2011

 Every summer we go to my in laws lake house for the weekend with some of our friends from law school.  The first year, we didn't have any kids there, and then we slowly added over the years.  This year, we had 12 adults and 7 kids.  At least the adults still outnumber the kids at this point!  All the kiddos did a a great job playing together and sleeping away from home. Haley went on her first boat ride and enjoyed it. She did ok with the life jacket for a little bit, but tired of it quickly.  Jeremy kept his on the whole time.  Both kids were very social and well behaved the whole weekend.  I was kind of worried how Jeremy would do because he had "the worst ear infection' our pediatrician had ever seen.  However the meds kicked in and he is doing much better now.

Ready for the pool

Family night at the K

 This past Friday night, most of our family tailgated and went to the Royals game.  It was buck night and there were fireworks afterwards, so everyone had a  great time, even though the Royals lost.  Jeremy and Haley enjoyed playing with their cousins, grandparents and aunt and uncle.

Jeremy hugging his cousin Aidan

Jeremy, Haley and their cousin Mia and Owen

Haley listening to her cousin Owen

Haley was so ashamed of how the Royals were playing

Jeremy's cousins always do a great job of making him laugh

Haley and Grandpa Ficklin

Mr. Cool at the tailgate

Jeremy doesn't like to wear hats, except for his daddy's

Enjoying the game, but starting to get sleepy (ready for the fireworks to start)

It took a while, but Haley finally gave it up for a short little nap during few innings

Jeremy got his second wind

Misc Pictures