One Year/Family Photos

I asked a good friend of ours if he would be interested in taking some pictures of Nolan for his FIRST birthday! He said that he would love to, so on Nolan's birthday, Nate came over to our house for a "photo shoot!" He caught some AMAZING photos of Nolan, as well as some sweet shots of Cy and a couple family pics. He took over 350 pictures and I could have literally posted every single one of them!! He did an awesome job of capturing smiles, tears, laughter and growls! I hope you enjoy these sweet pictures of our gorgeous and precious boys!

What joy our children bring to us! Thank you, Nate for capturing these special moments. We will treasure them forever!

P.A.R.T~Y? Because Nolan is ONE!!!

We had a great day with our wonderful family! Thank you for those who spent the day celebrating Nolan's FIRST year of life! and to those who could not make it, we missed you!
Your cards, gifts and love for Nolan are greatly appreciated!
Uncle Gary and Savannah got the birthday boy this really COOL card that sings! Nolan wasn't sure what to think about it!

Nolan's "smash cake"

His birthday cake

Cool dude in his glasses and hat!

Nolan ate his first cake on his actual birthday, so he really wasn't that into eating another one...instead, Colin and Cy wanted in on it! :)

That's what big brothers are for...stealing cake! :) Cy just cannot get enough of the icing...and Nolan didn't seem to mind sharing!

"Okay, Mom...I've had enough!"

We had a great day celebrating one of the sweetest baby boys I know! Nolan is so AMAZING and we are so thankful for him! We are so BLESSED!!!

Happy FIRST Birthday, Nolan!

It's so hard to believe our precious Nolan is ONE!
It seems like only yesterday we were holding him for the first time!

We sure do have a sweet, happy, precious, joyful, adorable baby!

Nolan, we are SO thankful for you! We are blessed beyond words and cannot thank the Good Lord enough for your life! You are such a joyful, happy boy and we love you SO SO SO much!

At 1 year old you:

Are NOT walking and do not seem to be interested at all! (Mommy is TOTALLY fine with that, too!) You get wherever you need to go, so please take your time on the walking thing!

You are madly in love with your mommy and the feeling is mutual!

You LOVE to watch your brother and keep your eyes on him at all times! You love clapping for him when he's playing ball and laugh at him when he does something/anything funny, loud, or silly.

You do what we call the "mean" face and also the "football" face (the same one Cy used to do!) it CRACKS us up!

Your bedtime is 7:00 sharp and you sleep until about 6 am...nurse for 10 minutes or so and head right back to your crib until about 8:30...(sometimes instead of sleeping right away you lay in your crib and sing/talk/giggle. I love listening to you through the monitor!)

You love to eat toast with butter and jam, blueberry waffles, bananas, oranges, turkey, cheese and oatmeal.

You are an AMAZING boy and we love you so much, Nolan Everett!

Happy First Birthday!!!

A Weekend of What Else...BASEBALL!

Grandpa and Cy, waiting patiently to get onto the field after David's baseball game, Sunday.
Thanks, Grandpa for keeping Cy busy...and HAPPY!

Daddy's #1 Fan!

Cy is loving T-ball and is getting better each week! He is having a blast and making some friends, too!

Cy's dream come true...Kate FINALLY came to watch him play!

She was a great cheerleader and Cy couldn't wait for the game to end so he could show off for her! Thanks, Kate for coming! You sure made Cy's day!!!

Cy the Photographer

I mentioned in a previous post that Cy has been taking pictures...

the above is one of his shots!

Thought is was TOO funny, so I had to share!! Nolan is really posing! haha

Party Day!

On Saturday we went to celebrate the FIRST Birthday of our sweet niece, Kinley!
The "littles" Nolan and Kinley

The "bigs" Cyrus and Kate

Kinley Mae was born on June 3, 2010, just 13 days before Nolan! I cannot believe she is already one and even more, I cannot believe in just one week OUR BABY will be ONE! My-oh-my how fast time FLIES!!!

Happy 1st Birthday, Kinley Mae!

We love you!!!

Cubs T-ball!

Waiting patiently to bat
Running to second base!

Team meeting

Nolan is Cy's biggest fan! He loves to clap and smile when he's watching his big brother!

Cy and Mamaw after the game

Happy Graduation, Aunt Abbie!

Friday night, Aunt Abbie graduated from Avon High School! She will be heading to Anderson University in the fall to pursue a degree in the field of Christian Ministry Abbie, we love you very much and are SO proud of you!

Dad, Abbie and Mom Cole

Great pic. of Aunt Jamie and Nolan

We are so blessed to have such amazing sisters (-in-laws) and our children are so blessed to have such amazing aunts! :)

Obviously there was a lot of photography going on before, during and after the ceremony...Cy seemed to pick up a new hobby! :) He took a lot of pictures that evening and in the past few days I have found his photo shoots on my camera and phone as well!