Happy 1st Birthday Baby Eric!!!

We wished baby Eric happy birthday on May 12th! We had a party for him at RedBud Park in Marlow, OK. He had a great time with his friends and family. Thank you to everyone who came and thank you for all the wonderful gifts!!

Since then, we have been busy with doctor's visits and Eric has officially learned to crawl forwards!!!! He is into everything and has been making a motorcycle noise with his mouth now. It is so cute! We are trying to get him to eat baby food twice a day now, but he isn't liking it too much! He is almost 14 pounds now and is 25 inches long!

He is still cute and sweet as ever, just more mobile and onery!

Here is a birthday picture!

**New Birthday Party Information**

Eric's 1st Birthday is coming up next week on May 12th!! I am so proud at how well he has done this past year.

We are having his party on Saturday May 12th, at 1:00 pm at RedBud Park at the Hideout Playground. It has a small pavillion and tables.

I know there has been lots of errors this year with his invitations, but I promise that next year, it will be better! :0)

Call if you have any questions. There will be lots of cake!!!

We hope to see you there.

Since Eric is not the typical 1 year old, I have received lots of questions about what to get him for his birthday.

He wears 3-6 month clothes now, (he is 13 pounds). The pants kind of fall off him, but he needs the length. He is in size 2 diapers. He is playing with 6 month + toys and 9 month + toys. I am doing his new room in tractors. He has most of the Baby Einstein DVDs, but he LOVES music and light up toys. We will love anything we get. Just seeing family and friends on his special day will be present enough!!

Baby Showers and Flowers

Here we are first, at Kristin's baby shower for the twins and lunch before. Then, off to Kara's shower and the flower pictures of Eric and some of his buddies!

Formal and cookout pictures

Here we are at the cookout and the formals.

Eric is in the picture with Sophia (Jennifer and Julio's little one) and one with Robert (Aubre's husband and host of the cookout and Julio). They were all watching tv together! :0)

Garden pictures

Here are some pictures of the garden and the flowers I planted around the house!

Lots to do

As most of you may know by now, Eric and I are moving back to Oklahoma. We still need to finish moving out of our house in San Antonio, but that will happen this month. With us, moving means filling out all of the hospital paperwork ....again! This is just to make sure Eric gets all his medicine and is seen by the right doctors. We are busy, but are having a good time.

I planted a vegetable garden in the back yard with the help of the girls, my sister Brandy, and Daddy. Eric and Nana watched and came out to help water. It has been fun and we can't wait to see it grow! We have marigolds planted to keep the bunnies out. I have a picture of that to post as well as some of Eric.

I have been busy reconnecting with my old friends here in the area. I got to go to our Sorority Formal , the Alpha Phi Forget-Me-Not Formal. It was a nice occasion to get all dressed up for. I got to feel pretty and had no spit up on me for once!! WHOOHOOO!! I also got to take Eric to a friend's house for a cookout. That was alot of fun and he got to play with some babies. Eric is quite the social butterfly!

We also went to Edmond to visit Steph and John Mark. We went shopping at Target, Babies R US, and Penn Square Mall, and of course ate lunch!! We went to Teds for lunch!! Yum Yum!!

One day we went to Lawton with JJ and Jonas to find stuff for Kara's baby shower and again...we ate lunch! This time at Pizza Hut for the buffet! :0)

Then, last week, we went to Kara's baby shower were I got to take some great pictures of all of us. I took Eric outside in their back yard and got some really cute pictures with the flowers. He was so interested in the plants, that he would hardly look up at me. He is so curious! I think we have a smarty pants on our hands!!!

Eric has been trying to crawl lately. He assumes the position, and then rocks back and forth. If he goes anywhere, it is backwards..or he tucks his head and rolls sideways. Either way, he is mobil now. Once he figures out how to go forward, we are in trouble! He will be fast!

His vocabulary has really started to take off too...well for baby talk anyway! He is sometimes saying the usual first words..momma, dada, nana and papa. He has learned how to say YAY! now . His little voice is so cute!

Eric now weighs 13 pounds 3 ounces. He didn't gain any weight from last week. :0(
His kidney function numbers are doing pretty good still. No real change from the week before wich is ok. Everything seems to be under control and stable for now. He will be going to see Dr. Turman at OU Children's Hospital for his new kidney appt. starting in June. In the mean time, we will be going to Ft. Sill for his blood work and they will be talking back and forth. Dr. Turman was Eric's doctor for his kidneys in the NICU. It will be nice to have him as a doctor again.

Well, here are some pictures and I will try to keep on top of the blog now that things are getting a little more in order around here. Enjoy!!