Cake, Cake, and more Cake!!!

Dad, Mom, and birthday boy before demolition!
"I am a happy, clean birthday boy!""I'm not sure about this sticky stuff."True birthday boy form for a 1st birthday party!
"I can't believe they gave me a cake all to myself!""Got milk anyone?"

It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To

As you can see, Drew was having a breakdown for his 1st birthday party and he hadn't even tried the cake! Luckily for us and the guests, he composed himself enough to partake of the sweet stuff!

Patriotic

Josh has learned to say the Pledge of Allegiance in his preschool. Our own little patriot!

Boys

Our boys are such a joy! I don't know what I would do without them in my life each and every day. Josh has been such a help to me with Drew and loves to play with him. Although playing sometimes means teasing too. They are both such good kids. But let's not get ahead of ourselves here. We're talking about boys here. They do have a tendency to be curious, mischevious, fun-loving, loud, talking motors that won't quit....ever! But overall, very fun.

Bath Time

Drew is such a little character. He absolutely loves bath time. I can honestly say eating and bath time are probably a toss up for him and he loves to eat! We can get some pretty funny faces out of him and some not so funny faces too. It's fun to watch his personality come to life and boy does Drew have personality.

Smile!

For me, it is so hard trying to narrow down which pictures to showcase, so thank heavens for collages! 

Say Cheese!

After Thanksgiving we were able to take some family photos which has been something I have been wanting to do for a very long time. I admit I do have an obsession with taking photos of my children and husband whenever I can conjure up cute photo ops. But this time around, we had a professional photographer do the clicking for us. Her name is Kelly Jacks and she is wonderful! The boys looked so cute and were such good sports for us the entire time. We were lucky enough to take them at the JW Marriott here in Vegas which for me was a perfect background. Lots of trees, grass, and water. Kind of like my own little Washington. I am also a big fan of candids and so is Kelly. She was able to capture Josh and Drew perfectly as well as the whole family together. This really was a dream come true for me as corny as that sounds. Hopefully we'll be able to continue and make this a Hixson tradition.