1 is fun...right?

Today is Riley and Ryan's big first birthday! They woke up to mommy and daddy singing them Happy Birthday and then melting down. We started our day just as any other, but for some reason they both had melt downs before they left the house - for no apparent reason, of course. And since it was their birthday we caught it all on tape! I figured why not capture the moment as it really happened! Luckily it was all uphill from there. Kevin and I met them at school just in time for snack and they shared cupcakes with everyone in their class. Riley loved it from the moment she started and Ryan took a little while to warm up to it but eventually loved it too! Surprised? Absolutely not. It happened just as I would have predicted. Suits their personalities perfectly!

After getting home early from school and a little play time, Gramma and Grandaddy came over...with gifts! They brought each of them their own remote controls since they LOVE to play with the real thing. These were a huge hit. They also gave them a brand new fabulous wagon, which they also love, but the big hit was the empty boxes, pears picked from the tree in Washington and the mini pumpkins. Surprised? Absolutely not! Isn't that what 1 year olds do? They like the simple things! They also opened a few gifts from us, Joy & John and some awesome clothes from Aunt Heather and Uncle Brad. They are truly blessed!

Off to dinner after presents and I swear the sugar rush had a delayed reaction for Riley. I don't think she was still for one moment the entire meal. She wasn't bad, just very very active. She was either "dancing", clapping, bouncing, or moving in some fashion at all times. Ryan was active as well, but didn't hold a candle to Riley. Needless to say - Riley was sitting next to Kevin and he never touched his chicken. He mainly ate pieces of their chicken fingers and fries and has a nice take out meal for lunch tomorrow!

When we got home, the Fenzls came over for a quick cupcake and gifts. They played for a while, headed to bath time and hit the hay about 45 minutes later than usual. It was a good day. My babies are 1. I guess they are now my "children"...no more babies in this house. Oh did I mention that their teacher told me yesterday that they were "playing" us? Yes - our babies, um, children are already "playing" us. They have been giving us a hard time about taking their sippy cups making me think they didn't know what to do with them or that it's been traumatic to them to no longer have bottles, but their teacher said they guzzle their milk...from their sippy cups. So - last night mommy decided to completely remove any and all bottles from our kitchen. Yep - I packed them up and took them to the basement - for good! It felt good, but was also strange to look in the cabinet where 30+ bottles have resided for the last year and it be filled with only sippy cups. No more formula, no more rice cereal...only sippy cups. My babies are growing up. I like this new chapter and will embrace it like I have all of the others. Being 1 is definitely fun and we look forward to starting year #2!

Today Riley weighed 20.5 pounds and Ryan weighed 26 pounds!

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