Baby Boy Cousin's Birthday

A few weeks ago, we gathered together to celebrate Baby Boy Cousin's first birthday.  Okay, when I first uploaded these pictures, it was a few weeks ago but now it's been almost a month since our little baby cousin turned 1!  1!  This kid is something special.  He's happy, as long as his tummy is full, wanting to get into everything and a big fan of his mom's chickens.  And his mom and dad.  He thinks his cousins are pretty cool too.  Alright, he seems to like all of us pretty well and we are big fans of his.  

Will getting a workout entertaining cousins.  

Who can resist this face?  Not his aunt!  

Slightly skeptical about the hat and everyone staring at him before cake.  

Two handsome boys.  

But seriously, what are we all doing here?  

Vicky made an awesome banana cake with peanut butter frosting that tasted amazingly like peanut butter fudge.  It was delicious!  The birthday boy was slightly skeptical which made both his dad and Uncle Glenn excited that he might not like sweets.  Booooooo!  I'll still love him anyway.  

Happy birthday BBC - we can't wait to see what the next year brings.  Walking, talking and being flat out adorable.

We're all out of bubblegum

It's mid-June and I've barely blogged about our summer.  That's mostly because I've been at the ballfield watching Reina or Will.  This is Reina's first year playing softball and some days she loves it and some days she's not so sure.  Her first game was in mid-May and we've had a few rainouts but her season is starting to wind down.  We've really enjoyed watching her play.  She's on a great time and they were "undefeatable" (according to Reina) until Monday.  Reina can hit the ball and she's tagged a few girls out in the infield.  I don't want to pressure her, but I hope she'll want to try it again next summer.  She's made some great progress.  

Looking serious at first base

Getting ready to hit 

Getting ready to race home!  

I've thought for a while that Reina was not a big sports kid because she's not very competitive.  She definitely likes it when the team wins.  When we watch baseball on tv, she'll be sad for the (opposing) player who strikes out.  During football season, she'll often root for both teams.  But I've discovered during softball that there is a competitive streak alive in that kid and she gets stressed if she thinks her team isn't going to win.  Last Friday we were talking before her game and she nonchalantly told me "All we do is kick butt and chew bubblegum.  And guess what?  We're all out of bubblegum."