Denton's 1st, 1st Birthday Party

Dentons Birthday was a lot of fun. We invited a few of our friends in Oregon to celebrate with us and his Granddad was able to come also. The theme was sports/balls, Denton loves balls he will throw a ball, crawl to get it, throw it again, he can keep himself entertained for quite a while when he finds a ball. He also likes to roll the ball back and forth with someone. I decorated when he went to sleep on the eve of his Birthday so he could wake up and know something was special about that day, he loved looking at and playing with the decorations. I had fun making and decorating Denton's cakes. He was a bit shy eating his cake, he is not used to a lot of people watching him, he would put his fingers in the frosting and look at us and smile, it was really cute. It took him a lot longer to get into it then I thought it would, it didn't help that he was full from dinner. When most of the people stopped watching he really got his hands into it. Darwin helped him open presents, he was confused why we were taking the toys away that he had just opened. When everyone stopped watching him he played with his toys and had a lot of fun, he is just not used to putting on a show for people. It was a really GREAT day and I didn't even cry! We also had a Birthday party for him in Utah, those pictures will be on another post.

Sam's Club is the best place to shop!!

My friend tagged me to tell the story of how Darwin and I met.

Be prepared, this is really long!

Darwin and I met when I worked at Sam's Club in Salt Lake. He and his father were doing a vending business together and Darwin came to Sam's to get the product. My first memory of him is.... I was cashiering one morning and he came through my line, I thought he was so cute! We flirted a bit while I scanned his stuff and he went on his way. If you have been to Sam's you know they check your receipt at the door, well I totally messed up,I was so nervous because I thought he was so cute, and fun to flirt with, I had scanned some things twice and not scanned other things at all. I actually wasn't to disappointed that he had to come back to me so I could fix it. He continued to come in and shop but he never asked me out, I was in a relationship and later found out he was too. About a year later he came in and asked me my which U of U shirt I thought he should buy, of course I gave him my opinion. He asked me if I was married, I said "no". He then asked me what I was doing that Friday, I already had plans to go to the State Fair with a couple friends, I can't remember exactly how it happened but he took over the planning and we went on a triple date to the Fair. We had so much fun together, all the guys rode a mechanical bull, ya, they weren't walking very well after that. It was so funny! We went to dinner at the Red Iguana for dinner. YUMMY!! After dinner we went to his parents house to pick up a game to take back to his apartment. The whole way there he told me about his Chinese sister Heidi Wu, when we got to his house I met his Mom and this sister, who is not Chinese at all!!! She is the whitest white girl. (sorry Heidi) Darwin and I still like to play lots of jokes (lie) with each other. (It got so out of hand that now if the other person asks, "HONESTLY?", we then have to tell the truth.) The rest of the night was great, he asked me out again for the next Friday, when he asked I asked "what's the date?", like I had a busy schedule or something (I was always free at the time) I agreed to another date. That Tuesday he asked me to go to lunch with him, when I got back to work there were flowers waiting for me the card said " Just because it's Tuesday, Darwin" why would I ever stop dating such a romantic guy? While we were dating we wrote poems to each other. We are so lucky to have each other, I fall in love with Darwin more each day! (most days anyway!;))

Here are a few more fun facts about us:

Darwin thought I was Mexican when he first saw me. I tanned a lot and was in hair school and dyed my hair BLACK.

EVERY time Darwin asked me out I would ask him the date, I didn't realize I did it until finally he asked me why I always ask him what the date is.

When Darwin first said "I love you" I said, "I like you too"... he won't ever let me live that down! I told him I loved him just a few days later.

Darwin would go to Sam's and secretly watch me, another word for that is STALKER!!! I actually think it was pretty cute of him.

Darwin and I would talk on the phone while he was on his way home from my apartment at night and I would fall asleep. The next morning I always felt bad.

One night Darwin and I were at dinner, we were having some chips and salsa; he put his chip down and said "we need to talk" of course I thought the worst. We talked about something so minor that we don't remember what we talked about. When our conversation was over I told him how I was so nervous about the "talk" because he put his chip down and I thought that what he had to say was so serious that he couldn't even eat any more. He was just being his funny self and knew it would make me think the worst. Now if we need to have a serious talk we say, "the chip is down."

I could go on forever with our stories but I won't put you through any more. Thanks Michelle for taking me on a trip down Memory Lane.

If you read this consider yourself tagged, I want to hear your story!

How Does Your Garden Grow?

I thought I would like gardening but I was wrong, I LOVE IT!!! Darwin and I ate the first fruits of my garden yesterday, we each got to eat a strawberry. It was small but yummy! It is so much fun to see my garden grow every day and know that it is because of me. My radishes are almost ready to eat, just a few more days. Denton likes to be outside but he doesn't like being trapped in his stroller while I garden. Most days he is fine because we just go down to water for 5 min., in the video we had been out for about an hour so he was WAY done.

Here are the things I have growing, just in case you care to know: Beets, Radishes, Carrots, Walla walla onions, 5 different tomato plants(Roma, beef steak, cherry, I cant remember the others), peas (sugar snap and regular), brussels sprouts, red peppers(2), green peppers, broccoli, yellow beans, swiss chard, spinach, pumpkins(baby ones), cucumbers, squash(yellow, green and winter), corn, watermelon, strawberries and flowers. Wow I didn't realize how many things I have growing, I haven't listed it out like that before. Yummy, I cant wait until I can eat it all up!

Let me just tell you again I LOVE GARDENING!

Un-Birthday-Birthday Photo shoot

I know I just posted but I got Denton's Birthday pictures done today and I absolutely love them. He was so happy and smiley, I was nervous because he didn't take a very good nap. We totally captured his cute personality today, every time I look at these pictures I just want to squeeze him and pinch his little chubby cheeks. I ordered a bunch of pictures and I got the CD this time so if you want any pictures just let me know and I can get them ordered for you.

I am bi-polar about his birthday, I am so excited and so sad. Today I am on the up side and so excited to see him dive into his cake.

Baby Sounds

I know Denton is almost a year old but he still makes some really cute baby sounds. I love it when he is tired and he makes those noises in the video. Sorry it takes him a while to make the sounds I don't know how to edit the video plus I thought you could see how he spins his bottle the whole time he is eating to keep himself entertained. I have been trying to come up with a way to record it for weeks because he usually makes these sounds when we put him in his bed and of course he won't do it when he can see the camera.

So Many New Things

Denton is learning and doing so many cute things all of the time, I could post almost everyday.
We have still been feeding him out of his Bumbo and sometimes his chubby little legs get stuck so I decided it was time for a real high chair. I looked on craigslist (love it!) and found this rain forest one and got it for $50 it was very very gently used, really all they did was put it together and their child ate in it a couple times and hated it, anyway it's like $100 in stores. Denton loves it and he eats really good in it, he loves the toys on it too. I was excited to get this one because we have almost all of the other rainforest stuff, so it matches everything.

Denton is starting to try to say different words he likes the "P" sound right now so we try to get him to say please, he just says pa, he actually has said a-pa (grandpa) quite a few times. He says hi but I am not convinced he knows what he is saying, he just knows we smile and cheer when he says it. He just stares at our mouths to try and figure out how to say what we are saying, it is so cute!