More First Birthday Pictures

All tuckered out at the end of the night.....









Four generations of Swarts.........

First Birthday Party!

Yes, my birthday party finally happened! Mommy had been talking about it for weeks! It was so much fun! I had so many people come over to wish me a happy birthday - lots of friends AND family! I sure am a lucky boy. Everyone crowded around me and sang the "Happy Birthday" song. I thought it was fun being the center of attention like that. When they were done, everyone clapped for me. Then Mommy put me in my highchair and there was this white, squishy thing! I wasn't sure what this thing on my highchair tray was, but I finally stuck a finger in the back of it. The white icing stuck to my fingers and I wasn't a fan of that, but under the icing I found cake. Because this was my first time having something sweet, I wasn't too sure about it. I tried a little piece, but I didn't devour it. There is still lots of my "smash" cake left over, so I even got to try a piece of it again today for lunch. I am still not a fan, but I'm sure it will grow on me. After cake I went in and played on the floor with my cousin Ethan and my girlfriend Chloe. Mommy and Daddy kept ripping the pretty paper off of big boxes. I'm sure whoever put that paper on the boxes will not appreciate that. I only helped tear the paper off of one box. Inside the boxes was tons of stuff for ME though! Everyone was so nice, they bought me gifts for this special day! Soon it was my bedtime, so Mommy and Daddy took me up to bed but when I got up in the morning, I had a whole room full of new toys! Thank you to everyone who came to my birthday party, it was so much fun!

My first haircut

I sure am lucky that I have a Mamaw who can cut hair! She gave me my first haircut a few weeks ago. I needed it, my hair kept tickeling my ears!

I'm the big brother........

Yes, you read the title to this post correctly - I am going to be a big brother! Mommy and Daddy said the cat is out of the bag and that it's alright for me to share this wonderful news with everyone! I like to think that I am already a big brother, but I guess this won't officially take place until sometime in June. Mommy has told me that there is a baby in her tummy and I even go up and lift up her shirt now to see. I can't see the baby yet though, so that confuses me. Anyway, Mommy says that her due date is June 21st and that is the same day that she and Daddy got married. We are all so excited and can't wait to meet my little brother or sister!

11 months old

This picture is a little late. I'm almost one year old now! I still have about 2 1/2 weeks to go though. Mommy went shopping for my birthday party today - she is so silly! All I know is that she has promised me balloons and I LOVE balloons! Anyway, here I am in the big chair for my 11 month picture. Since I'm on the go all the time now, it was hard for Mommy and Daddy to get me to sit down for the picture, so this will have to do!

Yoda came to visit

I finally understand Halloween (though I'm not too sure what all the hype was from Mommy and Daddy). It is a time to get all dressed up in funny looking outfits (with LOTS of layers of clothes underneath) and then go out and beg for candy. Mommy and Daddy made me do all the work of getting the treats, then they wouldn't even let me have any of them! I think they just wanted to have me so I could do their dirty work for them. Anyway, I guess Halloween was pretty cool. Everyone we ran into seemed to like my Yoda costume. I had alot of fun being out of my house when it was almost dark - that was a new thing for me! I couldn't quite grasp the idea of picking a treat out of people's bowls though, I was too busy just checking out my surroundings at every house. We visited some houses with pretty cool decorations.

Letting Mommy do all the work....

Mommy and Daddy wanted to carve a pumpkin as a family. Once I saw how much work it was, I was off to the swing set!