First party, first accident

Neil and I attended his first birthday party this weekend. His friend Colton (my friend Piper's son) turned one last week and they had his 1st birthday party on Saturday. We had the best time playing with all the little boys and girls that were there. Neil was WORN OUT on Saturday night! Colton wasn't participating in the cake smashing - he would stick one finger in the cake and then pull it back and look at it - SO CUTE! And Piper made that cake - impressive huh?

Went to Hartsville on the 7th for a wine and cheese for Caroline. I have to share these two pictures because they are absolutely hilarious! Emily went to sit down with me and Caroline and my mom snapped the picture below. We laughed about this picture for an hour!

Neil is definitely pulling up and climbing on EVERYTHING. It's crazy how one day your child is laying peaceful in a crib for 14 hours a day and the next he's into absolutely everything and wants to touch anything that is within an arms length. We had to take the toy in this picture away from him for a week or so - we had a very traumatic event occur last week. Neil was playing, just as he is in this picture, when he fell down - catching the toy with his chin on the way down. I calmly picked him up and gave him a little hug and Rodney came over to see what had happened. I had Neil close to my chest loving on him and Rodney said, "Ashley, he's bleeding - really bleeding." Well, come to find out, Neil had used his two teeth to practically bite through his little tongue. It was TERRIBLE! He was a great sport about it and didn't cry too too much, but it was VERY bloody. I freaked, not as bad as you may imagine, but definitely freaked. We got the bleeding under control after two calls to the doctor. Only the first of many accidents, I'm sure.

One big happy family. I had to take this picture - couldn't resist the family photo (minus me taking the pic)! Neil has been ending up in the bed with us lately - not good, I know. He wakes up around 3 in the morning and instead of fighting it and letting him cry it out, I've been giving in and putting him in the bed with us. Last night was terrible - he was up from midnight till 3:30! I really think he's cutting a top tooth. Let's all collectively pray it's a top tooth!!