Sunday, November 23, 2008

Happy 1st Birthday (party) Neil

Long weekend! We had a fantastic time with Neil at his 1st birthday party on Saturday. Thank you so much to everyone that came and made his day extra special. For those of you that weren't there, we missed you! And, I promise I'll post some pictures as soon as I can.

He did pretty well opening presents - those that weren't opened by the other children that were there - so cute! After he opened his presents he literally PASSED OUT. I was holding him, he laid his head on my chest and was OUT. I've never seen the kid pass out like that -he was completely exhausted. I let him sleep about 30 minutes, then we woke him up to do cake and ice cream. It wasn't a good situation with the cake - he HATED it. Definitely didn't like everyone staring at him and shouting happy birthday. My friend Carissa said it best when she said something to the effect that it must be completely frightening to be a 1 year old and have a flaming cake placed in front of you and everyone shouting at you for no apparent reason.

Rodney and I went for our 1st baby appointment for little hancock #2 - everything was great. We saw a heartbeat - yes, only 1! I don't know why, but I had more than one person ask if we are having twins. NO - there is only 1 baby in my belly. The doc set the due date for July 3rd - it's going to be a HOT summer.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Halloween surprise

What a special 1st Halloween for Neil. He went to school in his BOO shirt his Aunt Caroline gave him and even though he was sick, we took him to our immediate neighbors to show off his costume. Some thought he was a dinosaur, others a lizard and some a dragon - whatever he was, he was VERY CUTE!



And doesn't he look all grown up in his hat? Since it's been chilly, Nanny bought Neil a hat to keep his ears warm. I think there are many more of those in his near future - he LOVED to look at himself in the mirror with the hat on. Check out his hair when he pulled the hat off - ha ha. He's going to kill me when he gets older! I took the video this morning - Neil has gotten really good at walking with his walker. I know it won't be long until he's walking on his own!




And we definitely had a Halloween surprise. Rodney and I found out that we are expecting another child!! We are completely thrilled. Both of us were born in July and it looks like we may have a July baby - we'll see. It's VERY early in pregnancy, so please keep our family in your thoughts and prayers. Here we go for round two!