Balloons and Pictures

Here's a funny video of Micah playing with a balloon at his birthday party. And in case you missed it in the last post, September pics are now posted at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=113306&id=506485788&l=c25fc5af8d

I'm One!

Happy Birthday to Micah! Okay, I realize I'm almost a month late in writing this post, but let me tell you, once they start walking they're hard to keep up with!

We had Micah's birthday party on the Saturday before his birthday. It was the day the Huskers played Virginia Tech, so we wore our Husker red...but it didn't help. We opened presents at halftime and had cake after the game. Next time, I'll plan the party for a day they play someone terrible, because after that heartbreaking loss, the whole mood of the party changed!

We were lucky to have so many family members able to make it. Grandma and Grandpa Brown, along with Kayla and her boyfriend Grant, drove down for the weekend from Rapid City. Uncle Matt and his girlfriend Courtney came, as well as my cousin Lauren and her parents, Aunt Renita and Uncle Tim. And of course, Grandma and Grandpa Headlee drove down for the party.

Micah sort of understood how to tear the wrapping paper...
One of his gifts was a toy laptop. Maybe now he'll leave Daddy's alone!

He just looks so happy to have some new balls to throw. "Ball" was one of his first words.

Another new ball!

By cake time, I think he was a little sleepy. He wasn't sure what to think about the candle.

Don't worry, he livened up once he got to tasting the cake.

There are more pictures posted on Facebook. If you'd like to see them all, just click on this link:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=113306&id=506485788&l=c25fc5af8d

And somehow, this is the only picture I have of Micah on his actual birthday. He and I ate at Subway for lunch (I had a Sweet Onion Chicken Teryaki, he had crackers--Josh was in a meeting). Since his birthday was a Wednesday, the nursery workers who watch him while Josh and I teach Bible Study threw him a little party. He even got a gift from them--how sweet!

Wow, I can't believe it's been a whole year. And I can't believe that Micah will have a brother or sister in 6 months! I always believed people when they said, "They grow up so fast," but now I've really experienced it. :)

It's about time...

Now that September is almost over, I've finally posted pictures from August. Here's the link if you want to check them out:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=109395&id=506485788&l=3ff0c68942

Micah's next job

I don't have time for a long post here, but it's time to let all of you know that Micah's going to be a big brother sometime around April 23rd.

:)

Playing Games

Micah's been learning to play some games that he actually participates in, rather than just ones where we move his arms and legs around or whatever. He's pretty good at playing "catch." He has a little rubber ball that he throws in my general direction, and then I toss it back to him so it lands between his legs. Then he picks it up and throws again. The really cute part is that while I was teaching him to throw, I clapped every time he did it. So now, he claps every time he throws. So cute!

He also figured out how to play "Where's the Baby" all by himself as we were on a long drive one day. I happened to have my camera handy, so here's a super cute video of him in action.

It is so much fun to see our son grow and change with each passing day. He's got seven teeth now, he babbles all the time, he's walking, and he just figured out how to point. Now when we read books, he can point to the pictures. He's definitely a little boy now...no longer a baby. That's kind of bittersweet. But mostly sweet. :)

Check out his skills!

That's right, Micah decided yesterday that he was going to start walking. He took a few steps without any prompting from Josh while I was at work, and by the end of the evening he could go all the way across the room. He's still a little wobbly, of course, but this guy's on the move!

Vacation in Rapid City

Well, this is a little late, but here's my post about the week we spent in Rapid City, SD with Josh's family. They have a couple of cats, and Micah made buddies with the little one named Sampson. They played together a lot.



And since climbing stairs is one of his favorite things, he was Super Excited to have a full flight to play on (supervised, of course)

One of the days we were there, we made the 2 1/2 hour drive to visit the ranch where Josh grew up. They lived there until he got to high school. It looked a lot the same, including the same carpeting and wallpaper in the house, and remnants of old forts and treehouses that Josh and his siblings built. It was so neat for me to finally see the place I've heard about in so many stories. The land out there was really beautiful ranch land.
This is a re-creation of a picture the Browns took when the kids were little. I think in the original, Matt and Josh were standing up. :)
Another day we went to Sheridan Lake. Josh and his dad did some fishing, and then we let Micah play in the water. Man, that kid has no fear! He crawled all along the shoreline, and even out into the deeper water. Had we not stopped him, he would have crawled all the way out until his head was covered. Look, he's having so much fun, he's delirious!And I'll leave you with a picture of a beautiful South Dakota sunset that we were fortunate to experience in the Brown's backyard. The Black Hills are so nice in the summertime. I can't wait to go back!