Beckham's Birthday Weekend!

So it's a bitter sweet thing when your baby turns 1. This year has gone by so fast, I love all the new stages Beckham is in but I am going to miss my little baby. Anyway, besides all that mushy stuff, we had a great time celebrating his 1st birthday. First, my parent's came over for the weekend. They got here and Beckham had just woke up, my dad went up to get him and he was a little confused. They came downstairs and for the first time ever Beckham was shy (I think he was just groggy) but it was so funny to see him like that. Then my mom went to wake Brooklyn up and when Brooklyn saw my mom she said, "You came!" They had been talking on the phone about gg and papa coming to visit for so long I think it confused Brooklyn of just when it would finally happen. So Brooklyn got up and showed GG her room. She was excited to show her Beckham and her giant names I did in vinyl lettering on their wall and their new pictures in the pictures frames (I'll send pictures soon, it turned out cute!). We all hung out and when Chris got home we had a fun dinner, Strawberry Blueberry Crepes.

After dinner it was party time. We quickly went in to open presents. Beckham, of course, didn't know what was going on...just that it was fun to see new toys. My mom is always so good to pay attention to Brooklyn and knew that she would be sad if she didn't get anything. So my mom made up two sacks of presents, one for Beckham and one for Brooklyn. Obviously Brooklyn stole the show getting all excited about her new books and things....my sister was crazy about Aladdin a long time ago and had collected a ton of cute Aladdin things, she was going through it all and gave it to Brooklyn and Beckham and they loved it! I ended up opening Beckham's presents and he got some fun stuff. A soccer ball, of course, puzzles, books, clothes, shoes, a stick horse, a walking dog, play cell phone, tool kit, and the kids both got cute harnesses, Beckham got a dog and Brooklyn got a monkey. This will come in handy when both are at the aquarium with me and they both love to have their little pets on their backs. We took pictures with Beckham and his presents and played for a bit and then it was time for games. We got out the Elefun game, it's an elephant that blows butterflies through his nose and everyone has a butterfly net to catch them as they fall. Beckham was so cute, he got his net and knew just what to do...he held it up ready for the butterflies, my parents got a kick out of that.

So after having a good laugh and playing that for a while it was time to break out the pinatas. We made a dog for Brooklyn to break and because Beckham loves dogs and barks whenever you say the word dog or he sees one. Brooklyn had a blast hitting the pinata and was so excited to eat CANDY!!! Beckham watched her every move and wondered what the heck she was doing but when he saw that it was his turn to hit his soccer ball pinata he went crazy on it and thought it was so fun. We got a kick out if it, what a stinkin' cute kid!


After all the games, we jumped in the van and went down to one of our favorite spots by the water...the stairs. We watched the sunset on the Olympic mountains and just played around. Beckham and Brooklyn enjoyed chasing a red pigeon with fuzzy feet, it was the weirdest bird we've ever seen. It was fun and relaxing and my parent's enjoyed the views. We came back home to have our soccer ball cake and ice cream and to let Beckham dive into his cake. We all enjoyed our cake but Beckham didn't want anything to do with his. He took the soccer ball off the top and that was about it. He is really weird about different textures and always makes a funny face when something feels weird....he really didn't like the sticky frosting and started to cry, check out the video...it was funny and sad.

So that ended the birthday night with the kids, the rest of the night Chris and I made my parents play Rayman 2 on the Wii, they got a kick out of it.

Now, on to Saturday, we all got up and headed for the mountains. We went to Remlinger Farms, a really cute farm with an amusement park for the kids. We all really enjoyed it. First were the pony rides, then the canoes, which the kids had a blast in, then on to the petting/feeding zoo. The kids had fun feeding the animals and got a kick out of the tickling tongues of the animals. From there the kids had fun driving my parents in old fashioned cars, they both had steering wheels and thought it was so great. Then it was the flying pumpkins, the ferris wheel, and the merry go round. It was so cute to see Brooklyn and Beckham in the ferris wheel together...Brooklyn was a good big sister and held onto her brother and made him feel safe...so cute!

Then it was time to do the hay jump and hay maze, which I loved this time because I could actually jump because I wasn't pregnant. The kids had fun tackling Papa. Then Chris and I went on the bike track and we all ended up at the train to end the morning at Remlinger Farms, it was so much fun and it wasn't busy but just laid back and relaxed. We had some lunch and went into the gift shop where my mom had promised Brooklyn a little stick duck that walks, she was so excited about it and then we had Beckham try one out and he loved it, you couldn't get it out of his hands...he threw a fit when we had to hand it to the cash register lady, it was kinda funny.

We headed up to Snoqualmie Falls and then onto some neighborhoods that Chris and I would love to live in some day. It was fun just looking. Then we went out to rattlesnake lake and headed back home. It was a really fun day with my parents and the kids and it wasn't over yet...we went out to eat at the Luna Park Cafe, an old 50's diner. It was so yummy, everyone went crazy for the Chocolate/Peanut Butter milkshake. Then another drive down by Alki beach and back to home to rest.

Sunday, of course, was church day, Brooklyn and Beckham wore their matching clothes from my brother's wedding, they looked so cute! After lunch we headed up to Chris' office in a building downtown on the 46th floor where we had an awesome view of the Blue Angels who were performing over Lake Washington for the Seafair. The kids loved looking out the window and they were so cute pointing and getting all excited when the planes would go by, we all enjoyed the show, it was really fun.

Monday, my parents just played with the kids, they made puzzles, went for a walk, read books and had a dance party. Both kids showed off and it was so cute. Then we went out for KFC and went to Jack Block park, a dock that overlooks the city. We flew a kite and just hung out, then it was time for my parents to go...the kids (and I) didn't want them to leave. We had a great time though and it was fun to have them in Seattle. It was a great weekend and a fun first birthday for Beckham!