Birthday Party for Baby Dean

For Dean's birthday I decided to do a mustache party to celebrate our "Little Man" turning one. It was awesome. The food, the friends, the park, and even the weather! We were worried it would rain, but the temperature was absolutely perfect and there was no rain! We have had wind recently, and that even took a night off! I couldn't have asked for a better night all around!

Thanks to those of you who came! It was nice of you to come and fun to have you there!
For those of you who were not able to come, here is the run down:

The Set Up
Beautiful Houston Park. 3 minutes from our house.
The park could not have been prettier than it was last night
{Awesome tree right?!}

Us moms love to hang at Houston when the weather is nice. But since we are always there taking care of kids, isn't it only fair that the dads did this

While the moms do this?
The Food

Chili and Hot Dogs, Sides, Reeses Brownie Cups, Marshmellows on sticks, and Drinks

The Mustaches

The Game: Guess the famous mustaches.
Can you?

The next '"Famous 'Staches"

A few more friends

Dean's favorite parts:
Food Sweets

Don't let the look of concern fool you. He LOVED it of course.

His Balloons

And Petals
At the end of the night, the dads and kids were playing with the tree. The dads would shake the branches so petals rained over the kids, while the kids ran through them. Dean was obsessed and he looked like he was in heaven.

Notice the cute crossed feet

Happy birthday little big man!
We love love love you!

The day Dean walked.

No mom should have to visit a friend and her new baby in the hospital the same day that her own baby decides to walk.

I'm an emotional wreck. A good, happy kinda wreck.

A friend and I went to see our friend and newborn baby this afternoon. We talked about having babies, we held the new baby, and all I'm thinking about is Dean's birth day.


Then I think about Dean's upcoming birthday, how it came so fast, he's almost one, yada yada yada...

Then. I come home. Reminiscing, obsessing, tearing up over May 2nd 2010. Just hanging out with my boys.
Then. Dean walks the 3 feet between the coffee table and our couch.

Today. He chooses today. Will he be this hilarious and ironic his whole life?

{and can I just add it was for food??? He wanted more oranges}

We were so excited, we made him do it a few times back and forth between us, which he loved, and then he decided it was time for bed.

He's all grown up.

(not a picture from today)


{Video hopefully coming soon}

When one door opens...

...it might be Dean!

Zach and Aly Visit!

We were lucky enough to have Zach and Aly come out and spend a few days with us here in Philly. I've mentioned them before, but here is the gist (found on this post):

"Alex met Zach at Weber where they had a few classes together and got through the MCAT together. They introduced their wives who were named Allyson Paige and Alyson Paige, who became fast friends. Us girls were able to go through pregnancy together and keep each other company when both husbands worked night shifts. It's been fun to experience becoming parents together also. We'll miss them terribly when we part ways to head off to different Med schools, Alex to Temple and Zach to Ohio State."

And we do miss them terribly.
But had tons of fun with them while they were out here!

The boys and their boys July 2010

The boys and their boys March 2011

The little boys. July 2010

Beckham 1 week. Dean 10 weeks
Matching Volcom Onesies

The little boys. March 2011

Beckham 8 months. Dean 10 months

Instant friends.

Here's the rundown of our tour through Philly:

Tasty Twister Pretzels

Boys riding in style

Girls riding deliciously

The Art Museum
Love this candid Aly caught of us.

I love my family

The friends.

One of the cutest Rocky pictures ever taken

Reading Terminal

Boys FINALLY reunited on the tennis court.

Two birds boys with one stone tub.

Chubby's Cheesestakes. Of course.
The goodness surprised them.

The Liberty Bell

U.S. Mint
Our first time. Glad we did it. Not in a hurry to do it again. Would have been a lot cooler if the machines were actually in production when we were there.

Fancy dinner

Tour of Temple Med

Really good BBQ from small place by Alex's school.
The goodness surprised me.

Our church building
Have I ever shown you a picture?

Aly's camera catches the bars on the windows perfectly. :)

It was a good trip.
We are back to missing them terribly and can't wait to see them again!