So excited!

Next week, me and the boys will travel the 8 hours to my hometown in Wisconsin.

My mommy couldn't make it here for Gav's birthday (which was EXTREMELY hard for me... I love BJ's family, but it was tough having a 1st birthday party without ANY of my relatives...)so we will just bring the fun there on Thursday! I haven't been home since Christmas, and I am starving for my old scene! I have to link up with my Maid of Honor, Joy, to give her her dress (YES!!! We got the maid-of-honor and bridesmaids dresses in today and they look HOT!) and then we are going to take BJ to Green Bay for some good ol' fashion hell-raisin'!

Sometime in there, we are having a cookout with my brother and his almost-wife (they may not ever be married, but they sure do act like it!) and some other random family members. We always plan for an extremely laid-back time, but it rarely happens! I love showing BJ around (ask him, I am quite the tour guide!) and trying to fit in everything that I miss into one weekend. I hardly ever get to go home, so we better make it worth it!


Look out, Wisconsin! This may be my last visit as Lynnette Bywater! Lets make it RoCk!!!

Gav's 1st Birthday!

For Gav's big birthday, we gave him his first haircut, made spaghetti and meat sauce, and let him face-dive into his very first piece of cake! Since Gavin doesn't care for chocolate, and we really wanted something to stand out in the pictures, we made a yellow cake with some cream cheese frosting.... and blue food coloring!! (Mommy and Daddy wanted in on the action, and had some fun smearing it on each other, too!)

After dinner, Gav took his bath (which he refused to sit down for) we had time for a couple quick pics, and then our little guy went right to sleep! I was a little disappointed that we couldn't watch his first sugar-rush... but tuckered out Gav just wanted his crib!

This Sunday we are having a party with some family and friends to celebrate again, but with Gav's rough start, this day was a HUGE triumph for our new family--it meant a lot to spend it with just the three of us. You only have one first birthday!