A Fun Week in Pictures

After my birthday party in Houston, Momma and I stuck around for the week since we were going to be back the following weekend. Daddy had to go home to work. We did SO MUCH stuff. We swam at Uncle Pete and Auntie H's neighborhood pool TWICE, swam at Miss Ann's, and swam at Ya-ya's friend's house with other kids. We went to the Children's Museum of Houston with Ethan AND Aunt Marcia came to visit all the way from Tennessee. At this point in the week it's not even Friday! But the next weekend was SO crazy it has to be it's own story.

My first wagon ride!

We took the wagon out almost every night.

Yay! Mister Sir is home!

Come see my truck Mr. Sir!

We just got to the museum! Lovin' it already!

I was trying to drive safely but Ethan was climbing out of the car! Crazy E!

My new ride

This spot was great. When I opened the door, the light came on and there was a party of laughing bears inside!

I HAD to show Ethan

Second First Birthday Party!

The weekend after my birthday we went to Houston to keep on celebrating. All my friends that live in Houston came to Ya-ya and Mister Sir's house for food and cupcakes and Knox time! Uncle Pete and Auntie H were there with my cousin (well I hear there's a cousin in there somewhere), and my Auntie Em with Miss Ann, Erin brought my buddy Ethan, Amanda and Aaron (they're growing me a new friend also), and Alicia brought Ada (that girl is funny!), and the way cool Chris and Melissa ALL came to party with me!!! Momma gave me three cupcakes, but after the birthday song before I started to dig in, Daddy SWIPED one! Can you believe the nerve of that guy??? I quickly grabbed up the other two before he really got carried away.  Then I got to open my presents! All my presents were (are) SO awesome!!! I've got new books to read and new wheels to roll and a swing to swing in! I got a stuffed puppy that is the perfect pillow, a crazy cool wagon, a helicopter that talks, a Yankees hat, and probably the best helmet you've ever seen. And now for your favorite part... PICTURES!

That was me a year ago!

Ada. Told you she was funny!

Ethan with his party favor. That guy can walk!

The army of cupcakes.

Birthday Day

Hello friends and faithful followers! It has been a full TWO WEEKS since I turned one and I have to say I like this new big kid status. Everyone has been incredibly generous to me and I feel like such a lucky guy. I meant to do this right after my birthday day but things have been pretty much nuts around here. Anyway, here goes...

My last night of being 0 years old I took an extra long bath (that Momma filmed) and I played some basketball in my room with Daddy. I rock at that game. I only had to watch the ball go through the hoop 2 times before I figured out how to do it by myself. I can even score two balls at the same time! (Momma filmed that too. She said the goodnight on the last night of being 0 it practically as special as waking up a whole year old.) I have a sneaky suspicion that Momma filmed me sleeping also. I am waiting to see the video confirmation, but I know my Momma.

Birthday day morning Momma AND Daddy came in and woke me up (filming again) and it was so exciting! The cats were all hungry hungry because it was early morning so they were meowing and meowing outside the door. Momma didn't seem to notice so I pointed them out and said "CA- CA-!"
(Ok here I have been very slow in mentioning MY FIRST WORD! I can say 'Cat'. Started just before my birthday, so more on that later.) After Daddy went to work Momma made me French toast for breakfast. That stuff was delicious (it was my first taste of it) and I had 2 whole pieces. Momma even filmed breakfast. Then we loaded up and went to the library for Tater Tot Storytime. My friends Dorian, Lola, and Kaede all came too!


After the library I came home to rest up for the aquarium! I also had lunch (which Momma filmed) of chicken gumbo and pasta salad. THEN we went to the aquarium and Amy (Winston the dog's mom) came with us! It was SO fun!

I was supposed to nap when we came home but instead I just had a short snooze and played with Daddy (who was home early from work). Sometime in the evening I got PRESENTS! These were presents from Momma and Daddy and Great Grandmother and Great Granddaddy.

After I played with my awesome new toys for a bit, Gram and Uncle Aaron came over with Outback dinner. Momma made me spaghetti so I had that AND some off of everyone's plate. I especially like Momma's lamb. (Oh and Momma filmed me getting my gifts AND eating dinner.)

Then came the best part... CAKE!!!!! Momma made me an owl carrot cake. Yummmmmm!

After the cake (and cleaning the cake crumbs off the floor) I stayed up extra late, until 11 PM, playing with my new toys.

A few more pictures from the day:

ONE YEAR OLD!!!!

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY VERY FAVORITE!!!

WE LOVE YOU!

It's almost 10:30 and Knox is still up playing with his new stuff...

First 1st Birthday Party!

My very first birthday party was a success! My friends came (and brought their parents) and my Corpus uncles and Gram and Buelo, and Uncle Clay and Fun Sarah came from Austin. It was SO fun. We had a pop-up house/tent thing in the backyard and Momma filled it with big colored balls (and then everyone got to take one home! AND she bought too many so I have LOTS of them left!) and Daddy filled up my big blue swimming pool. Mostly just one friend and I swam, but Momma said it really came in handy for cleaning up the cupcake disaster (it was not a disaster, it was delicious!).  Uncle Aaron and Uncle Andrew (who came home from New Braunfels just to see me) gave me several pieces of watermelon. I LOVE watermelon and ate it all the way to the rind. There was also smoked brisket (by Daddy), pasta salad, Texas caviar dip, beans, fruit, and CUPCAKES. I had some of everything, but the cupcakes were the best part. Momma made them and Fun Sarah helped turn them into owls. My friends were so nice and brought me presents! Everyone gave me a book and I got some cool wheels, a Texas A&M hat, and G&B got me two big toys that I can stand up to push and ride on. SO fun!
(Message from Momma: Knox was given an owl cupcake and a second cupcake to hold the candle - that wouldn't light in the wind - and four mini cupcakes spelling out his name. He ate them all. There were of course crumbs all over his face, body, and his lap, but he did his best to eat every last bit. And then he tried to eat the candle. Actually bit off a chunk of candle. The kid will eat anything.)

Party favors

My dessert tray

Watermelon with Uncle Andrew

Eating some brisket

Starting on the cake! I wasn't sure what to do with it at first, but after Daddy stuck some in my mouth. I caught on pretty quickly after that.

Presents!

For the Die Hard Knoxists

Yes, I created my own group- Knoxists. Knoxists are true fans of me and all that I do :)
Tomorrow is my birthday! (I am sure the Knoxists out there were already aware. You were right?)
But we kicked off the birthday week celebrations this past weekend with friends, a party, and a trip to the beach (with Momma, Daddy, Uncle Clay and Brett, and Fun Sarah!).  Lots of fun things planned for during the week, and then a final birthday celebration next Saturday. Here's some video of the fun, but I promise to take the time to share party pictures later today.

This first one is a little long, but I was having so much fun. This is also how I got out of taking anymore pictures last weekend for my 1 year beach photo shoot. 

Well, the second one is actually a little long also, but I walked with my new dinosaur (thanks Gram and Buelo!) and got some of Daddy's cupcake!