Another year, already?!!!

Rivers turns 2 in about 2 weeks!!!!!! I really can't believe it.  He has changed so much in just a year and now he is about to be a big brother-and he is still a baby!!...well, to me he is still a baby.  I have been trying to make a photo book of his first two years (since Harper will be here any second) and came across some pictures from his first birthday.  It was small-just family and a few close friends and.was just right for a 1st Birthday!  It's looking like this year's birthday party won't be too different.

   

Rivers eating his first cupcake.  He loved it.  Charles kept trying to take it away from him because he was making such a big mess.  Isn't that the point?! :)

Helping mommy get ready for the party.  The messes these days are MUCH bigger! And he has a whole lot more hair!!

Finally, he got to wear his birthday suit.  He still loves wearing his birthday suit- every time he is in it, he runs laps around the house.

2 days.

There were 2 days of nice weather that is.  It is now back to the freezing, nasty rain.  Yuck!  During the 2 days of bliss, we had a massive plumbing disaster.  Charles called me around 9:30 and informed me that there was muddy (is that a word?) water coming up through the drains of  the shower, both bathtubs, both toilets and the washing machine (filled with baby things as well)... not so blissful.  We have a home warranty (I don't think we'll ever get one again) and of course, this was not covered.  We still got to pay the guy $60 for coming to tell us so.  He proceeded to tell us that in order to fix the problem, we needed to cut down a tree and get a new sewere line which should only cost around $5,000.  We called our regular plumber and he was able to get everything fixed for MUCH less.

Aunt Katie picked Rivers up from school that day and brought him home to play in the backyard while Charles and I dealt with the "plumbing issue".  Here are a few pics Katie took with her phone :)