15 pounds of UGLY

So the other morning I was taking Brian to work so that I could have the car to run errands during the day. It was a little after 7am and pulling out of the garage we back up so that we see our back yard. Guess what we see? For the first time that I can remember I see a living opossum. I've only seen them as roadkill. Man was it UUUUGGLLYYY!!! The thing was huge! And it just waddled across our back yard. We were afraid it was running towards the yard barn to hide out with Philipe, the ground hog who lives under there, but it just ran behind it and through our neighbor's yard. It was really not cute. Reminded me of the ROUSes from the Princess Bride. I think they must have used an opossum for the model, but tried to make it cuter since it's so ugly normally. Poor things. Since we couldn't take a picture of the one running through our yard, here's one from the internet. (http://www.aaanimalcontrol.com/opossumgallery.htm)

Happy Birthday Adam!

Our baby is one!! He's not a baby anymore...I feel a little sad that my baby is now a little boy. He grows up so fast! Yesterday was Adam's birthday party with just a few of his friends. He LOVED all the attention and possibly loved the birthday cake even more. He even got to have ice cream! Here's some pictures of Adam and the cake. Since I haven't been able to find a cake decorating class I decided to teach myself. This is a first big decorating project I've done, so bear with me. I've decided this is more fun than just using a snipped sandwich bag like I did in college.

It's a turtle cake!

And he's happy to come to the birthday party. This took me a really long time but it turned out cute.

Adam smiling after his first round of cake. He sure liked it!

Adam during his second round of cake, this time with ice cream and he sure loves it! He's so cute! He got icing up his nose, in his hair, and I found cake in his diaper. He's great at making messes!

After opening presents and having fun with his friends. Thank you all for coming! And thank you to family who sent birthday presents--he's really enjoying them!

Stay posted for the birthday video.

Our baby is one!! He's not a baby anymore...I feel a little sad that my baby is now a little boy. He grows up so fast! Yesterday was Adam's birthday party with just a few of his friends. He LOVED all the attention and possibly loved the birthday cake even more. He even got to have ice cream! Here's some pictures of Adam and the cake. Since I haven't been able to find a cake decorating class I decided to teach myself. This is a first big decorating project I've done, so bear with me. I've decided this is more fun than just using a snipped sandwich bag like I did in college.