radd boy turns 1

i can hardly fathom that our little man is ONE! in true paige fashion, we partied hard. i decided on a little lumber jack/camping theme and just as they always do.. things got a little out of hand? ha ha. look, turning one is BIG deal around here.... and maybe it's my way of distracting myself from the tears of my baby turning one. and i also love to party.

but it's all about celebrating this special boy whom we absolutely love and adore!

birthday invites from minted.

(count on me to not notice the marshmellow in the picture until waaaay after the fact. SMH)

sweet tooth fairy made these darling s'more cupcakes for me

the s'more station..

what good is a campout without matches, ya?

i alllllllways get emotional singing happy birthday to my kids.

so bitter-sweet, this growing-up stuff, right?

but especially on first birthday's. and this one was no exception.

radd was shocked at the flame. and shocked that he was getting a cupcake.

he kept looking at me like, "are you saying this is okay?"

how each of my kids have eaten their first cake has been such a reflection of their personalities.

rowan + radd were very careful. only taking a pinch of frosting at a time.

and greer took the cake by both sides and dug her face right in.

so stinking funny.

he was super happy about the whole thing and didn't want to stop.

we are smitten by you radd-boy. 

happy first birthday mister, the world is yours!

radd is here (part 2)

well, now that my story-telling part is over..... here are the most precious pictures that tell a better story. i can't thank my sweet friend kali (kalipoulsenphotography) for coming to the hospital and telling the best story of them all, through the most precious pictures. what a treasure these are to me and will forever be!

this is when all the trauma, drama, and shock ends (ha ha!)
and the sweet, overcome with joy and happiness for our sweet new baby boy, begins.

forgive me, there are a million.

i can't get over all of his jet-black hair. 

"this is how He shares His love. for the family is of God"

our new family of 5. 

that's one proud daddy. 

rowan was SO excited to meet her brother and wanted to hold him right away.

playing on the hospital floor. so lovely 

i mean, look at how proud that big sister is! so dang sweet. 

after we said goodbye to the girls, the nurse came in and whisked radd away to get his circumcision done. (ouch!) i couldn't go, so daddy was brave and went with him. they wheeled him back, he was so dang sad, poor thing. and as soon as i picked him up, he just snuggled right into my neck and let me love him. it was so sweet!

those tiny little toes!

we aboslutely adore you, radd spencer. 

thanks for choosing to be apart of our family.

love you buddy.