Happy Birthday Colin!

This past Saturday we got together and celebrated our nephew Colin's first birthday. Now both Colin and Wally are officially toddlers - and they are patiently waiting Ryder's entry into the mischief making. This is probably going to be the last event Andy and Kacy have at the house they are currently renting because on March 8th they will close on a new house in Rockford!  Woo hoo!  I know they have both been really looking forward to moving into thier own place, so this will be a great transition for thier family.  We drove past and peeked in the windows (don't worry nobody lives there currently) and it looks like a wonderful home in a family friendly neighborhood.

Colin's party was very fun.  I was laughing just about the whole time.  Colin is now walking but unlike Wally who is very stable and solid around the midsection, Colin is a toothpick.  Or...more like a toothpick holding a meatball.  So you can imagine how he walks....  Frickin' hillarious!  Wally walks like an elephant - stable and deliberately.  You can see the effort in his face.  Colin, on the other hand, walks like a little bird skidding accross the beach.  His head stays in one spot while his feet frantically try to keep his nogin moving forward.

Kacy made really cute cupcakes that said "Happy Birthday Colin."  I completely missed taking a pic of those, darn!  The picture above might look like Colin was digging in with both hands, but the truth was that he really wasn't that interested in eating his cupcake.  Andy and Kacy tried for about 5 minutes to get him to take a bite but he was pretty skeptical.  Wally happily gulped down as much cupcake as I would give him.  Now you can see why there is such a difference in body style between these two boys!

 Andy loves to throw Colin around like a little gymnist.  And Colin loves it too.  Here was a little sequence they did after Colin was freed from those messy cake covered clothes!

Here are a few pics of Colin with some family members who were there that day!  Kacy's grandma and grandpa were there along with her parents and sister Erin.  Grandpa and Grandma Rock also came, and it was so nice to have them there!