Blueberry Surprise!

Yesterday for lunch, Austin had a yummy blueberry/pear puree. Little did I know that it would come out smelling so...well, so much like blueberry!! Austin crawled over to me this afternoon, and whew!! He was a crawling blueberry potpourri sachet!! Even after I changed his diaper, he still smelled like blueberries :) I guess this isn't entirely a bad thing, he could have smelled much worse!!

One Year Old!

A few seconds old...

A few days old...

3 months old...

6 months old...

9 months old...

1 year old!!!

What a year!!!

It's amazing how fast this year has gone by. It seems just like yesterday we were at the hospital, bringing our baby boy into this world. Here is a slideshow showing a lot of wonderful moments in what has been a very beautiful, happy and exciting first year of Austin's life :) Happy 1st birthday, Austin, we love you so much!! :) 

Love, Mommy, Daddy and Hunter :)

P.S.  This slideshow was at one point in total chronological order...but I found a way to completely mess it up, so now it is in really random order!!  Sorry!! :)

Happy 1st Birthday Austin!!

The Birthday Boy celebrating his big day!!

At exactly 11:17am today, Austin will be one year old!  

We are so blessed to have such a happy, loving, beautiful little boy!  

Thank you for making us such proud parents Austin, 

we hope you have a very Happy Birthday!

Happy 40th Birthday Timmy!

My brother Tim would have been 40 years old today. We miss him and his big smile so much, but we know he is in heaven having one heck of a birthday celebration! :)

We love you Timmy!!

Tim and his big smile :)

Timmy always knew how to make us laugh :) Here he is wearing the "Patterson Christmas Hat," a tradition he started, which was: you can only open a Christmas gift if you are wearing the hat! One year it was a bright orange hunting hat with floppy ears!

Austin's First Birthday Party!

Austin's first birthday isn't officially until Sunday May 25, but we went ahead and celebrated a few days early while Brian and his team are playing up in Washington. Brian had a rare day game, so we took advantage of his evening off and had a fun party for Austin with our friends and family! It couldn't have worked out more perfectly!! Austin's cousins, Tyler and Quin, hosted his first birthday over at their house, and we couldn't be more thankful for the wonderful job they did!! Austin also wants to thank his Aunt Kirsten and Uncle Gary for letting us make a mess of their house! :)

Happy 1st birthday Austin!

The Birthday Boy with Dad and Mom!

My Dad and my Uncle Gary!

My great Aunt Diane and my Grandma P.

Celebrating my birthday party with my Aunt Kirsten and my Mom!! :)

Having fun with my "Aunt" Kelsey and Kaelyn

Someone REALLY didn't like his birthday hat!!! (Of course he was all happy again the second we took it off!!)

The Big Kids table!!

The Little Kid's table!!

Austin's with his best girlfriends Lauren and Kaelyn!

Look who is turning 1!!

Daddy and Me :)

One of the big boys now!! Austin with Uncle Wes and Dad :)

Yumm!! A whole cake just for me!!

Austin was actually very well mannered while eating his birthday cake!! No fists full of icing, no face plants in the cake!! I think the sea of paparazzi (aka: friends and family!) snapping photos of him and singing Happy Birthday sort of overwhelmed him :) He wasn't quite sure what to do with the cake :) He did manage to get a lick of icing here and there :)

Sharing some birthday cake with my cousin Quin :)

We love you Austin!! Happy Birthday!!

Opening birthday presents!!

Austin is the best present of all :)

Happy Birthday Austin!

Celebrating my birthday with my Dad and Mom and my Auntie Marie and Uncle Wes! :)

Uncle Gary, Aunt Kirsten, Cousins Tyler and Quin, Grandma and Pop-Pop and my Mom and Dad all wishing me a Happy Birthday! :)

Happy Mother's Day!!

It is a very special day today, my first Mother's Day!!  I am so, so lucky to have such a wonderful, happy little boy, who makes me a very proud mommy :)  I love you Austin!!

Austin is so lucky to have two incredibly amazing grandmas, who love him so much :)  We wish you a very happy Mother's Day Grandma F and Grandma P!!!  We love you!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! :)

B.R.A.T.

No, we are not talking about Austin's behavior!!  Poor little Austin has been hit with the flu bug and is on the BRAT diet.  Yup, Bananas, Rice, Applesauce and Toast!!  The past two days have been rough ones, but it looks like we are finally turning the corner and are waving bye-bye to the flu bug!! YAY!!

Don't let this picture fool you.  Austin may seem all smiles while eating "B" of the BRAT diet, but hours earlier, he was throwing up all over me!!!  (I have never seen someone so happy while they are sick!!)

On another note, we had a GREAT time back in AZ!! It was so nice being in our own home and being able to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa F!! :)

Austin enjoying his very first popsicle in Grandma and Grandpa's pool!! :) Yummy!

We took most of Austin's toys with us to Las Vegas, but there is never a shortage of baseballs lying around the Falky house for Austin to play with :)

Austin is learning "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!"  He almost has it on queue!!

Having fun at Grandma and Grandpa's house! :)