Sunday Morning

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Well, sorry it's been a few weeks since we've updated the blogger. It's definitely been a busy few weeks, and we've not been taking as many pictures as we would have liked. Training has kicked into high gear and Clay is flying every day (except for bad weather days) and somedays he's flying two times a day (a.k.a.double-pumped). Laura has been busy with Young Womens and the play group, and just keeping up with CJ during the day is very demanding at times. But never fear, the Ward crew is alive and kickin' and doing great.
These pictures were just taken this morning out in the back yard when CJ was exploring the dirt, bugs, water, and wood chips. You might notice CJ is a little bit shorter, but don't worry, he didn't shrink in the wash, he just got a hair cut.

CJ's First Birthday!!!

It's amazing how fast the time goes by. Who would have thought that it has been a whole year since CJ was born. It seems like we just got him, but also he's grown up so much this past year that it's hard to imagine what it was like when CJ just layed around with little booties on his hands. He's brought so much joy and Entertainment into our lives, it would be hard to even imagine what our lives would be like without him.
He had a lot of fun on his birthday with a big piece of chocolate cake. He's not a stranger to chocolate, so that was probably why he had lots of fun 'playing' with his cake, but not too much of it actually got eaten.



CJ also had a lot of fun opening some ofthe gifts that he got, like the forward facing car seat which he Loves, compared to always ridingin the car while facing backwards. He got quite a kick out of opening the package from Grandma and Grandpa Smith with all of the paper confetti inside, as well as the toys and books that he received.