A Year Old???

Ollie...
* I cannot believe Ollie is a year old!  It really is crazy how fast time flies.
* We had his 1st birthday at the Moulton cabin.  The Porters and Moultons all gathered for pizza, sledding, a treasure hunt, and of course a pinata made by Andrew.  The party was inspired by Oliver's one true love....Pirate's Booty.  It was a ton of fun!
* He is standing and taking a few steps alone.
* He LOVES music and can't help but dance when he hears any sort of music.
* He has entered the stage of throwing tantrums when he doesn't get his way.  Luckily they are short lived and he gives up easily.
* He is very dramatic and loves to roll around on the ground and pretend to fall. 
* He loves Cheetos and Doritos.  I know it may be shocking to some, but Andrew is the one who made these discoveries.
* He loves the bath and tries to climb in himself when he hears the water running.
* He is still a string bean.  Only 10th percentile for weight weighing in at a whopping 19 pounds.
* We gave him a mini ride on 4 wheeler for his birthday that he is obsessed with.
* He can't say anything yet, but does make the most incredible motorcycle sounds when playing with cars.  I wonder where he learned to do that?
* He still is toothless.  We are starting a denture fund.

Elliot
* He is talking non-stop.  His vocabulary has come so far in 6 months. 
* He has retired the names mom and dad and now prefers to use Andrew and Emily.
* He learned how to ride a 2 wheeler with no training wheels.  Yes, he is only 2 years old.
* He loves to be outside and work in the garage with dad.
* He loves to as he calls it, "check things out". 
* He is still obsessed with Legos.  His personal fave is the Lego store at Bellevue Square.  He spent his money from Great Grandma Porter on a new Lego motorcycle there.  He couldn't wait to get home to build it, so we had to build it in the middle of the mall.  He was in heaven!
* He loves to talk on the phone.  If I ask for the phone back, he says, "No, I talk a Megan first." 
* He loves his aunts and uncles and is always asking for them to come to his house. 
* His diet still only consists of McDonalds chicken nuggets and chocolate milk.  Anytime we drive by a "Donalds" he requests chicken and honey. 
* He has entered the phase of "I do it myself".  Putting on socks, shoes, and clothes in general has never been so painful to watch. 

Andrew & Emily
* Andrew is staying busy with his new calling.  He feels like he is in seminary again trying to wake up for his Sunday morning Bishopric meetings.
* He is still running his business, Moulton Maintenance Solutions.  He is a trooper and never complains about working in the beautiful Seattle winter weather.
* He continues to be the best dad ever.  I came home yesterday and found some homework he had been doing with Oliver and Elliot taped on the wall.  He had made them worksheets practicing shapes and colors.  Seriously? 
* I am staying plenty busy working with the Mia Maids, teaching 23 rowdy kindergartners, and tutoring in my "spare" time.