Curtains and Walking

I've been making a lot of things lately with my sewing machine. Some things for Jeremiah's birthday (pictures will come later) and these curtains! Jon got me a sewing table so I am able to keep my machine out which make it easier to sit down and make something! I got this beautiful home fabric for $2 a yard! So total cost was only $12!! Although the rod was about triple that! Yikes!

 My little peanut is startimg to walk!!! He took his first steps yesterday and has been trying really hard ever since!

John Deere Fun

I am so excited for Jeremiah's first birthday!! I can not believe my baby is going to be ONE!! We are having a BBQ at our house to celebrate him with friends and family. And its all about John Deere. I think I'm going to see green and yellow forever! I've been searching every store for anything and everything for this party (the cheap way though). Here are the invites my friend Laura made. Many pictures to come!

Diaper Derby

Last weekend was the 49th Annual Almond Blossom Festival here in Ripon. Every year they have a diaper derby on Saturday morning for all crawling babies under 1. It is an adorable race to see which baby can crawl across a mat the fastest. There were 6 different "heats" with about 8 babies in each heat (totally a baby boom this past year). Of course Jeremiah was in the last heat. As we watched the first 5 heats take place I start getting nervous as to how Jeremiah was going to react to the loud cheering crowd and the crawling. We watched many babies not move an inch, or even cry because they were scared. Finally it was our turn. Here is what Jeremiah did..... (he is the blue shirt)

Took off as fast as he could.

Was schooling all the babies!!

Having a blast and smiling as usual.

Thought we has a winner on our hands!!! He crawled halfway over the finish line and.......

SAT UP!!!! What a stinker!!

After a few seconds of sitting there he turned around and crawled back to Jon.

We really had a good time but as the "Mama Bear" I was so sad my little one didn't win. I think I was so sad because in a heat before us a mom picked up her daughter the minute she touched the line and they let her win!! Oh well.... Jeremiah is the winner in our hearts!!! =) We got it all on video and are going to have a blast watching it when he gets older! What fun memories.