fender's journey: Happy Birthday, Momma...

Today was my birthday and Fender will turn ONE on Thursday. As big as he is and as much as he has learned, it seems hard to believe last year at this time he was still in my belly waiting to get his first look at the world. I had a really nice, lazy birthday. My Dad brought by some of his homemade fudge...YUM! My sister came to town for a quick visit. Drew made lunch AND dinner. And I got to watch the Cowboys and Packers win both their games giving them each a 4-0 start to the season. How cool is that? And Texas Tech won their game yesterday by about 60 points...really! So today has been a good birthday with calls, visits, and emails from other family and friends.

We're planning to have Fender's first birthday party this Saturday, Oct 6th from 12:30-2:00PM with lunch and birthday cake for all. Everyone is invited! We'll be watching the Texas - OU game after the party at 2:30PM and everyone is welcome to stay and watch it at our house.

We're also putting together a time capsule for Fender to open when he turns 14. If you want to contribute something, please do. Feel free to write him a note with advice or a memory, or photos, or newsclippings of current events you want him to remember. Anything you want. You don't have to be here for the party to add something to it, just send it to us and we'll include it.

Here are a couple of pictures from today. Our poor boy has had a rough two days of teething. He already had eight front teeth, now he has two top side teeth that have already broken through the skin and two VERY sore swollen gums on the bottom sides as well. I think he has four more teeth coming in at the same time. What a trooper. The last picture below shows how he really feels! :(
Happy Birthday, Ma-ma...