As you can see, Devon has began to be a little dare devil. Grandma Frandsen gave him this four wheeler for his birthday and he'd rather stand on it than ride it. It's amazing to see what he can do although he doesn't like it when I have to stop him from doing something that might break his neck...like standing on the four wheeler.

James and I went to the EMS conference in St. George this year, and Devon got to go swimming for the first time. He didn't like it all that much, but I hope that by the end of the Summer he will like the water better. St.George was nice and the conference was really good although we spent a lot of time chasing Devon. We even got to see Celine Dion...ok she was in impersonator from Las Vegas, but she was pretty good. Next year hopefully we can go down without kids, it wasn't really an option this year since I am still nursing, but we are working on that, and I do see an end to it.

Devon's First Birthday

Devon's birthday was on April 23rd, I'm a little late getting this posted. We had two parties for him, one at the Byars, and one at the Frandsens. Not that he cared, but it was fun to let him play in his cake, and it's always nice to get together with family. He also got his first ear infection this week, so he wasn't in the best mood, and he had really high fevers, but thank goodness that is over for now. We also went to his one year check up. He is now 24.4 pounds, and he is 31 inches long, and he is doing well.


Devon was probably more interested in the trucks on top than the cake itself.
Dawsen made this sign for Devon which was really sweet of her. It says Devon is The King!
I finally found a dump truck that was big enough to hold this dirt cake. I know he didn't care, but it was fun, and I can always do it again when he is older.
Unfortunately, we had a few tears also, but they didn't last long.

A year ago...

Last night I was thinking about how a year ago I was very pregnant at this time. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't walk very far without being winded, and I was really enjoying that nighttime heartburn. I was also pretty nervous about going into labor, and how the whole delivery process would work out. Would I know I was in labor?...or would I have our baby in the car on the way to the hospital?...since we live an hour away. Even though we had went to some classes, and they showed all of the videos, for me, it's just not the same until I have experienced it for myself.

Everything went just fine...we went to the hospital twice that day before they would keep me. The first time I think we knew it wasn't quite time, but it got James out of talking in Sacrament Meeting...he figured if his wife was having a baby it was a pretty good excuse, and I just couldn't quite bring myself to sitting through Sacrament Meeting thinking that I was probably having contractions, and the fear of my water breaking. That evening we went back to the hospital about 8:00 and we had Devon I think at 1:47. The nurses said that by an hour and a half Devon became a Taurus, and he does seem to have a little of that bull headedness in him. Everything went pretty quick, I just wish I would have had an epidural quicker.

I just can't hardly believe it has been almost a year since we brought this little guy home, and every day he amazes me even more. Since I didn't have a blog when he was born, I wanted to share some of Devon's first pictures.

Devon was 3 months old here.

I think he was 6 weeks old here, just starting to get that personality, and those funny faces!