Bryce's Birthday Party. And oh yeah! We now have internet at home!

Happy Birthday Bryce!  (3 weeks ago, but hey, I got pictures!)  We had one grand party for our little guy.  It was a Tractor theme party.  Mostly blue and yellow with an accent of orange. 

I was up pretty late doing the cake.  At first I wanted to do something grand, like a 3 tiered fondant beauty, but then I remembered, HE'S ONLY TURNING 1!  It was pretty cute though.  I loved the orange cone candle.

Bryce invited some of his closest friends.  Here isWilliam with his mommy Rosalee.

Here is Abi (sitting on her Daddy's lap) with her family, "The TregaskI."  There's William again, he snuck into their family picture.  Clever sneaky little guy!

Here is Logan, with his dad and brother in the background.  His mom was on the other side of the room, so don't fear, Morgan was there.  Logan is one of our walking buddies.  When it is nice out, we go walking.  Hence, our walking buddy!

Here is Joe and Sammy.  They live above us and we rent from them.  (They are AWESOME landlords)  Baby Benji was sick so Heather could'nt come. 

Here Bryce is eating his cake.  The blue frosting was all over his head by the end of it.

I love these pictures, what can you say about them? Isn't he just adorable!

Opening presents.  He actually got into it earlier that morning, so he knew what to do.  Keeping him interested long enough, was a different story.  He recieved so many cool gifts!  A puzzle, some really fun books, a piggy bank, and the little people barn yard.  It was a great birthday!  Thanks to all our friends who came!  We hope you had fun.  Bryce sure did!

We now have internet at home, so stay tuned for some more adventures from the McGowans!

Birthday Pictures

Its hard to believe my baby is 3 days away from being a whole year old!  Its seems like yesterday he was still in the hospital!  He is our joy.  He as become quite the tease.  He loves to push the limit, then run away when you catch him.  He has such a wonderful personality.  I look at other kids and their parents and I am convinced that the lord blesses us with the right children.  Bryce is perfect for us!

Well...

My sister had her first round of chemo today.  She did really well, said it wasn't too bad and they gave her free food so you can't beat that can you?  Oh, you are probably going... "What the?!"  Two weeks ago Rachel was diagnosed with Lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system.)  Through pathology they have determined it to be Hodgkins Lymphoma.  They say that if you are going to get it, this is the one you want.  It is very treatable.  So says the superfluous "they".  I know she will be fine, but its crazy when I think that my sister has cancer.  She has a great personality, up beat and positive.  She has a huge support system which is the most important.  And above all, she has a fantastic fiance.  Yes, that's right fiance.  She got engaged to a really great guy on Saturday.  He has a great story about how he knew he was sopposed to propose, you will have to ask him about it.  His name is Skyler Anderson, and he is perfect for her.  A great addition to the family.  Keep her in your prayers if you can.  She is going to be fine.  We are starting a blog for her, called The Rachel Report.  It is at raesreport.blogspot.com  Come and visit when its up and running!

Words

We think Bryce can say one word for sure.  "DAD?"  He jibber jabbers all day long, everywhere, and to everyone.  But his dad was blessed with the first word.  When Bryce sees Brett for the first time in a while, he points and says... "Dad?"  his voice inflection makes it sound like a question.  Its totally adorable.  Another cool thing Bryce does now, if we give him something and tell him to bring it to Daddy or Mommy, he does it!  He even picked up a (clean) diaper off the floor for me.  (I think he felt bad because he pulled it out of the diaper bag and flung it under the pew at church.)  We love him!

Bryce's Funnies

(No picture, sorry, someday when we have internet at home I will post more pictures, but for now you have to use your imagination.)  Bryce loves to laugh, and his laugh is delightful!   He is such a boy.  If you say something is GROSS, he thinks it is hilarious!  Euw, Ishy, and Gross are his favorite words. He loves to be tickled, and he loves to run.  However, he has not figured out how to stop, so he often runs into whatever he shouldn't.  But he is a good sport and doesn't cry.  Unless I make a big deal about it.  Sometimes I do on purpose, (not often) because it is really cute.  He likes to drink from a straw, he's not a huge fan of sippy cups.  He doesn't like to lift the cup up enough to get the liquid, so he just throws it. He usually throws it anyway as well.  When we go to the store, I put him in the cart with his legs sticking out the foot holes, but he squirms and wants to sit side ways with one leg upon the seat.  He gets a bigger scope of the world around him.  He also likes to chew/suck on the safety straps, when I turn around and he is doing that he gets a resounding "Euw!  Gross!  Don't do that!"  And he laughs so hard.  The funnyness of the whole thing just causes him to do it again.  I think I need to make one of those seat covers for grocery stores, so he doesn't pick up anything REALLY weird.  Its totally gross.  But, we love it!

Fun on a Cold Day

We went to the park to swing on the swings, Bryce had so much fun!  Even though it was freezing, he was loving it.  He thought it was so fun to kick in the air and try to kick mommy.  He laughed so hard!

Then we went to the Museum of Ancient History at Thanksgiving Point.  It was so cool!  We got there kinda late, so we had to move through each room pretty quickly.  Bryce loved the Dinosaurs.

Just a familyof dinos!

He didn't like parting with this guy, kinda his size.

Cool picture huh?!

It was a long fun day!

Can You Believe It?

He did it.  He got in to medical school.  He has two acceptances.  One in Rochester NY, and on in Iowa.  This is so exciting!  We (really meaning Brett) have worked so hard trying to get in and finally we did!  Both schools are fantastic and would suit Brett really well.  He just has to choose one.  He wishes he could attend both schools because of their fantasticness, but he can only go to one.  He hasn't quite picked for sure, but he has until May 15, to really make up his mind.  It's a hard decision, but I am sure he will make the right one.  But, for now at least we know we are in.  We have a future!