John's 1st Birthday Party

After celebrating with just our parents on John's actual birthday, we had a small party for him at our house on the following Sunday. We invited the rest of our family and a few of "John's" friends for a celebration. The kids all had a great time, and everyone enjoyed the Bush's chicken, watermelon, cake, cookies and ice cream!

John Turns 1 Year Old

John turned 1 year old on Tuesday, June 7th . . . Wow! We had our parents over for a little celebration of the occasion. John and the rest of us had lots of fun. Here are some pictures and a few videos from the evening.

John is going to be a BIG . . .

Cousin! Aunt Amy and Uncle Tugg are expecting their first child this December. We are SO excited for them, and it will be great because John and Baby Tuggle will be close in age and have years of fun together in their future.

Walking on His Own!

John has been taking small steps on his own for a while now, but he has started really walking by himself this week. Half the time he can't walk for getting so excited about walking! In the first video, he decides to bypass walking altogether and just move on to dancing.

Summer Time = Pool Time

John broke in his new little pool in the back yard this week. He was a little tentative at first, but eventually had a great time.John's favorite expression to make these days . . . "Ohhhhh"

Who put me in here?!?
Well . . . maybe it's not that bad.

Look at the birds!
Now that I'm comfortable, it's time to play!

John and His Balloon

John has found that HEB is his favorite place to visit because they give him a balloon! Here are a couple of videos of him still playing with it at dinner time.

10 Month Pictures

Gone are the days of setting John in the chair, placing the sign there and then taking a quick picture. Now we do this . . .

Aunt Lissa's 30th Birthday

Matt's sister Melissa turned 30 this month so we had a celebration at GiCi's house (Matt's mom). John thought he should be included in the celebration too!

John especially likes the beach ball she has.

Sweet Little Man

One our favorite traits about John is how he has the sweetest little spirit about him. We were at lunch, and he leaned over and gave Daddy several hugs on the arm so Emmalie snapped some pictures.

In addition to being sweet, he is apparently ready to have a smartphone of his own!

Here's another cute picture of John with Pops (Emmalie's Dad)!