Wyatt' 1st birthday celebration in Phoenix!

Grandma Andie and Poppa also wanted to celebrate Wyatt's first birthday and had a small family gathering to celebrate.  Despite a long day of traveling, Wyatt was still in full birthday mode and loved celebrating with everyone.  He got his very own "I am one" monkey cake which he thoroughly enjoyed.

Yum!  This is delicious!

GG was pushing Wyatt in the new little car she got for him!  It was a big hit!

Wyatt Celebrates the Big 1!

Oh my goodness, where has the year gone!  It has been so much fun to watch Wyatt grow and learn over the last year.  At his one year checkup he was in the 95-98% for both height and weight (31 1/2 in tall and 27.8 lbs) he has grown 10 inches and gained 19 lbs this year!  The doctor said he was acting and looking more like a 15-month old.  He can say 4 words (Dadda, Momma, This and That) and sign "please."  He has 10 teeth, loves to feed himself and can walk/run all over the place.  He loves to point to things and be told what it is.  He loves to put the cap on his bottle or sippie cup.  He loves to play with his toys and loves to watch his Wild, Wild West Elmo video.

On Wyatt's actual birthday, December 17th, we had a Zoo Animal themed birthday party with family and friends at our home.  Wyatt was a bit overwhelmed by all of the people and attention, but did eventually warm up to everyone.  He LOVED his cupcake and ate the whole thing!

Wyatt's 1st Thanksgiving!

Wyatt loved his first Thanksgiving dinner!  We celebrated it here at home with Grandma Patti and Pappy.  We had a relaxing day and enjoyed the nice weather.  Wyatt loves to see his reflection in the glass.  We are all thankful for the blessing of Wyatt in our lives.  He is such a lovable little guy and funny too.  Over the weekend, we also visited the Luray Zoo and Wyatt enjoyed seeing some new animals.

Pappy and Wyatt

Ready to eat and give thanks!

Fall 2011

In mid October, our family went to Great Country Farms in Bluemont, VA for Wyatt's first Fall festival and pumpkin patch.  Wyatt got to check out a pig race and enjoyed picking out a few pumpkins.  However, I think he enjoyed picking at the dirt and twigs on the ground more than the pumpkin picking.

 
Wyatt went to the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy's National Air and Space Museum annual Air and Scare event on 10/29 with our good friends Cathy and Vivian Henniger.  Wyatt was excited to also see the snow fall too!

Watching in amazement of the snow falling

Posing with some of the Star Wars cast.

Then of course, Wyatt got to celebrate his first Halloween as a spider!

Wyatt at 9 months old (September 2011)!

Wyatt had a busy summer.  In July, Wyatt got to see lots of family and friends.  It started off with celebrating the 4th at the Henniger's 3rd of July pool party.  Wyatt then went to Aunt Cassie and Julia's place for a BBQ and pool party in mid-July.  In late July, Wyatt took his 3rd trip out to Arizona to celebrate Grandma Andie and Poppa's 40th wedding anniversary.  He got to visit with some of Mommy's friends too.  Then, in early August, Aunt Chelsea came for a visit.  We got to take him on his first visit to the beach in Rehoboth, Delaware.  He was not digging the water hitting his legs, but enjoyed playing in the sand.  He also got to see Grandma Patti and Pappy during their transition to their home in State College, PA.  Wyatt and Momma also met the Fogarty's in Roanoke, VA for a weekend visit (our best effort at a decent midpoint between our two homes).  We loved meeting baby Caroline and seeing how big Claire has gotten. Over Labor Day weekend, Grandma Andie and Poppa came to visit.  We took a road trip down to Charlottesville to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

On September 17th, Wyatt's 9 month birthday, he took his first two steps to Momma.  So exciting!  Wyatt even caught cold and was fighting it off with a fever so you will see that he is not looking like his normal chipper self.

The super flexible Wyatt taking a nap!

He started scrunching up his face at 9 months!

Our sweet little 9 month old!

Despite, not feeling well, this picture was taken just after Wyatt took his first two steps on 9/17/11.

Loves to push the dinosaur around while learning to walk!

In August, Aunt Chelsea came for a visit and we took Wyatt for his first trip to the beach (Rehoboth,  Delaware).

Visiting Monticello, Jefferson's home.

Celebrating Mommy's Birthday with a kiss on September 13th!

Wyatt at 6 months old (June 2011)!

Wyatt was a busy boy by 6 months old.  He was already crawling all over the place and very active.  He was also good at standing up!  He also got his first 2 bottom teeth at this time.  He was also enjoying trying out some solid food (rice cereal, avocado, bananas were among the favorites!)

The Wildcat Brown family!

I'm back!

Ok - so I am taking over this blog!  As you can see from the posts - my mom has been quite busy since she went back to work full time back in mid March, so I figured it was up to me to share with you all of the really cool things I have been up to.  - Love, Wyatt