Mike's parents love to tell great stories about him as a little boy.
When they would go to visit people at their homes, Mike was notorious for going into the kitchen and pulling out all the pots and pans from the cupboards and playing with them. Many times, the adults would be in the living room talking and, the next thing they knew, Mike was in the kitchen and in the pots and pan.
Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Galatians 6:7 as it applies to Mike Throne:
Went to visit Grammy Litter for her 90th birthday. Don't worry ... I found stuff to play with.
BUSTED!!
Don't worry, Daddy. I can get over those pesky items that we were in my way.
The great thing about being a kid is that you can have a birthday party -- not exactly on the day of your birth -- and then celebrate your birthday on YOUR BIRTHDAY!
Mommy made Walker birthday pancakes (sprinkles, chocolate chips and topped with whipped cream) and we all ate together. I took a big, long birthday nap ... and then I took Mom and Dad to Chipotlé for dinner.
Even though it was a week early, Walker had his 1st birthday party. Grandma and Papa came up from South Carolina and all my good friends -- and their parents -- came over for the party. Kelsey did a great job with the "Winter ONEderland" theme.
Opening our gifts ...
Getting a little help from my cousins on my cake ...
Santa hat from Grandma Throne just adds to the festivities.
Happy birthday banner!
Thanks, Aunt Erin, for the awesome cakes!
The first of many years of memories.
Papa and Grandma showed up to help us celebrate!
Pastor Jon had his hands full with all the family that came up
for the dedication of Walker Edward Throne -- a year in the making.
When we put the tree up, we didn't put any ornaments within Walker reach. He didn't like that and decided to do a little decorating of his own. We think you'll find he has both creativity and taste.
A happy boy ...
Busted!
Block ... check.
Stuffed dolphin ... check.
Stuffed bunny ... check.
This thing is coming together!
One thing we do -- usually the weekend after Thanksgiving -- is put up the Christmas tree. Luckily for us, we have one more set of hands to help us this year.
And Walker's more than willing to help.
If there's one thing Walker knows how to do ... it's help. (Well, it's his idea of helping.)
Okay so I am really not sure how it is almost Thanksgiving. We had so much stuff to blog about and now it is all old news, but we will have a recap of the last month or so to get everyone caught back up.
Halloween was awesome. For Walker's first halloween he was a sock monkey, Grace was a farmer, and Liza was a bride.
We thought we were going to have to send Walker out as Rocky or some other boxer for Halloween because he got a bug bite that caused his eye to swell shut. But we go that taken care, and he is just fine.
Grace has become the master of putting Walker to sleep. He really enjoys crawling up in her lap and letting him fall asleep on her. I must say it is pretty cute too. Liza continues to big a big help in taking care of Walker too. She loves to give him a bath and is pretty good at it.
Walker has gone from crawling to full out running in a matter of weeks. He is pretty funny now and we definitely have our hands full. At least once or twice a day one of us will leave the room only to return and Walker will be standing on the couch, more specifically on the arm of the couch trying to reach the lamp.
More to come on what has been happening in the Throne home, soon...really, we won't wait a month this time.
