Keeping up with Fred-n-Sara

Today our baby turns one year old.  I’ve been looking through old pictures and thought I’d post a few from the past year.  You can look through all our pictures here, on our photopage.

Calvin Lee, born at 3:16 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2008.  Weighing in at 7 lbs, 14 ounces and measuring 19 inches long.

We couldn’t have been happier to meet our little boy!

At home, we had lots of late nights, but they were worth it!

He napped,

laughed

and played.

My little pumpkin!

At 3 months he started cereal and hasn’t stopped eating whatever he can get a hold of since!

Calvin was baptized on November 8th, 2008.

Sometimes he played so hard he didn’t make it to bed!

Christmas was fun!

By 5 months old, Cal had made friends with Casper, one of our cats.

And he decided his toes were quite tasty!

Fred started teaching Cal how to play video games at 6 months old.

Fred and I noticed his eyes were crossing a lot at 6 months also.

Just a month later he got his glasses.

Calvin loved all the eggs in his basket at Easter

Around 8 months old, Cal really got into trying different foods.  Like avocado and black beans!

But food isn’t the only thing he’s been tasting!

In June, at 10 months old, Calvin went through his first surgery, which went very very well.  A day later he was back to his normal self, and even read a book!

As the weather got warmer, we started visiting the local zoos (Cleveland and Akron).

and the lake (Silver Creek)

and even just played at home.

It’s been a busy year, and the next will be even busier as Cal becomes a big brother, but I think he’s going to do great.  I know I’m looking forward to another great year!

Thanks for looking!

This past week has been all about getting ready for Cal’s birthday party that was on Saturday, although his birthday isn’t until tomorrow.  I thought I’d post some pictures from his party…

Cal had a lot of fun with his 2nd cousin, John.

He loved looking at/eating the cards!

Cal got a lot of fun presents.

And of course the cake (I made a sheet cake and smash cake for his party)…

First we sang happy birthday and Cal blew out the candle (with Fred’s help).

Then he got to dig into his very own monkey-face smash cake!

I think he liked it.

The aftermath (his glasses were literally caked! Haha).

After a long day, a little ride around the shelter helped wrap up the party.

The day was rainy, but the party was good.  Thanks to everyone for making Calvin’s first birthday special!

Here’s a link to the rest of the pictures from Cal’s party.  If you have anything to add, just email me!

I did not want to post these before Christmas…but I did load our professional pictures (Mike and Lynn from Onscreen Weddings did a great job!) to our Flicker photo account. 

 You can access it here, or from our photo page.  The pictures are easily downloadable to your own computer for you to print at home or you can upload them to a flash drive or disk to print at kiosks at stores like Target or CVS.  Or, if there are pictures you would like and cannot figure out how to print them, let me know and I can get you prints!
Don’t forget, we have a seperate page for non-professional pictures as well.  You can download any of these pictures to print or order as well.

Pictures from our short but sweet honeymoon are up. Check them, and our other pictures, out on the Photo Album page (at the top of this screen).

We really had a great time, even after the plane we were on began to fall apart on us (I got hit in the head with part of the ceiling cover as the plane landed!).
Fred and I stayed on the 18th floor of the Roosevelt Hotel on Madison Avenue between 45th and 46th Streets. We saw lots of sights, including the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, and the site of the Twin Towers.
Of course, we did some shopping in Chinatown and at Midtown Comics too. We went and saw Wicked on Broadway, which was amazing, I recommend it to anyone who knows the story of the Wizard of Oz.

We had some great food from little delis, pubs and local restaurants, and just really enjoyed the time away from our everyday lives.

We’ve gotten some pictures from the wedding (thanks Vickie, Marcy, and Brian!) and they are turning out great! Click here for wedding pictures. If you have pictures to add, just email them to me (sara@fred-n-sara.org) or Fred (fred@fred-n-sara.org).

Again, thanks to everyone who helped and came to share our celebration. The day was wonderful, and we’ll remember it always as one of the happiest in our lives!