Kyle is 1!

This past weekend, I took my Syddles and flew to the frozen tundra of a state called Wisconsin -- for Kyle's first birthday party!  It was an adventure.  Every leg of our flight there and back was delayed due to this polar vortex nonsense, but we didn't actually have any real problems.  Well, there may have been an issue with Syd screaming the majority of the first flight, but meh, we'll never see that poor guy (who sat next to us) again.  I was not going to miss seeing this big boy celebrate his first birthday!!

Have I mentioned it was cold up there?  Little pink bear

Yay, we made it! Hi, Kyle!

He is hilarious.  Sooooo happy and such a hoot.  He has a million different expressions.

Friday night, we may have had some wine while making the birthday cake and cupcakes for the party.  Miss this girl.

Syd would like to request this ball pit be added to her bday wish list ;)

beep beep!

look at our beautiful offspring...

The party had a Little Blue Truck theme, and everything was adorable!  Good job, Midge.

Nana!  I adore Jamie's mother.

BFF love

Kyle did a smashing job on the cake

Then he slowly sunk into a zombie state brought on by all the sugar...

Before we left, Kyle & Syd broke in his new bday gift with a little game of chicken

Back to the airport on Sunday...Syd did amazing and slept a lot.  I think the weekend wore her out.  Unfortunately, she picked up a little virus from the airport, but she is already on the mend.  Well worth it to see our friends!  How many people do you think stopped me to say how cute she was in this carrier?! :)

John & Millie had the best weekend together.  They had a lunch date and went for donuts Saturday morning...I'm sure he had to play a lot of chase, draw a lot of whales, and pretend to drink a lot of "coffee", which is her favorite pretend move of the moment.  He did say that she asked multiple times where we were throughout the weekend, so I guess she's now at the age where she is going to notice if I'm gone.  Or maybe it was just that I had taken Syd with me.  Either way, she was very excited to have us home with her on Monday.  As luck would have it, it was a snow day, so she didn't have school and the three of us got to snuggle all day.