BIRTHDAY TIME!

ONE YEAR OLD! Can you believe it? Rock spent the day having fun- library, park, play time with cousin Nataile, party time, park again, and then a well deserved sleep! He got to try all sorts of firsts, Mom and dad got him Honey Nut Cheerios and Chocolate milk for his birthday- he seemed mildly interested.

Rock looks so... what's the work I'm looking for... Pimpin. And Natalie looks...scared.

This picture requires a bit of an explaination. Meet the 'Perfect Pet'. Seriously, that's what they're called. If you can't tell it's a helium balloon cow. We also bought a T-Rex and a little doggie. Rebecca and I started our adventure when we decided to walk to the $store where I saw these and really wanted to buy them for Rock's party. When I got them I was suprised that they didn't float- but they cashier assured me that's how they are supposed to be. It's a cute idea, kids can pull them by the leash and the animals just walk along, as Natalie is here demonstrating. The challenge was getting all three balloons home with 2 strollers! Not an easy task when they don't float. Needless to say if anyone was driving down 67th Ave around 1pm yesterday they probably got a show-

'The Rock'- Joe's personal design


A little coaxing from dad didn't really help.

We moved into the high chair but he still wasn't intereted.

Someone suggested giving him a pretzel to dip in the cake.

It just wasn't worth it...