Happy 1st Birthday, Spencer!

Our precious boy turned one today. To say this year flew by is such an understatement. What a year it has been. We (okay, I'm mainly talking about myself) spent a lot of time today waxing nostalgic about how this day unfolded last year. The way Spencer arrived was not at all how I planned, but it was the first of many lessons I learned about how planning pretty much goes out the window when a baby is involved.

We had such a fun day. We gave Spencer his birthday gift when we woke up—a Rody Horse. This thing is so cute. I saw them online while I was pregnant and knew I wanted him to have one. We bought a rocking base so that he can use it as a rocking horse now, then bounce on it when he is bigger.


We went to Kerbey Lane for breakfast, then hit the Austin Zoo later in the morning. There are tons of zoo pictures in the October album, but I have to highlight one here. I mean, c'mon! We are so lucky that Daddy is a great photographer. This is one I will always treasure and I hope Spence will, too.


Spencer took a really long afternoon nap after all that activity, and we wrapped up our celebration by having dinner at Dong Nai (aka The Donger)—and we took a family self-portrait at the stroke of 6:28 p.m. Would you believe "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" was playing? Ain't that the truth!