I can't believe it, I have a ONE-year-old!

Yesterday was Owen's first birthday. 

 I seriously cannot believe how fast this past year has gone, and how much he has grown.  I don't have a little baby anymore, that is for sure.  It is always said that the older you get, the quicker time passes, but I think having kids multiplies that truth by at least 10.  Things seem to be going by a lot quicker now that I have a kid: every moment he is just being super adorable (which is often) seem to fly by; the times that I am trying to take a picture of him doing the funniest things, and then they are gone; his naps (they are WAY too quick); this past year of Tom's school has flown by (hurray).  Even cars seem to be driving fast lately.

Anyway, enough of my emotional rambling, on to more exciting things... OWEN's Birthday!  

One is a BIG deal.  It is the every first birthday.  So we had a couple of friends over for cake and ice cream.  

Look how cute of a cake I made! Click Here for the instructions.

Owen had never had cake, or chocolate, or ice cream, before yesterday, so I wasn't sure how he would respond to them.  I think he liked it though, what do you think? 

Owen sharing cake with his cousin Van.

Some friends at the party.

Tom helping Owen open some presents.  Owen is playing with a microphone he got, which is his new favorite toy.

Now I think those parents whose spend tons of money on their kids first birthday parties are crazy (no offence if you are one of them, but come on folks, the kid is not even going to remember it).  But Owen LOVES to swim, so we decided to take him swimming, and invite some friends to come along.  It was a blast.  

Owen playing in the fountain.

The big water slide.

Tom shows off his mad Cheer skills

Van and his dad, Derik, in the lazy river (which wasn't so lazy).

Here we are having a blast in the water.

Doughnut Math

I had an urge today, a doughnut urge.  Tom and I were talking to our friend Jenn, when all of the sudden a doughnut sounded really, really good.  It was unaminous, what better way to celebrate President's Day then to gorge ourselves one an All American Doughnut?  And what better place to get a doughnut then Portland's famous Doughnut shop Voodoo Doughnuts?  So we all pile in the car, and embark on the day adventure to the doughnut shop.  

There are 2 Voodoo Doughnut shops.  We went to one, only to find out that they only take cash...who carries cash?  So we decided to try and find the other location, which is in the Heart of Portland.  The roads in Portland City Center are crazy, so needless to say we drove around for a while with out finding our destination.  

So we headed home, a bit crestfallen, and then we remembered that there was a Doughnut Shop just a few blocks from our house: Winchelle's DO NUT (why people spell doughnut like that is beyond me).  We each wanted A doughnut; three adult = three doughnuts, simple math right?  You would think, but we found out that a "Doughnut dozen," which is 14, was only $5.50. Tom's doughnut math kicked in, and he realized we could get 3 doughnuts for $.88 each (thats $2.70), OR we could get 14 for $5.50.  Lets be honest folks, we are American, of coarse we ended up with 14 doughnuts. Did we need 14 doughnuts? No.  Did we want 14 doughnuts? No.  But the fact of the matter remains, we got 14 doughnuts, and we will eat, and enjoy those 14 doughnuts.  Why because we are American, and thats what Americans do, we buy things that seem to be a better deal wether we need them or not. But, Mmmmm boy, this time it was good.  I like doughnut math.