The Beard Family

Jackson turned one year old! I can't believe it. He is growing up so fast. He is now walking everywhere and getting into everything (as evidenced by the pictures below). He has two teeth on bottom and four on top. He loves to play peek a boo and finally learned to clap. He loves his big brother and plays with him all the time. I love to hear them laughing and playing from the other room! He is VERY inquisitive, just like his Daddy, and he has begun throwing tantrums when he doesn't get his way. . . He also has taken to liking sweets. Anything we are eating, he wants some of it too. It has been so much fun watching him grow this year. Below is a slideshow of his first year. Birthday pics are posted below. Enjoy!

Below are pics from Austin's and Jackson's Birthday parties. It was a CRAZY day! Their birthdays are only 8 days away from each other and we were having trouble figuring out when to have each one. . . so we had them on the same day! Just different times. But they had a great time. Austin had a football party and Jackson had a monkey party. My incredibly talented friend, Tarah, made all the cakes and cupcakes you see below. She did an AWESOME job! Thanks again Tarah.

Austin in his football gear - ready to go!

Cowboys cake and cupcake below - made by Tarah Scott - AWESOME!

Football cupakes - they look like real footballs!!

Austin blowing out his candles.

Craziness at the gym!

I think everyone had a good time though!

Nothin like stuffin footballs down your shirt and chasing each other around!

Monkey cake - made by Tarah Scott - So CUTE!

Monkey cupcakes made by Tarah - I love these little monkeys. They are adorable!

Jackson was so cute during the Happy Birthday song. He kept clapping and laughing at everyone and looking around and clapping again. I need to get the video from the inlaws so I can post it on here!

So I thought he would really "smash" into his smash cake. But this is all he did. Oh, well.

Here are some family pics we took before Christmas.