Garrett & Ashlee Nield: September 19th, 2013 Damon turned One!

As I write this I have realized that my baby boy is now 18 months! (Otherwise known as a year and a half). Damon did turn One in September of 2013. I am amazed as to how fast he has grown just between his one year mark to now. Garrett and I sure do love this boy. He brings so much joy into our home! Back in September, we took Damon to Nature Park (An awesome park that is only a few blocks down from our home. It has a play structure, a duck pond, a jogging trail, and just beyond it is an ultimate Frisbee area and a little skate park. Oh and there is a little roller hockey area too.) Damon loves this park. We met up with some of his cousins, aunts and uncles. We had a blast.
Fun Fact: As I was walking over to our little set up, I saw a snake! Ya! Freaked me out! And yet is was kind of cool. It indeed was a small snake but, hey, a snake is a snake!
At the park, Damon played ball with his cousins, and Carter pushed him around on his little fire truck. It was a pretty cute site to witness. We also had a little barbecue while we were at the park. Just being with family, throwing the football around, kicking a ball around, basking in the warm weather...I don't think it could get much better. I just remember feeling so grateful/blessed for the family that we have and for the beautiful earth that we live on. Heavenly Father has giving us just beautiful things to enjoy and families to laugh and play with. Of course, we missed the rest of our family on both sides. I wish we all lived in the same area! Then on Damon's actual birthday (which was during the week) we celebrated with just the three of us. It was intimate and fun for us to experience. We had dinner on the floor together and then Damon piled on into his angel food cake with cool whip on top.
Below are a whole bunch on pictures during his birthday month. His cuteness kills me!

Just look at that blonde haired boy with those sweet Jordan shorts on. So cute!

Smiling for the camera with graham cracker in his mouth.

This boy LOVES playing with Daddy's hats. And I mean it. He LOVES hats!

Chilling in the car with Mama.

Damon's Grandma and Grandpa Dekorte sent him a little something for his birthday week...

...They sent him this awesome Birthday Boy shirt!

Here's Daddy pushing Damon on the swings at Porter Park

He loves being on the swings

He sure does know how to have a good time!

Brynley, Garrett and Damon walking around at one of Caden's football games

Here they are again :)

Brynley is such a good helper. Damon fell and got dirt on his hands.

Love seeing Damon spend time with his cousins

Here's Damon chasing after his friend, Sunny at a ward party. (Sunny and Damon, now, are the only ones currently in nursery. Damon went to nursery for the first time on March 9th 2014! My baby is old enough to be in nursery!)

Playing B-ball with Dad at Porter Park! Damon probably loves playing with a basketball, soccer ball, bouncy ball...any kind of ball...more than he loves playing with hats. He's got quite the arm too!

These pictures were taken on Damon's actual birthday! Damon and I ran to Porter Park and played there for a little bit in the morning (Garrett was at work). Damon was anxious to open up his presents. We had to wait until late at night to open them...Garrett got off work later in the day. The top left picture are just some fun facts about Damon on his 1st birthday.

Damon playing around with his Papa :)

Much needed rough housing :)

Damon sharing Daddy's hat with Papa

12 month check up and happier than ever! Damon got 7 shots that day!

And he didn't make a single fuss! What a stud!

Damon's Papa brought us over a mattress to have and put into our third bedroom. We had so much fun with it. We put it up against the couch for awhile (it was a nice cushion for when Damon would fall off the couch) It felt like we were camping in the living room. It was fun :)

Birthday Boy!

I love this picture. He's getting so big!

He got int the perfect picture stance for me. He's so cooperative.

This picture was also taken on his birthday. Damon and I had a little Birthday lunch together on the kitchen floor. It was our first birthday lunch together!

Sweet moment we had together :)

I love this boy

Damon's pretty good at helping me out with the laundry.

He loves putting clothes into the washer for me and pushing the buttons.

At this age he also loved watching the clothes spin.

Happy Happy Birthday!

Someone wasn't waiting for Dad to get home to open the presents.

They just were too tempting!

This is Damon's favorite teddy bear. Damon isn't really attached to anything (like how other kids may be attached to a binky or a blanket) but if I was to say what he was the most attached to I would say this is the item. He doesn't need it to sleep and he doesn't carry it around with him everywhere but he does love that bear (As an 18 month old that talks alot now, he now calls that "baby" or "bobby")