Our little Cinder-Fella

What do you do when your husband's out of town?

BLOG!!! Sadly, this is not my first choice so it's taken 3 weeks of Ben's mid-week absense to catch up. Well, here is the story of our mid-May adventure:

So, what do you do when you find out you have a week off? Well, I would suggest deciding, in about 15 minutes, to take a 12 1/2 hour drive with a baby to somewhere you've never been (aka. Outer Banks, North Carolina), call the Steenbliks who jump right on the crazy-King wagon, book a last-minute beachfront steal- which to Ben's surprise did not include cockroaches, and DEFINITELY bring red vines!

Kitty Hawk, NC

Cape Hatteras Light House- this was one of our favorite attractions (and beaches). This is the tallest lighthouse in North America. Unfortunately, our camera viewing screen broke, so here are two of the best pictures of the top and ground levels!

That's some serious cake eating

NEED I SAY MORE???

May 17th, 2009- We have a one-year-old! We celebrated by having a party in the park, eating LOTS of cupcakes, and summoning Buffalo's famous spring rain. Notice the frosting-licked-off cupcakes and soaked children from the slideshow? The kids, including Dayton (who thinks he's a kid), had a blast! Dayton has had no problem adapting to his new "toddler-hood". He loves chocolate cupcakes, twizzlers, capri suns, playing in puddles, running away, giggling, making even bigger messes, and skipping most naps only to crash suddenly at some unexpected moment . . .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAYTON! WE LOVE YOU!

11 Months!

So, I can't believe Dayton is 11 months. That means in 1 month he'll be 12 months, which is 1 year, which is CRAZY!

And for the monthly updates (in reverse order): Dayton is walking, has four teeth, and had his first bloody nose (refer back to walking). Ben is also walking . . . and finishing up a busy semester. And for me, I'm trying to figure out why blogger is underlining everything I type???

EASTER

We did Easter Buffalo-married-student-style, meaning we had an after-church FEAST!

I made a ham, not-homemade rolls, and a BUNNY CAKE! Ben surprised me with tulips and an Easter Lily.We had our feast at Chris and Rozannah Trockel's house. Chris started an Easter pinata tradition. Dayton spent a lot of time following Lorenzo around and, of course, eating (his new favorite thing).UTAH

So, on the 24th of March, Dayton and I made a surprise visit out to Utah for a week. Brittany picked us up (thanks again Britt) and we left Dayton on the doorstep of my parents' house with a sign that said "will work for food". They were so surprised and let us stay. We played the same trip on Grandma and Grandpa King at 6:30 in the morning . . . I think they forgave us :)

Here are some of Dayton's "family" pictures:

GRANDPA CLINGO

GRANDMA KINGCOUSINSAmelia and Julia Oberg (above)

Luke (below)- who do you think this one belongs to :) THE DOG "SMALLS" (which Dayton loved- although I was a little scared)

AUNT SHARI
AUNT ASHLEY

We loved being home! Thanks for letting us surprise you all!!!