Celebrating Milestones....

This weekend marked the birthday celebration of Robbie and Kyle Mandel. Their birthday will always hold a special place in our hearts since their birthday and birthday party was the first "outing" we ever took with Daniel once he came out of the NICU. It is amazing to think what has happened over the last year and to be able to celebrate milestones with friends who have been there through it all. The party was great and Daniel even seemed to enjoy his first "Power Ranger" experience and even got to "dunk."

On a wild hare we took Daniel to the Festival of Ballooning on Sunday which was supposed to feature over 100 hot air balloons. Well, the weather was certainly hot but there wasn't any hot air balloons on the ground. Daniel was ready for action

and did get a chance to run around a deflated balloon.....

We also tried to take him to the ocean but it ended up pouring on us so we will just have to reschedule that milestone.

Here's to reaching and cherishing milestones!!!