Well, here's Devon in his basketball outfit for Halloween! He did pretty good with keeping the headband on, which surprised me. We already had most of the outfit, so we just got him the headband and armbands and we were good to go. He used Mom's Longaberger Halloween bag to hold candy. You can see his Utah Jazz basketball in one of the pictures. We had to take that with us to complete the outfit, of course. I took the close up picture of Devon to show his little hair sticking up. I gelled it so that he would like a real basketball man! Bryce had to work on Halloween, but I took Devon to Mom's apartment trick-or-treating, and then we went to the trunk or treat that was held in the parking lot of the Wagon Wheel complex. We then went up to the Relief Society president's apartment for caramel apples, hot chocolate, and candy. Devon liked biting pieces of the apple (not the caramel part, of course). After that, Mom and Emily came over to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas with me. Mom just loves that movie! LOL! (Just kidding, Mom!) That pretty much wrapped up our Halloween night.
Here are just some miscellaneous pictures of the little boy. He is wearing a shirt he got for his birthday from Dad and Karen in the top picture. He's always opening the cabinets in the bathroom and pulling stuff out, which he is in the process of doing in the top picture. He is wearing his Spongebob pajamas in the second and last pictures, which is one of the gifts that Emily bought him for his birthday. Daddy is helping him get ready for church in the middle picture. In the bottom picture, Devon is not too happy. The only reason we took it was because it was so funny that Devon wouldn't hold onto his sippy cup without holding his new ball. My grandma, Cathy, sent us some money for Devon's birthday, so we bought him three Utah Jazz balls from Fanzz. Devon loves them! He got upset when we tried to take the ball from him so he could drink his milk, so he ended up sleeping with his new ball!
Kathy, Bryce's mom, made Devon's birthday cake. He wasn't too interested in actually eating it. It wasn't long before he dumped it on the floor! But, the rest of us really enjoyed it with vanilla ice cream. In the last two pictures, Devon is wearing some of his new clothes. Mom bought him the red sports pajamas, and Dad and Karen sent out money for us to buy Devon some presents, so we bought him this Spongebob shirt in the bottom picture.
I'm sorry it took so long to post these pictures. Our USB cable quit working on our camera, so we had to order a new one and we just got it today. So, here are the birthday party pictures. I didn't get very many pictures of Devon showing his face very well. He was too occupied playing with toys and wrapping paper! Devon got lots of new clothes, toys, and some books and movies. The party was really fun and a lot of people were able to come. But, I still can't believe that Devon is already one year old! He is walking a little bit, but usually just a few steps at a time. He also has 4 teeth now.
The other day I took Devon outside to play. He just loves being outside! He starts grinning right as we walk out the door. Devon doesn't like putting his knees on sidewalks, so he looks like Mowgli from The Jungle Book crawling around on his hands and feet! He's very apprehensive about crawling on grass. He's barely touching it in the second picture, but he never ventured out onto it. 
I have been taking Emily and Devon to Porter Park at least once a week during summer vacation. Today was our last day to go, because Emily starts school tomorrow. Emily's favorite part is the Splash Park. In the third picture, she had just gotten into the water, so she was freezing! Devon likes splashing in the water, too. Today Devon just crawled around the outside of the Splash Park, but every so often he would go back and crawl in the water. We put Devon in a swing for the first time today, too. As you can see, he absolutely loved it!