12 Months

I can't believe at this time last year we were bringing the little guy home from a hospital. It's weird imagining my life before him and I couldn't be happier to have him in it! Things are much crazier obviously but he makes us so happy and this past year has been the best.

His birthday on Saturday was really fun and I felt like I got another birthday for myself! We filled his crib with balloons in the morning, went swimming, out to lunch, and then I had to go to work so we were planning on doing his cake today. But the game Saturday ended up getting rained out so I went back home but it was too late to make his cake, so we put a candle in a cookie. You're welcome.

Then the game Sunday got rained out too so I made his cake and we FaceTimed with both of our families while he went to town. Thank goodness for technology! His grandparents sent him some awesome presents and he had a pretty good time opening them even though he mostly wanted my camera.

 

Today was his one-year checkup and he got a total of 7 shots and finger pokes. I was freaking out as if it was myself getting the shots just like I do every time. Ahhh I hate it. But luckily he only cried during some shots and was done as soon as they were over. He was 31.5 inches and 24 lbs 3 oz. The first time she weighed him it was 14 pounds...I was wondering if we had gone back in time to when he was 2 months old. I'm glad I asked her to do it again!

A few weeks ago he just started taking off walking and he's finally starting to prefer it over crawling, though he does still crawl sometimes. It was the craziest thing just sitting there and all the sudden looking over and Dez is walking without being prompted. We practiced with him for a few days and now we can't stop him.

He says "mama", "dada", "hi", and he finally has started waving to people, but still only sometimes. He hasn't really caught on to that whole thing and we should probably get him checked. :) He also has started trying to put on his clothes, shoes, socks, and hats. But he also loves ripping his socks off.

He loves books, gold fish, cars, and acts like everything is a phone, including clothes. He sleeps for 12-13 hours (recently straight through thankfully!), and will happily play by himself in his crib for another half hour or so after he wakes up.

His favorite new thing is playing in the fridge. Colby always lets him when I'm not home and says it keeps him very entertained. Who needs cold food anyway?

 No one should cry on their birthday. No one should be forced into a photo shoot either. Sorry Dez!

 The best ones are always blurry!