oh sweet boy! happy 1st birthday! it is so surreal that we have already had you in our lives for 1 year (and nine months!) you have really grown into such a little boy this past month!
first things first.. let's see what you are been doing!
stats:
weight: 22 pounds, height: 30 inches, clothes: 12-18 months, size 3 diapers
(we do not have our 1 year check up until september so i won't have the official reads until then!)
eating:
we are trying more and more finger foods with you, sweet guy! you love your waffles, bagel bites, mac & cheese bites, and string cheese. we continue to offer you pretty much everything we are eating. i swear i'll be spoon feeding you until college ;-) you will feed yourself a little and then yell for me to start feeding you! it is really funny.. for now ;-) we have started giving you your solids first before your bottle and you have done great with it. the big whole milk transition happens soon so keep us in your prayers!
sleeping:
you are taking 2 solid naps a day still with about 11 hours at night.. we certainly can't complain!
teeth:
this has been a very teethy month.. our little vampire's (oh edward!) left eye tooth came in this month and now all 4 to the right of it have poked through. we have had some rough nights, but all and all, you are handling it well!
new tricks:
you are doing something new every single day and are such a daredevil! you climb up stairs, cruise all around the furniture, stand for a few seconds, open all the drawers in the kitchen (you now have your "own drawers").. oh I could just go on and on! walking is close.. but right now i think you just like to crawl because it gets you there faster!
you are talking up a storm.. saying "ba" for ball, "mooooo" for a cow, "aooooooooo" for a dog (think howling dog.. it's one of his books) and "bok" for book. you are always babbling as you go about your day... and drumroll.. he climbed in my lap and said "mamamama". i about died. i immediately promised him a new car and a million dollars. trouble. he has only said it once since then.. but oh, best feeling.
(are you noticing the lack of pictures?! they are coming.. plus, i have our birthday party blog and vancouver trip blog coming really soon!)
so.. about the actual big day!
we had a wonderful day! you woke up in the best mood! your ana and ba (rob's parents) were in town so they helped us start the year off right!
we had a wonderful lunch outside and then opened some presents.. man oh man! you really are one lucky boy! you got some many new toys and books.. and 2 new cars!!
you really loved opening your gifts!
(you are crying in the pic on the left because you constantly want to be pushed around on the car.. ugh.. you can only move yourself backwards!)
the boys grilled out for your birthday and you just had to be out there with them.. it was really sweet!
then we sang to you and had some cake!
it was such a perfect day! we hope you loved it as much as we did! we are still opening presents a little at a time.. our living room looks like a playhouse and i love it! you are such a blessed little boy!
sweet robert charles, you have brought us so much love and joy. i am so proud to be your mom. you are such a privilege.. and we never forget it. i still look at you and can't believe you are mine. i think about how lucky we are to have you all the time.. i am humbled over and over again that we were chosen to be your parents. in just one year, i know the kind of man you will become. you are funny and smart. you love to share and give hugs and kisses. you are stubborn and fight for what you want. you are picky and don't settle for anything that is not exactly right. you are strong and adventurous. you are simply the love of our lives.
love you to the moon and back. you are every dream come true.
from one of your favorite books..
"For never before in story or rhyme, not even once upon a time, has the world even known a you, my friend, and it never will, not ever again.
Heaven blew every trumpet and played every horn on the wonderful, marvelous night you were born!"
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