I can't believe my baby boy is already one year old. It seems like he's still my baby. I forget how much he can do until he shows me....and I am blown away that he has gotten so big. It may be due to the fact that him and Addie are so close is age, but I keep forgetting that he is so big. He is now crawling on his hands and knees, and occasionally going back to his army crawl when he wants speed. He is furniture cruising around and feels really independent doing so. He really squawks and vocalizes his excitement. He says a few words, Mommy, Daddy, JoJo, No, and Hi. He likes to open and close his hand when he waves, and even rotates his hand around to wave.
For his birthday, I did a birthday banner with his name on it, just like for Addie's birthday, except we did triangles everywhere. Grandma Hebdon brought over some cake pans in shape when she visited awhile ago. His birthday cake was white, and made in the shape of a teddy bear. I wanted it to be colorful, so I did the bears shirt mutiple colors. It was a lot of fun to make. I remember loving my birthday cakes that my mom made and hope my kiddos will feel the same. When he finally got a chance to enjoy his cake, he had no reservations!! He really like it, especially the frosting. Addie really enjoyed it too and asked for cake for a few days after.
We gave him an alphabet train, that you can sit on, push buttons, and it sings songs and repeats the alphabet when you put in the letter cubes. We've been waiting a year to give this to him. It's a toy he can grow into....and of course his big sister seems to take over. But that's ok, they will both need to learn to share and enjoy each others toys.....that's the goal anyways. Grandma and Grandpa Hebdon gave him a cute blanket she made (she calls them snuggle blankets, to make up for the snuggles she misses out on), that had frogs on them and a toy plush frog to match. He loves to bury his head and roll in his blankie. Addie gave him some farm animals to add to his Little People Farm set he got for Christmas.
He went in for his year old check up. He is doing really well and keeping up with his growth rate in the 90's percentile. We couldn't be more grateful to have a happy, healthy boy.
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