You're a 1 year old!!!

 It's amazing to me that a year ago today (at this moment) I was sitting in the operating room and you were 4 minutes away from entering this world.  It's crazy to me to think that a year has passed since that day.  Last year, I started this amazing journey on being your Mom and my heart overflows with all the love I have for you.  I remember the morning of March 5, 2012.  I had spent some time catching up with a coworker and talking about parenting, asking questions, getting ready to prepare for when you arrived.  He told me that everything I was feeling then, would only grow bigger and you never really know how much joy there is in parenting, until you see your child and feel them in your arms.  Little did I know that that evening I would do just that and my heart would be filled to the brim with love for you.  I'm so happy to be your Mom little man and I cannot say it enough!  You are such a great addition to our family and you make every day better than the last.

Ok, enough of the sappy stuff...let's get onto all the things that you love to do.

1.  You are a stomach sleeper now.  Sometimes your butt is in the air, sometimes you're stretched out like superman.  Either way, you're on your stomach.

2.  You refuse to eat purees.  The only things you will eat now require you to grab them and put them in your mouth.  Although there is one exception - you do love yogurt.

3.  You're a crawler and you enjoy doing it, so much so that at the end of the day, your knees are red.

4.  You have really grasped the farm theme and love to play with your toys that focus involve farming stuff.

5.  Similar to number 4, you love wheels, more specifically, tractor wheels.  You will push your tractor back and forth in a semi circle for hours.

6.  When you hang out in your bedroom, you are all about your books.  You will pick one from the shelf and we will read it to you, but before we've even finished the first page, you're pulling off another one for us to read.  I'm hoping you'll grasp the concept soon that a book is longer than a page.

7.  You love to point at anything and everything.  It has become a game in our house.  Dad will pick you up, you will point somewhere and he will take you there, then you will point another place and off you two go.

8.  You enjoy getting into things you shouldn't - like the laundry basket filled with clean clothes.  Someday soon I hope you get the hang of folding the clothes and not just scattering them about the floor.

9.  You like to hold your bottle when you drink and most of the time, dislike when we hold your bottle.  You also like to tip your sippy cup as high as you can in the air.  We always tell you bottoms up...of course this causes you to take the sippy cup out of your mouth and smile.

10.  Your daycare sheet consistently has foods that we wonder how they get you to eat (hot dish, alfredo, or pancakes).  However, at home, you refuse to eat the good stuff we try to feed you (fruits and veggies).  Instead your favorites are graham crackers, lil crunchies, and yogurt bites.  Of course you've learned that you have to eat at least some of the good stuff before we will even consider giving you your favorites.

11.  You have become a master at getting your winter clothing off.  You mittens do not stand a chance of staying on your hands while we try to put your jacket on.  Not to mention, this past weekend you took off your head phones and hat during the middle of the hockey game.  You're sneaky.

12.  If we tell you no at any point during the day, you have a melt down.  This also happens if a toy gets taken away or you would rather play than get your diaper changed or get dressed.  You've definitely developed a fun personality.

So Happy 1st Birthday little man!  Thanks for changing our lives and filling our hearts with so much love.  We love you to the moon and back...again and again and again....

First Haircut

You got your first haircut on Friday (3/1/2013).  Your hair has been growing so much over the past year that we thought we'd better get it cut before your birthday party this weekend (more on that later).  Not to mention, Grandpa Charlie and Grandpa Nick were coming and each one has made several comments about the length of your hair.  So off we went and even though I've said it before as you've grown over the last year...you really look like a little boy instead of a baby.

Before

During the haircut.  As a note, you made it 12 minutes.  Christina the lady who cuts both Mom and Dad's hair said that she normally has 7 minutes before she needs to be done with a little kid's hair.  We were impressed you even let the cape go on and the process start.

After

Love you little man!