First Birthday!

My little guy turned ONE on friday! How crazy is that?!?! We had a wonderful celebration with family in Texas. I'm so happy that we were able to go there for his birthday. It was such a special day. We will be having another little celebration here with friends and then in a few weeks Corb.en and I will be going to visit some other family and will celebrate again with them. What a loved little boy! Here's one picture from his birthday. I still need to load the others... I still have been so tired from the trip that I haven't had the energy to do it. Hopefully tonight. 

 

 He absolutely lit up when everyone was singing him happy birthday. It was adorable!

The stats: He's 25 lbs and 31 inches. I was so surprised by the height. He definitely hit a growth spurt there. He's in the 75th percentile across the board. Much different from the top of the growth chart he's been at since pregnancy! 

He says: yummy, tickle, daddy, momma, hi, monkey (sometimes), and he repeats a lot of words that we say.

He understands so much of what we say to him and will follow simple commands, such as: when we tell him to go get something (fish, monkey, elephant), dance, "do you want a book", "do you want water", "do you want a yummy" (food), "can I have a kiss", "can I have a hug", etc. 

He just developed a love for pointing at things. He also loves to dance.

We are transitioning to WCM. Right now he gets 50/50 (milk/formula), but I'll be upping the ratio this week. He gets a bottle at 7:30 am and 7:30 pm. He eats breakfast at 10:00, lunch at 12:00, a snack at 3:00, and then dinner at 5:00. Most kids probably get a snack between breakfast and lunch, but since Corbe.n sleeps in so late, there just isn't time for that. He also loves water. 

I love you so much baby boy! 

Pictures to come soon! I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, but that's okay because I was able to really spend time just enjoying his first birthday. I'll take more at his other celebrations. :)