I cannot believe that one year has gone by and I went from this little helpless being that needed my help to do everything to this little independent guy that is doing more and more and needs/wants my help with very little.
We had so much fun on his first birthday despite the fact he woke up with a cold. We spent the day of doing "firsts" with him! We went out for birthday donuts where he experienced his first donut and he ate the entire thing without even taking a breath in between bites. This kid is no stranger to food. He will even drink gross kale smoothies in the morning and loves it. I do not even want to know what my grocery bill will be like when he is a teenager. After donuts we came home so he could take his morning nap. Post nap time we took both the kids out to Monkey Bizness to play. He had never been there before so it was a whole new world of fun to him. Lots of balls to roll around and play with along with slides and tunnels, you name it & they had it. He is much more in to things like this earlier than Harper is, she's quite shy and needs time to adjust to new things. Paxton on the other hand get's right in to the fun! After we played there for a while we came home and put both kids down for nap time while I prepped his cake and the set up the area for him to have fun with it (and so I could take pictures). Once they both got up we stripped him down so he could have fun with his first cake. I of course made one for Harper too because she was feeling a little jealous about all the attention he was getting that day. Both of the kids were much much cleaner than I expected them to be with a mini sprinkle iced cake in front of them. They pretty much licked off the icing and that was it! I guess my OCD cleanliness ways have taught them early to not be messy =). Yessss! We then spent the rest of the evening at home playing with his new toys and enjoying the quality time. I am so glad his first birthday fell on a Saturday so Josh could experience the whole day with us! Especially since we didn't get to do a family party like we did with Harp.
So just for my benefit I'm going to write an update on the things he is doing since I have done these wayyyyy less than I did with Harper:
*Walking everywhere. He started walking around 10.5 months old so he is practically a pro by now
*Going up and down the stairs with much sucess
*Saying mama, dada, nana (his reference to food), kitty, dog
*When told to do so he will; blow kisses, give kisses, arms up, wash his belly, point to his head, ear, sniff his nose when asked where is his nose, click his tongue when asked where is his mouth, close his eyes when asked where his eyes are
*Eats literally everything.
*Not yet transitioned to sippy cup for milk but will drink water out of one
*Gives hugs
*Turns the pages in books when asked to do so and will point out the little boy in our favorite book
*Bounces/rolls the ball
*Uses sign language to ask for "more" or tell us "all done"
*Wearing 18 month clothes/size 5 diapers
*Loves his duck wubbanub for naptime
*Favorite toys are balls or anything musical or anything that makes noise
*LOVES bathtime
Well that's about it! This post was mostly for my memory book since as I have said a million times, I am terrible about scrapbooking/babybooking! I cannot believe I have a 2 year old and a 1 year old. Even though the days can be super tiring with as crazy as Paxton is I truly have fabulous kids and I am so excited to see what 2013 brings! I've dubbed it The Year of the Pluid's since 13 is our lucky number =). Happy New Years everyone!!!!
