I cannot believe my baby is one! It seems so crazy that one year ago he was this tiny little thing, spitting up everywhere and crying all night and now he's walking and crawling and babbling and pointing and grunting and learning and understanding me when I talk and calling me "Mama".
I haven't posted in awhile and I have so many updates like how he's walking all over like a champ and he can stand up on his own without pulling himself up on a piece of furniture and how he says real words and points at things he wants and then points at himself to make it really clear. How he's started hanging on around my neck when I pick him up and he gives me real hugs but still the wet sloppy open mouth kisses and when he wasn't feeling good he perfected the "mama" with a whine that just broke my heart. And he is getting so funny, he wrestled with a pillow for a good 15 minutes tonight and was laughing the entire time; he laughs when you tickle him and he shrieks and giggles when the dog sniffs him.
I have so much fun with this little boy everyday and now he is ONE! We went to Leavenworth for his birthday and had ice cream for the first time and saw all the lights, tried on a few hats, looked at EVERYTHING in the Christmas store and generally had a good time. And yesterday we had his birthday party. We had a "very hungry caterpillar" theme and he loved getting so many fun presents and playing with his little friends Katilyn and Eli. He also loved my carrot cake but didn't get nearly as messy as I thought he might!
I have course included tons of pictures below. Some of his birthday and some of life since the last post. I again renew my promise to post more often :)
Dave and I got him a rocking camel for his birthday. He actually figured out how to rock it himself and has a pretty good time on it... but he needs to grow a bit before it will work properly.
LOVES the play table his Auntie Laura and Uncle Kyle bought him!
The birthday cake. I baked it and Dave decorated it. The caterpillar at the bottom was Dave's when he was a kid.
The piano I got when I turned one is now the piano Grayson got when he turned one :)
Eating cake :)
Helping Daddy make a fire
Grayson's first snow! Dave stayed home from work but it was too dry to make a snowman so we are anxiously awaiting the making of Grayson's first snowman
We went to a light display at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens. We all loved it! I've decided that we will go every year and it will be our new family tradition :)
My little one socked elf! (He is only happy when he has taken one sock off... he fusses and fusses till he gets one off and then is perfectly happy walking around the rest of the day with only one sock on. I can only imagine what kind of mother people think I am when we go out...)
We went out to a tree farm and picked out a Christmas tree this year. I think Grayson had a pretty good time but I'm sure next year he will be much more excited about this activity.
Helping Daddy with the christmas lights
Pointing out his favorite ornament. He wasn't very helpful at decorating the tree... he didn't want to let go of the ornaments. So we put a few on and let him point at them and then put the rest on after he went to bed.
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