12 months... equals a year!!

thats right!! little man had his first birthday!!! here are his stats from the doctors:

height: 31 inches (92%)

weight: 21.4 pounds (26%)

and his head was like 18 inches or something (68%)

so he is still very tall and skinny!  but everything else looked good!

- he is now drinking whole milk.. still working on weaning to the sippy cup instead of the bottle... but its taking time.  he really likes the bottle

- he is pretty much feeding himself... he doesn't like when i help him too much so i mostly feed him things he can pick up with his tiny fingers.

- he has also started using a fork.  i have to help him get the food on the fork but he puts it in his own mouth. its very cute and quite tricky

- his favorite food is bananas and bite size whole wheat pancakes.  he also loves chicken nuggets... 

this was his first birthday breakfast.. he loved this tiny pancakes

- he is super naughty and loves to randomly throw food off his high chair. haven't figured out how to squash that habit. 

- he is still a great sleeper.  he sleeps 12 solid hours a night and takes 2, 2 hour naps a day.  he is a little more tricky to get to fall asleep sometimes as he tries at least 3 times every time to stand up in his crib... usually he is either sitting or kneeling trying to get up... stinker. just lay there and go to sleep!!

- his favorite thing to do when trying to fall asleep is to kick his feet... hard either against the railings or against the wall.

- he is now crawling like a champ... 2 days after his birthday he finally figured out how to crawl... and he cruises all over now.  the house has become so much more interesting to explore.  and mama has to be so much more careful and keep an eye on him.  

- he still likes to also just sit and play with one toy here and there which is nice especially at church where he will just sit on the bench and play with books through most of sacrament meeting.

- he loves to play with balls and throw them all over the house.... including his ball pit. he loves to sit in it and throws balls all over the room.

- he is just barely figuring out how to stand at furniture and is super timid about trying it on his own... he doesn't like to do things unless he really knows how.  hes afraid of falling i guess.  and he's smart!

- since we have a storm door i often open the front door and let him play with it... opening and closing it and banging on the clear storm door.

i made these snazzy crib rail covers as he started chewing on the crib

we also had a little birthday party... just a little party with a few friends from chris' residency program and their wives who i'm good friends with and my friend kristen and her husband aaron who is also a navy dentist and is good friends with chris.  they just came over for cup cakes and ice cream.   

i made a little cake for him, we sang happy birthday and i blew out his candle and at first he was timid and just poking at the cake.. so i put his hand in it and he didn't like it all over his hand so i grabbed one of his little forks and handed it to him and then he went to town eating his cake. it was so cute! what one year old eats cake with a fork???

- after we all enjoyed come cupcakes and ice cream we opened a few presents.  chris and i just got him a few little books, a little alligator key board and a tiny basketball hoop which he loves!  we also got a few more little book... which we love he likes reading a lot, and we got a hilarious cat that he chases around (mechanical) and a little people airplane.  he actually enjoyed opening presents unlike christmas where he didn't care.

we sure love this little guy and how cute and fun he is.  what an awesome year!  excited for the future with this super sweet smart little man.  our bubba

he's just such a happy little man!!!

look how much he has grown!!!