You at One

You are so busy baby boy now that you are one! You are definitely on the move all the time, Mommy can hardly keep up with you!! Here are some of your favorite things to do right now. You L-O-V-E to open the kitchen cabinets! I mean love this my friend, you can't get enough! You even like to open them at Mimi's house too!



This one is at Mimi's house, you also love to take all the plastic cups out and pretend you are drinking out of them! You even make a slurping sound!

You also think it is so much to take things out of the drawers and cabinets! Ziploc baggies are your absolute favorite, everytime you pull one out you just laugh and laugh!!











Now your next favorite thing is the one that makes Mommy sooooo happy! You are a reader my love!! Yes, my friend you L-O-V-E books!! Oh my heart is just soaring with happiness, because there is nothing in this world besides you of course that Mommy loves more than books! You come from a very long line of big readers, MawMaw and Pawpaw love books (in fact they gave you a whole bag full of books before you were even born!) Mimi and Poppy are always reading and KK loves to read too!

Reading at Mimi and Poppy's house


Reading your favorite book "Teddy and the Mice" with Mimi, the first thing you do when you get to Mimi's is to find this book and bring it to Mimi to read to you! You even kiss the book!!


Reading with Poppy


Reading at our house


You even like to read in the bathtub!!

Now you have rooms full of toys my friend but you would much rather take everything out of your diaper bag! Including the wipes!







Here are some more fun highlights of your daily adventures!

Browsing through Mommy's books!

Going fast!!

Playing with puzzles

Perfecting your walking!

Eating one of your new favorite foods: scrambled eggs with ketchup!

You are such fun my love!!

Look Who Is One!!!

Mommy cannot believe that you are one year old!! Where has the time gone baby boy?? This has been positively the best year of Mommy and Daddy's life! You are such a joy in every way! Now let's get to the party! Mommy and Mimi have been planning and planning this big day for months! Now several months ago Mommy spotted an outfit for you that I thought would be just perfect for a summer birthday party and poof! A theme was born! And let me tell you my friend once Mommy and Mimi have a theme we run with it!! So it was a picnic theme for your very first backyard bash!



Mommy and Mimi even made the invitations!

As you can see from the invitation it was a backyard bash so of course the weekend of your party guess what was in the forecast?? That's right rain my friend!! Mommy was a nervous wreck! What were we going to do with rented tables inside?? Thankfully though the rain stopped the night before the party and it was a clear sky for the big event! We had so much fun putting everything together for your party! The morning of your birthday Mimi and Poppy came over to help and brought you an early present, a wagon! Oh my goodness you love your wagon! Here you are with your Poppy!








KK and Grandaddy were also at our house for the big event and guess what else happened on your big birthday weekend?? Your baby cousin Jake was born! You guys will have birthdays one day apart! So much excitement! So Mommy, Mimi, Poppy, KK, Grandaddy and Daddy were all busy bees the morning of the party making sure everything was just perfect! And perfect it was my love! What a wonderful party, all your friends (Abby, Ellie and Ryan) and Mommy and Daddy's friends were all there to celebrate you baby boy! We are so fortunate to have wonderful family and friends that love you so much!







This is your one year timeline! A picture from each of the last twelve months!

The cake!!! Mommy LOVES Publix, they made this awesome custom cake for you! Themeing it up my friend!

And speaking of cake, you L-O-V-E-D yours! You had so much fun playing and sort of kinda eating the cake!


You see the cake coming!!


Your very special "smash" cake!







What a fun party my love!! Here are some more highlights, including presents! And the ever failing attempt to get all four kiddos in the same picture!












What a year it has been my love, everyday brings a new adventure and I love watching you explore new things! You continue to be the absolute light of my life! Happy Happy Birthday sweet boy!