One

It was nice to reflect on Noah's entry into the world in my last post.

But this is now, and let me tell you a little about my boy.

He is crawling all over the place and pulling himself up on anything and everything. He still is not sleeping through the night, but he wakes up once for a bottle and quickly goes back to sleep. He loves watching Elmo. He will eat any fruit and vegetables, and cheerios are his favorite. He talks. A lot. Not that any of it makes sense, but he likes to hear his own voice. He did crawl towards David as he was babbling Dada, and he seems to say up after we say it. He's observant and stubborn. He smiles and laughs easily. Emily is by far his favorite person. He loves going to the pool with us and doesn't even complain about the cold water. He's usually pretty happy and content. He likes to be held and he loves when we do "chicken wings" on him. That's when we lift his arm and tickle him. He just cracks up. He's simply wonderful.

His silhouette looks like Gumby.


We are moving the crib mattress down today.


We got him some balloons for his birthday.


Ben put sprinkles on the cake.


Emily put on the "1" candle.


Noah was pretty excited about all of it.


He opened a few presents.


Emily and Ben having Ben dying for these pillow pets that they see advertised on a TV commercial. I went to the web page and let them show me which one they liked best. I ordered one for each of them. I got Noah the monkey because we call him monkey munch, monkey moo, monkey butt...and Noah got to open his first. I thought the kids would be all mad that Noah got one and they didn't, but to my surprise, they were genuinely happy that he got one. Noah on the other hand could've cared less.


Then, I let Emily open hers. She wanted the dolphin.


And Ben opened his. He wanted the lady bug. I tried to encourage something fierce like the lion or alligator, but he wanted the lady bug. So be it.


Noah's favorite was the wrapping paper.


Then he had cake. He still is not into thicker textures and even a piece of banana will make him puke. So, I wasn't sure how this would go.
At first, he wasn't so sure about it.

But he was curious.





Then, he just decided to lick it. Good tactic.



When all was said and done, this was as messy as he got. But he had fun, and that's what it's all about.

Happy first birthday son.
We love you bunches.