We Made It!

I've been saying for a few weeks that first birthday parties are more for the mommies than for the babies. It's a celebration of surviving the first year without anybody getting majorly injured or crazy!

It has been a great year and the best of my life to watch Noah learn and grow everyday. His happy demeanor and love just amaze me! I love it when he squeezes my neck with both arms... he gives the best hugs. He is so fun and is so good natured. I can't believe that it has already been a year! I can't imagine my life without this fun and busy boy. He has made me who I am today.

We had a great birthday. We invited grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins over for dinner, cake, and homemade ice cream. It was fun to have everyone over and enjoy this day together!

The girls were more interested in opening Noah's presents than he was...

Noah's farm animal cake that I made for him... and him enjoying it!

Noah gets bigger and stronger every day. His unofficial stats:

Weight: 25 lbs.

Height: 32 in.

Head: 48 cm.

Teeth: 8 (four on top, four on bottom)

We'll get these all verified at his appt. next week. He is crawling like crazy now and my mom predicts he will walk within 6 weeks. We'll see! Noah loves music and loves to dance! He likes to snuggle up and be read to, especially his Sesame Street Animal Alphabet book. He gets it off the shelf so that I will read it to him. He loves to play and loves to eat even more. This kid rarely turns down a meal. So, really no favorite foods to speak of. Anything that will fit in his hand will go in his mouth. He is still saying, Dada, Doggy and Taytay and working on kitty, more, and stairs. I like to think he is working on Momma, but only coincidentally right now.

Noah, Happy Birthday! We love you so much and are so blessed to have you as our first born. Thank you for being the child that you are. We love you!