1 year old!

Michael is 1!!!!  I really can't believe it!  In the last month so much has changed.  Michael has:

• started crawling everywhere!!
• started jibber-jabbering like crazy
• become even more of an attention seeker
• started listening to commands
• started ignoring commands
• learned that the house is for him to explore
• found a fascination with plugs, door stops, and heater vents
• figured out how to un-babyproof a few things
• discovered his love for tubs, toilets, and laundry rooms, but he still hates the shower
• pulling up everywhere, and holding himself up really well!
• figured out how to pull up on the piano bench, scoot over and grab the piano, and start playing it
• copy whatever Josh and I do

For Michael's birthday Josh came home a little early from work.  We took him to get his first hair cut.  I can't believe how much he needed it!

Before the hair cut in his cute little car

I asked for the easiest hair cut to maintain and he got a faux-hawk

Playing with the balloon he got :)  He loved this balloon!! I felt bad taking it away, but he was trying to eat it and pop it with his teeth

After we went to a party store to pick up stuff for his party on Saturday.  We were going to take him out to dinner but he started getting really fussy.  So we stopped by Wendy's and get him his favorite food, french fries.  He enjoyed more than half a medium fry by himself!  Normally I would freak out about that, but I figured it's his birthday and all he gets at home is formula, fruit, cheerios, and occasionally snippets of our dinner.  

Here is just a little (okay, big) overview of how much he has grown in the last year

About ten minutes after birth

The first time I got to hold him

Leaving the hospital

1st week home

First bath

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10

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12 months!

We have been lucky enough to have you with us for the last year!  You've given us some scares, and many sleepless nights wondering if we were going to make it (mostly before you were born). We've learned a lot from you, like patience, burping while you squirm, diapering while you squirm, and laughing when you puke and poop simultaneously on us.  Happy Birthday little man, we love you!