We have a ONE YEAR OLD!!!

So one week delayed...here we are with our usual monthly post, except this month we're celebrating our precious

ONE YEAR OLD!

Last week we were a little busy around here, getting ready for the big party {which I'll post about tomorrow!} but we still managed to have some serious fun {keep reading on...}!

But first...my sweet Millsy-bear, what are you up to at 12 months old?!?!?

-Still no official walking, but you will push your little walking toys around the house, doing laps. You will also stand for about 10 seconds at a time, but not showing a real interest in taking steps on your own. You're currently satisfied as a speedy, little crawler.

-You love to clap, you can wave, and my very favorite thing you do is blow kisses - which your Daddy taught you on Christmas Day! It's pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen.

-You still are one of the most momma-lovin' boys in the whole wide world, and that's okay with me. :) Although it does make it a tiny bit hard at times, I wouldn't have it any other way, my sweet precious angel boy.  However, you've forgotten how to say, "ma-ma" and your new favorite word is "da-da," which you say 24/7 (along with your "goy goy goy" noise) so you definitely love your Daddy, too!

{see what I mean...haha}

-You're so focused, and you want to learn how everything works. You see your dad's socks around the house and you try to put them on your feet. You do the same thing with your own shoes and you get a little mad when you try and try and try and can't get them on! But you want to do it by.your.self.  You watch everything and everyone around you.  On the other hand, you have a really short attention span a lot of the time, and you are a busy, busy, busy boy! 

-You can destruct a clean room in 2.2 seconds. You love to pull things out of drawers, knock over and drag around all of the clean laundry that is neatly folded and stacked, and pull your toys out of the bin in record time. Typical.

-You are silly, goofy, and fun-loving!

-You learn new things every single day and it's so fun to watch you grow! I absolutely cannot fathom that you are a year old.  It feels like just yesterday that you were born. We made it through the first year of parenthood, woohoo! :) Oh, and we also made it through a year of breastfeeding, too, which is totally a huge accomplishment to me! You've never even had a drop of formula, and we've just been introducing whole milk this week. You've gradually been weaning yourself from nursing, as you're just sooo busy you can hardly stand still long enough throughout the day, which I think will make it easier on both of us. You spit out the whole milk the first couple of times, but you're starting to get used to it I think!  I'm just so proud of us - you and I - for making it to a year!

-You continue to bring more joy to our lives than you could ever even imagine, buddy boy!  We think everything you do is pretty stinkin' awesome, and we are completely smitten with you! We love you more than you'll ever know, our precious ONE-year-old!

With all of our love,

Mommy and Daddy

So what did we do on your first birthday???

Well, Daddy had the stomach bug, which we thankfully did not get, so it was a good thing we had planned to be out and about anyway!

We started out our celebration with a play date at the children's museum!

gross picture of me, but calee and I were playing around with my new lens!

hey handsome!

you were such a little gentleman...ladies first!

playing with your buddy, Jameson

Then we headed to lunch at Rue de Jean - to celebrate both your birthday and Calee's, which was January 1st!

Katie and Kirksey joined us and brought you your very first cupcake!

You weren't so sure about it at first...

But you were willing to share with me (this was before you knew how tasty it was!)

...So I showed you how to do it...

Mmmm!

Wait a minute...this is pretty good stuff!!!

Then we headed home so the little guy could take a loooong nap after all the bday fun, and I sprayed the house with Lysol like Nicholas had the bubonic plague {he actually did tell me he felt like he had the plague}, but hey, all precautions had to be taken, my friend! I did not want Mills to get the bug, and especially with such a big party weekend ahead! Luckily the Lysol-spraying antics worked for us!

On Wednesday we headed to the pediatrician's office for the big 12-month check-up!

Millsy weighed in at 21lbs 1 oz (25th percentile) 29 inches long/tall (also 25th percentile) and his head circumference was 67th percentile. Nicholas has been calling him "the little runt," but I think he's juuuust perfect. :) And of course Nicholas is just teasing!

The pediatrician said he was a perfectly healthy little guy! His iron was a little low, but the dr said that was normal in breastfed babies and the numbers should go up as he starts eating more foods - nothing to be concerned about. Nicholas said filets for dinner from now on - HA!

Mills already eats a variety of foods, but the dr said to continue that...for example if we go to eat sushi, let him taste the ginger and a little of the wasabi, too! He said it helps to develop their taste buds!

It was all fun and games until the finger prick (which broke my heart b/c it bled so much!) and shots! But it was over quickly and we're thankful to have such a healthy baby little boy!!! :(  :)

I can't wait to share all of the birthday party pics with you tomorrow! Sorry I've been so MIA - hoping to catch up in blogland this week!