You Only Turn One Once

Last week, update night landed right on Adam's very first birthday, so here I am just a little behind (Tonight, his actual birthday; Thursday his party)

On Thursday, I did my best to make sure he had a pretty happy day (even if he didn't understand why). I sang him Happy Birthday several times, which he loved, and did what I could to play with him, though I had a ton to get done for dinner, his cupcakes/cake, and just everything else.

Thomas had work that night, so once he got home and ate his dinner, we all gathered around and sang Happy Birthday to Adam, with one solitary, but festive, candle lit on his cupcake (I figured I should wait until his party to give him the larger one). Then I blew the flame out (I mean, what did you expect) and handed him his first ever cupcake. He's never been a messy baby, if he could help it, so he just kind of methodically ate what he could and then threw the rest on the floor....which was promptly devoured by the dog.

We wanted to wait to give him most of the gifts until his birthday, but we couldn't not let him have at least one on his actual day, so we went ahead and gave him the activity box thing from us. He also got two books from our neighbor, so he was pretty happy.

There wasn't much left to the night, so we just let him play until he was tuckered out and fell asleep on me. Overall, I think it turned out pretty nicely for him; something low-key to practice before he was the center of attention for a much larger crowd on Saturday.

Well, I know you're waiting for pictures, so here you go!


Oh, and by the way, he's a lot more aware even since then. He's clapping his hands and stomping his feet during If You're Happy and You Know It, following simple commands, and just exploring all that he can throughout the house. It's like he turned one and bam! Pretty soon and he'll be walking and running around.

Just One More Week!

Yep, in just one week, little Addy is going to be a crazy one-year-old. Everything is going really well. He's not walking yet, but he's definitely getting ready to try. He'll do the daring let-go-of-his-support-and-try-to-stand thing, but he can only stay put for about a second right now. I'm sure it won't be long until that changes though. He's scooting right along in his walker and is ready to get out and explore everything (and I mean EVERYTHING).

I'm sorry for not posting last week by the way; I'm hoping to start posting twice a week for a month this or next week.

 Sorry to cut this short, but it is Valentines after all. I hope all of y'all are doing well and I'll be back soon!