My Jig

My favorites are at the beginning when the music stops - he stops. haha. Then when he tries to kiss himself in the mirror and it keeps moving too far away. haha.

My Walking Boy

Dear Dylan

My precious little boy. It seems like just yesterday you were brought into my life. I can hardly believe the sweet, funny little boy that you have become. Today you are ONE year old!! I can't believe it. Happy Birthday my sweet angel.

You light up our lives every single day. Not a day goes by that we don't talk about how cute or precious or sweet you are. Nothing in my life has ever made me as happy as you have made me.

Dylan, you are just the funniest little thing. You play peek-a-boo, make silly faces, dance, and do all sorts of silly things and everything you do makes you laugh and laugh... which then makes us laugh and laugh. You love giving your cheesy smile to strangers and you love waving to everyone. You love attention and we always give it to you.

People still tell us that you look just like the Gerber baby. Others will stop just to comment about how handsome you are or what a beautiful baby you are. Everyone says you look just like your daddy... which you really do.

You are a very smart and focused little boy. You love learning new things and figuring out how things work. You love music and love to dance. You move every part of your body when you dance. You love to laugh and will laugh at almost anything, especially if you hear other people laughing, you give your forced laugh because you want to join in on the fun. haha.

You love when we tuck you in at night; you giggle as I put the blanket around you and wave as we leave the room. You love cartoons, especially if they're singing. You pick up on things really quickly. You learned the sign for more after just a couple days. You also turn around to go down stairs or off edges of things, we were so surprised when you picked up on it and started doing it. You constantly amaze us.

You are the apple of my eye. Thinking about you makes me cry. As I leave your room, I often put my hand on my chest and pause for a minute to reflect on my love for you. I love singing to you, I love that you'll try to sing along.

I love watching you laugh. It breaks my heart when you cry, but I sure love the cuddles that follow. I love watching you so focused on figuring out what buttons do or where the block fits. I love watching you watch a cartoon song, you get so mesmerized, lately you've started sometimes dancing to cartoons, but you used to just sit still and stare. I love when you sit on my lap. I love when you stand next to me at the desk and empty all the drawers while I work.

I love when you lay your head down on my shoulder. I love when you miss me and need a cuddle. I love how you let me change you while you're drinking a bottle and know how to change hands holding it while I take your pj's off and put a new shirt on.

I love when you give me kisses. Slobbery... yes... but I LOVE IT!

I love when you try to repeat the words we are saying like, "Go" or "Up", you are so talented. I love when you show off your tricks like clapping, raising your hands straight up, walking, etc... you just giggle and giggle.

I love that you wake up so happy in the mornings and that you can't wait to play. I love spending every day with you. I love helping you learn to walk... it's just so much fun.

I love kissing your cheeks. I just smash my face in your soft little cheeks. I love your hugs... even though they don't last long... you're such a busybody.

I love how you are always exploring new places. I love how much you love to climb stairs up and down and up and down. I love that you make me eat healthier because I try to feed you such healthy food. haha. You sure do have a sweet tooth and throw a fit if I have a Fanta soda that I have not shared with you... you don't even like to wait a let me take a drink between your drinks.

I love the way your face lights up when I or Daddy enter the room. I love how much you love to be held and wish I could hold you forever.

I love how much you love other kids and can't wait for you to have a sibling... one day...

I love who you are. I've loved every minute with you since the day you were born. I'm so grateful I have you in my life. I am so excited to watch you continue to grow and learn, even though I'm so sad that you're already 1 year old. I just want my baby to stay my baby. Thank you for bringing so much happiness and light into my life. Here's to a wonderful year and to many many more!

Happy birthday sweet baby.

I love you forever,

Momma

1 YEAR OLD!

Happy One Year To Me!!!!

(Photo is actually Dylan at 11 months at the Little Monkey Playhouse in Denver, I just love his profile. It's so cute!)

Milestones:

• I said my first word!! YAY!!! My FIRST WORD is GO! My Grandma Terry taught me this one. We play together and they say, "1, 2, 3, Go!" and I now say "Go!" when playing. It almost sounds more like "Doe", it's pretty cute.
• I point to everything. I point to where I want to go and at what I want to eat.
• I have my 8 front teeth! All 8 are officially in.
  

Cutenicities:

• When I get tucked in for a nap, I giggle when I see mommy about to put the blanket on me and giggle once it's on, I'm such a big boy using a blanket. I then wave bye-bye and blow a kiss and roll over to go to sleep.
• I get in every drawer and cupboard that I can. Nothing is baby proofed here at Grandma & Grandpa Richardson's because we're only here for 6 weeks. I keep mommy very busy.
• I am walking more steadily, still at about 5-10 steps. I get sick of walking though and will sit down if mommy won't hold my hands while walking.
• I love buttons. Especially if they make noise, play songs, or light up.
• I love animals. I call out to birds if I see them outside, and will crank my whole body around to watch them. I love Grandma Terry's cat, Simon, I always pet... ahem hit... him, he bit me and I didn't even notice because I love him so much. I daily go looking for him and give him forehead kisses.
  
• Yesterday I was standing by myself and I didn't mean to, I looked all around me looking for support and I couldn't believe I wasn't holding on to anyone... but I grabbed mommy's hand and I survived.
• I still drink Nutramigen about 4 times a day... I am allergic to milk so I'm not sure what I'm going to start drinking now, as I was allergic to soy a few months ago. We're hoping that allergy has passed so I can drink Soy Milk.
  
• I love my bottle and have not yet found a sippy cup that is as nice as a bottle. It's too hard to get the drink out and I throw my sippy cups on the grounds and get frustrated. I just want my bottle.
• I am a major momma's boy. I want mommy over anybody else. She is my favorite.
  
• I am a dancing maniac.
• I mimic all sounds. I mimic sirens, dogs, babies, intonation in people's voices, motors, etc.
• I love swimming. I went under water a couple times this week and didn't swallow any water... but I didn't like it much. I love after swimming cuddles in my nice warm towel with my head down on mommy's shoulder.
• I love playing in the sand at the park. I love the slides and swings, too.

11 months 3 weeks

I'm getting so big! I look like a toddler, yet I am still a baby and crawl everywhere. haha.

• I love giving "five's" high and low five's. I always have my palm open and slap people's hands or arms.
• I learned a couple weeks ago how to go down stairs backwards, and now I'm very careful and always turn around before descending any stairs. I also go backwards off of couches, beds, or anything off the ground. I'm so smart.
  
• I've been scooting around backwards lately. I think it's pretty fun.
• When I lie on a hard floor holding my bottle, I will scoot myself around the room and do some sightseeing while drinking my bottle.
• I hate sippy cups. I'll take one sip, then push it away.
• My sign for Grandma Terry is swiping my cheek, it makes me laugh.
• I sign "All Done" when I'm done eating. I also sign "more" sometimes, but just cause I hear mom say the word, I don't quite know what it means yet.
  
• I give lots of kisses, both with my open mouth and my forehead. I gave daddy his first mouth kiss today, usually he only gets the forehead.
  
• I create new silly faces all the time. I can't describe them, they are just funny. I think it's funny when I close my eyes, too.
• I love playing peek-a-boo. I play it multiple times a day. I either hide around a corner and pop back out or hide my face with a blanket and uncover it with a squeal and smile.
  
• I still go to sleep really easily, within minutes of lying down. I sleep in until 8 or so.
  
• I love meeting new people. We were out to dinner last night and I waved everytime someone walked by. I would wave to them with my right, then after they crossed behind me, I would turn and wave to them with my left hand too. I'm very social and find friends everywhere I go.
• We had a swim party here and I called out to all the kids from inside the house. I could hardly wait to get outside. I call out whenever I see or hear someone in another room until they come and see me.
  
• I throw fits - they never last longer than a minute - but I throw my head back, slamming it into whatever or whoever is in it's path. If you set me down and I don't want to be set down, I'll hit my head on the floor and cry (when on all fours).
  
• I'm a speedy speedy crawler. I get places fast.
• I'm a very happy baby. I laugh at almost everything and everyone. I love attention.
  
• I'm very focused. I love putting little circle blocks into the circle holes. I like to learn new things and figure out how things work.
  
• I love swimming and playing basketball in the pool. I grab the ball and dunk it over and over. Daddy never gets tired.
  
• I love dancing and music. My newest moves are twisting and stomping my feet, I also prefer to dance standing up. I will stand up when music comes on so I can bounce. Even if I'm drinking my bottle, when music comes on I lift my bum up and down and kick my feet to the beat.
  

Dear Dylan

I post so much about you on my blog, that I've decided to start your own blog. I will make it from your point of view and probably will use these posts in a photo book for you. I love you!!