I know I've been MIA lately, but I have an excellent reason for doing a post today!
My Baby Boy is ONE YEAR OLD!!!
He woke up this morning just a few minutes before his official 7:28am birth time.
Rob and I spent most of the morning watching Michael play with his toys as we were remembering all the moments from 1 year ago...
getting up at 3am in order to be to the hospital by 5...
Rob waiting to call him back to the OR...
the wonderful moment when I heard his first cry and got to see him for the first time...
Rob waiting for me to get out of the OR...
You get the drift.
After a nice little nap, we took Michael out for his Birthday Lunch.
He told us he wanted to go to Red Lobster, and who were we to argue! :)
He definitely has an appetite and ate a whole chicken breast, plus a lot of broccoli!
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| Checking out the lobster tank. |
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| Enjoying his chicken and broccoli. He might have also gotten a few small tastes of ice cream. |
After lunch, we did a family visit to the zoo.
Michael had not been to the zoo since he was 7 months old, and at that time, he wasn't able to see the animals very well.
This trip was so much different! He not only saw almost everything we pointed out to him, but he started pointing things out to us too!
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| Looking at the penguins! |
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| On the Minnesota Trail in my Bear Suit! |
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| A BIG Shark! |
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| He loved the fish! Can't wait for the coral reef to open again! |
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| Our attempt at a "self" family picture. Even the bear wanted in on the action! |
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| The bears in the den! |
Michael had a short nap on the way home and then started playing again!
I made him his first birthday cake with cool-whip frosting.
(not too impressive, but the "real" cake happens on Saturday!)
Unfortunately, he didn't like it...especially when he got it on his hands.
By the end of the night, he was pretty exhausted, but we did manage to get his "12 month" picture taken!
He has his 1-year well check tomorrow, so probably another update and more pictures then!
We can't believe our little man is now officially one year old. I remember those first 2 months when I thought that the "up-all-night, constant crying" horrible-ness would never end. Now here he is...a happy, walking (when he holds onto something), babbling (almost words), playing, constantly moving little man. He takes 2 naps during the day and sleeps from 7-7:30pm - 6:30-7:30am! He has 8 teeth, has a great appetite, is using a sippy cup most of the time, uses a burp cloth as his "pacifier/chew toy", loves snuggling with mom (but only when he's tired), loves playing with his toys and trucks, loves being read to and helping turn the pages, and using his dad as an obstacle course. I can't imagine life without him.
Happy First Birthday, Michael!
Momma and Dada love you very much!
