Happy First Birthday B!

(I swear he was a happy camper during his party!)

(Messy little man... He loved the frosting!)

OMG... It has been a month since Blake's birthday. I am sooooo fired doing this blog stuff!

Blake's birthday was so much fun. I have to admit I was pretty frazzled from the prior week, I was in a 'destination' wedding the two days prior, making crafts for B's party until 2 in the morning for days, and on top of that I had mounds of homework for school. I was so incredible busy that week I got sick. Anyhow, the purpose of mentioning this is that Blake's party was not exactly perfect, I was running late all morning. Luckily I have the greatest friends and family who helped me slave to get the party up and running! So a HUGE thank you to all of those who helped! Blake & I appreciated it!!! I am still behind when it comes to school and life in general, so I promise, Thank You cards will be in the mail soon!

(His cuppycakes!)

I can not believe my little guy is one! (Well actually he is now 13 months old...) He is such a busy little guy. He is mischeivious and messy and an all-around little boy! He crawls with a purpose now, he can climb onto the couch and back off the couch, he loves to throw things, and he loves to dance- especially to the Hot Dog Song on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or the Yo Ho Ho song on Clubhouse Disney, he will litterally stop what he is doing when either one of these come on, crawl with a vengeance to the couch, stand up, and start 'dancing'. When he is winding down at the end of the day he loves to lie on the couch with me and cuddle. He loves giving those wide-open mouthed, slobbery kisses. He is such a happy-go-lucky love bug. He can now say five things, 'mama', 'dada', 'gie' (doggie), 'there' (he will point at something and say this), and 'uh-oh.' Besides 'mama', 'uh-oh' has to be my favorite thing he says because he uses it in context. He will throw something and say 'uh-oh', it makes me laugh like crazy. He doesn't walk yet, he side-steps the couch or walks with his push cart but not on his own. He doesn't seem to be too interesting, plus I think he really likes crawling! While he isn't crawling yet, he is officially off the bottle!... Guess you can't have it all! lol!!!

(Love, Love, Love, this banner... The pictures are from every month of his first year.)

These are his stats from his one year doctors visit: He is 22 pounds, 5.4 ounces (40th%), 31.5 inches tall (91st%), and his head is 18 inches around (28th%)... The doctor says he is a healthy guy. He does have a benign tumor on his leg that has to be removed but its nothing to worry about and is a quick in-office procedure that will leave him with two stitches. But Blake is a tough guy, he will be just fine!

(The loot!)

(Blake and Mommy opening presents.)

(Blake hanging out in his new truck from Mommy and Daddy.)