One year check-up

Eating a popsicle with Dad (kinda- he mostly wanted to play with the stick)

In his muscle shirt - ha ha

Wearing Dad's computer headphones

Asleep on his tummy with his rear in the air

Walking

Brian had his 1 year check-up yesterday. It was the earliest they could see him with all the back to school appointments they've been having recently. Here are his stats so I can remember:

Weight: 24lbs 13oz - 50-75%
Length: 30 inches - 50%
Head: 18 3/4 - 75%

He has done really good catch-up to his age group even though he was born 2 months early. It's so fun to see him learning new things and understanding. He's been taking some steps and getting braver with walking. He gets so excited and loses his balance sometimes, but he's getting better.

Brian's first year video

Here's a link to a sweet video that Ben put together of Brian's first year. We tried uploading it so you could see it here on the blog, but it wasn't working, so just click on the link and you'll be able to watch it. Enjoy :o)

http://www.vimeo.com/13991097

The Shoe Pics

1 month old

2 months old

3 months old

4 months old

5 months old

6 months old

7 months old

8 months old

9 months old

10 months old

11 months old

12 months old

1st Birthday Party

We had Brian's 1st birthday party last night at my parent's house. It was a lot of fun and lots of people came to celebrate with us. Brian was asleep when the party started, and then probably had no idea what was going on, but it was still fun. We had a potato and salad bar and then brownie sundaes. My sister Lisa made Brian the coolest dragon cake! All the kids loved it, except Brian. Like the cupcake on his birthday, he didn't want anything to do with the cake. I'm sure he'll think differently about cake and frosting next year, but this year he didn't like it. We also had a rocket pinata that the other kids loved, but it scared Brian when Ben helped him hit it. Again, next year he should have a better time. Thanks to everyone who came and for the presents to Brian!

Happy 1st Birthday!

What a difference a year makes! We have loved having Brian in our family for the past year. It flew by! From 3 pounds 3 ounces to 24+ pounds, a lot has happened for our little buddy in one year. He has grown and developed and is catching up to where he should be. He's moving all over the place, pulling himself up onto everything, and getting into everything he's not supposed to. :o) But we can't complain- he is healthy and happy and we love him so much. We had a little celebration for his birthday last night just the 3 of us and got him a cupcake which he hated (I'm sure that won't last long!), but Ben enjoyed it. His birthday party will be this Sunday with family and friends. We'll see if he likes his cake then- I'm sure his cousins will help him if he doesn't eat it. More pictures to come- we still have to take his last shoe picture. :o)