September:: The BIRTHDAY month

On September 7th, 2011, my baby boy turned ONE!!!!!!!!

We had his party on the Saturday before. It was at Julie and Jay's place on the rooftop. We played games, we wore mustaches and ties (it was a "Little Man Mustache Bash" after all), ate cake, and enjoyed the day with family and friends.


On his actual birthday, we started at the mall to get his one year portraits taken (HoldMyMemories), followed by A Latte Fun for some monkey business, and then out to dinner with daddy when he got home from work.

I wrote this on September 12th, fully intending to finish this with photos and publish... (sigh)

My baby boy is one year old. I'm so mixed about it. I'm thrilled to watch him grow and learn and change and become so independent and smart! And at the same time I want to put him back in his swaddle and keep him a baby forever.

He is a little man now. No more baby at all. He walks, talks, and eats table food. No more mush for this big guy. He refuses.

He is making friends and getting comfortable around other kids. He loves going to gymboree and a latte fun.

He has 8 teeth and his molars broke through a couple of days ago. Soon to be a true mouth full.

He says kitty, chichie (our word for gimme some boob), no, woah, daddy, mama, hey, hi, kabooo (as in peekaboo),

He waves and claps.

He climbs the stairs.

He's so smiley. He loves his family so much. :)

He still sleeps in our bed.

Still nursing. (yes. Even with the teeth)

Has been in the hospital overnight for observation. Bronchitis is nothin to mess with. Worst. Night. Ever.

Has been to Europe. More specifically Ireland.

Loves buttons. Will push them over and over. No matter their function.

Wears size 5 diaper.

Weighs 25 pounds.

Is 31.5 inches long.

Has not had his first haircut yet.

Got his very first pair of shoes!

He loves bath time. He will also tell you exactly when he's had enough by standing up and promptly swinging his leg over the side of the tub. You must be ready when he is.

Has learned how to throw a temper tantrum, and subsequently how to "knock that shit off" ...mommy don't care about temper tantrums.

As you can tell by the previous sentence, he probably will be cursing soon......

He will bypass all of his toys just to get to whatever I'm working on and don't want him to mess with. (coupons, laptop, food... Nothing is off limits to him)

He gets at least one compliment every time we go out. He really is as cute as I think he is. :)

He now eats off of the kids menu at restaurants.

He snores like his daddy.

What's in the future? Wellllll....

We start swimming lessons at the end of the month.


We're planning Halloween, and a little for the holidays. I'm excited that he's a little older now and each year will be more exciting for him. The day we get to tell him about Santa will be so much fun.

Now that he's one, a whole bunch of new activities are available to him. I plan to take full advantage of all the free activities we can.