Dear Blue Knight,
Happy 1st birthday!! You are now 1 year
old! This past year seems to have flown by. We love watching you learn,
grow, and explore. You are such a happy and sweet baby and very active!
You love to crawl, climb, sing, babble, and want to try to fit in the
smallest places.
We had a wonderful birthday party at our house for you last weekend. We kept it pretty small and invited family and a few friends from church
who have kids in your cradle roll class. In all we had 13 adults and 12
kids. 8 kids were 2 and under. We decided to have a brunch. We served
fruit, yogurt, lots of breads, muffins, veggies, sandwiches, coffees,
juices, dips, and chips. We bought an indoor Jumping Gym as his big
present from us that the kids 2 and under enjoyed. We set-up Caden's big
water slide for him and the older kids who came. It was a fun party. We
really like home parties the best and loved having some of our friends
and family over to celebrate our cute and sweet boy!
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| One of your best friends being held by his dad |
On
your actual birthday, we met Daddy and Opa at Chick-fil-a. You even
climbed to the top of the playground! You also took a little fall, which
sometimes happens when you're learning about gravity. Thankfully you were okay!
Your 12 month well baby appointment was yesterday. You're an active and healthy baby/toddler. Here are your stats:
31.5 inches long (90% height)
23 lbs, 7 oz (80% weight)
47 cm head (75%)
They
now do a new eye screening test and it showed up that you could have a
potential eye problem. They recommended we see a pediatric
ophthalmologist. Your vision seems fine and I'm not sure what they could
detect at this point but we'll check it out. We're praying your vision is okay.
You
typically take one nap per day, in the afternoon from around 1-3. You
wear size 18-24 month clothing. You're in size 4 diapers, still. You
sleep from around 7:30pm-7am. You like a wide variety of foods but love
fruit the best. You still prefer crawling over walking. One cute thing
you've done for months is that you like crawling with a ball or car in
your hand. You still nurse 5-6 times per day and we'll eventual
introduce you to whole cow's milk, although the World Health
Organization recommends breastmilk until 2 years. So we'll mostly stick
with that unless you decide to wean on your own before then.
We love you so much, son! It's been a great 1st year! Happy birthday!
Love,
Mom
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| Some of the older kids |
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| Attempt at getting all of the little kids in the bounce house for a picture |
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| Eating pancakes and blueberries for breakfast |
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| My helper! |
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| Such a cutie! |
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| Eating lunch. You ate grilled chicken and fruit. |
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| Opa loves you! |
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| Daddy loves you! |
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| Mommy loves you! |
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| You climbed into your sisters chair and started eating your brother's watermelon and carrots |
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| Playground fun |
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| You and your sister had so much fun! |
