Its hard to believe how quickly a year has gone by...I really am still in denial that my sweet little boy is 1! Jack was 1 on March 24th and we celebrated his birthday with family a few days later. We all woke Jack up on his birthday and sang to him. Allie was the most excited I think. She couldn't wait for him to have a birthday (secretly I think its b/c her bday is 3 weeks later!). We took a few morning shots of the bday boy and when I picked him up from school, they had given him a birthday Mohawk! Very funny! We had pizza and cupcakes for his birthday dinner. He loved his cupcake as you can tell from the pictures below.
My family came over on Sunday to help celebrate his monkey themed birthday. I tried to keep it pretty low key and I found a cute idea on how to make cupcakes look like monkey faces. My art teacher made the toppers for the other cupcakes. We grilled out hamburgers and hot dogs and opened presents. Jack was not very interested in opening presents and Allie was happy to fill in for him! I wasn't able to get as many pictures as I had hoped to at his party...I was too busy playing hostess! We are so thankful that Jack was able to be surrounded by those that love him so much.
Here are some fun 12 month facts about Jack that I would like to remember:
Weight: 27lbs. (95%)
Height: 32 in. (95%) Yes...Jack is a BIG BOY!
Wears mostly 18-24 month clothes and some 24 month...it depends on the store
Wears size 4 diapers
Has 7 teeth (3 on top and 4 on bottom)
Is officially a walker...he still crawls and is just now starting to push up off the floor, but he walks a lot!
He is a great eater...there are few things that he will not eat!
Only takes two bottles a day (one at nap time and one at bedtime); he drinks milk from a sippy
Has a really funny personality...he loves to make us laugh and looks for ways to constantly entertain us.
Peek a Boo is one of his favorite games to play
Enjoys playing with his toys and likes to make things crash and bang on things (just like a boy)
Gets into everything and does not like being told no...his fits are pretty pitiful!
Has several words-dada, mama, short a sound for Allie, bye bye, hi, tries to bark when he sees a dog, all done (and signs this), more (and signs), signs please and his new favorite word to say is ball. Balls are probably his favorite toys!
He knows that shoes go on his feet, headbands go on your head (thanks Allie) and tries to "talk" when he holds a toy phone or our phone to his ear.
He loves to dance and sing...his favorite songs are Twinkle, Twinkle and This Little Light of Mine
He still takes a while to adjust to a new place and has to "warm up" first
He still likes to snuggle
He only takes one nap-at school we are lucky if it's an hour long. He takes anywhere from 1 1/2-3 hrs. on the weekend
cup during the day. I have a feeling breaking him from his two bottles is going to take us a while!
My sweet birthday boy!
Sweet siblings
Mmmm cake!
This was the only "good" picture I got of Jack in his bday shirt
He wasn't quite sure what to do with his monkey cupcake...but once he had a bite, he loved it!
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