Our little 1 year old!

 My baby boy is 1. Really? Could his birthday already have come and gone? Planning a formal party became overwhelming as it was the same day as the big Easter Egg Hunt, and I was having a hard time putting together an itinerary for that day. So, we ended up just singing to him and having him eat his candy with our family that was in town and at the house. We made our way over to Chuck E Cheese for our traditional birthday celebration. I'm not sure if he knew what was going on, but everyone else had fun, racking up over 1200 tickets playing the games (a family best . . . granted we had a lot more help).  

So here's a little bit about you, Nathan, on your 1 year old birthday
 (March 30):

Weight: 17.5 pounds (below the charts) Height 74 cm (~30 percentile)
 Head Circumference (~ 60 percentile)

Right now you have 8 teeth, 4 on top and 4 on the bottom. 

You are the easiest baby (95% of the time) to put down for bed. As long as you have your white blanket (you'll grab it and rub the soft side against your face) and your index finger (which currently has blisters from the amount you suck on it at bedtime) you will not throw a single whimper while going to sleep. 

You have one volume when it comes to your voice, and that's an ear piercing scream which doesn't always make your mom or dad happy. If you want something and can't get it, you'll throw that scream out there, and it works. You get our attention!

You can clap when I ask you to. You point to things you want.

You have adorable dimples, and everyone comments about how cute they are. 

Your brothers and sisters dote on you. I'll find you all over the house because one of your siblings decided they want to move you closer to where they are playing. 

You love to eat Macaroni & Chees, and Pasta with red sauce. You can put away the food too. Sometimes you'll eat as much oatmeal or pasta as your older siblings. I'm still trying to figure out where you put all of it as you are pint-sized still.

You crawl and pull yourself up. You are just barely starting to cruise around furniture. 

You love to be outside. You love to swing. You are learning to throw things. We played a dice game a few days ago and you loved throwing the dice on the table. You also love to roll balls with your siblings.

When you hear music you'll dance to the beat.

Your eyes sparkle when you are happy. 

You still rarely sleep through the night but I'm happy that I'm only having to wake up 1 or 2 times a night. We still need to work on that :). 

Our family wouldn't be the same without you. We love all that you add and are grateful for your big presence. We love you so much!