Aaron: 1 year old!!!

Aaron turned 1 a few weeks ago, but I couldn't get him in for his one year check up at the doctor until today, so I held off on this post until I had his "stats" to share!

We started off Aaron's birthday as a normal day. I had been working with him for a while on showing one finger when asked how old he is. This was the best picture I could get, but you can clearly see one finger! (And yes, he only does it with his left hand - however, this is the only thing he does with his left hand, so I'm not sure what that means!)

"One!"

"My picture too Mommy!"

 We had a pretty calm day, I know Caleb and I ran some errands while Grandma watched Aaron (it was her normal Wednesday to stay with the boys), but I really don't remember what else we did that day. We played it pretty low key : )

That evening we went to dinner as a family before heading to church.

Waiting for food!

Mommy and Aaron (love his silly little grin!)

Daddy and Caleb

This is truly one of my favorite stages! I love watching him walk around all over the house. Sometimes I pause in amazement of how steady he is. My favorite is when he walks to me and says "Momma"....ugh, melt my heart little man! 

Aaron also has a sense of humor. His laugh is contagious : ) He loves running from us when we try to grab him and just laughs at he goes. He also thinks it's funny to shake his head "no"! He shakes it back and forth over and over again and just keeps giggling! 

I also love the way our boys play together. Aaron is finally old enough to interact more with Caleb, they both tackle each other and tickle each other. There's lots of laughter in our home. 

While Aunt Laura was watching the boys last weekend, she taught Aaron how to go up the steps to the slide. (We've moved it inside for the summer since the heat, humidity and mosquitos are so bad) He can play by himself on it - of course, Jonathan and I stay close just in case! 

Some of his one year stats:

Height: 29" (14th percentile)

Weight: 19 lbs 5.5 oz (17th percentile)

Aaron has given up his morning bottle but still takes a lunch time and before bed bottle (both are 1/2 milk and 1/2 formula). We're trying to wean off of those, but someone is a little stubborn : )

I guess his favorite food is yogurt. He gets a LARGE helping every morning at breakfast and gets mad when it's gone. Everything else is touch and go. He'll eat a ton of something one day and then not touch it the next. I never really know how he's going to eat at a given meal. 

When we're home, Aaron still naps twice a day, but if we're out he does one longer nap after lunch. He's slowly transitioning, but it doesn't hurt anything for him to nap twice when he can, so I'm not pushing him to change that! 

Aaron is slowly saying a few words. Right now we here Dadda, Momma, Bubba, and occasionally No and Up. He babbles non stop though and often times his rhythm and tone mimics what Jonathan and I say. 

(Enjoying his lasagna a few nights ago - such a happy boy! 

There's so much I could say about our little monster. Truly, I could go on forever, but no one would be reading to the end : ) He is such a gift and joy. With him there is more laughter, more silliness and more cuddles than we had before!