One year

1 year ago today I had my son. In this past year it has been so fun watching him go from that little newborn to watching him hit milestone after milestone. It has been just a joy seeing his little personality develop. He laughs, giggles and smiles all the time. He is my bulldozer and always goes goes goes, I am amazed that I can even manage to get him down for a nap because he is always so busy.

He loves to play. He loves when I sing to him, he loves music. He is a big flirt when it comes to the ladies, he will smile and show those dimples that I love. He ADORES his sister and loves to be around her, he just lights up when she walks into the room. He is a mommy's boy, and me leaving the room he is in is not an option, unless it is nap time. He loves his naps and still takes two 1 to 1 1/2 hr naps a day. He loves to explore and can go from 0 - 60 in no time flat. He loves torturing our cat. He LOVES snoopy! He loves his daddy to and likes to play rough with him. He is very vocal and will tell you all about it too. He is not yet walking but that will come in due time and I know that when he is ready he will be off. Right now I think he is like why should I walk when I can crawl and get anywhere I want just fine. So I really think it is the lazy factor going on. Haha. He rearly ever crys, unless he is just waking up or I leave the room.

He goes for his one year checkup tomorrow and I can not imagine that anything will be wrong. He is perfect and I could not be more blessed to have such a wonderful little lamb.

I will leave you with a couple of pictures, the first is from the day he was born and the second one is from today:

And did I mention he has 8 teeth already. And I think that he is trying to get the first of his 1 year molars coming in.

Proud Parent

Through out my years of parenthood, there are various times in which I am proud of my children and things that they accomplish. Most recently my 7 year old daughter entered a picture she took of a butterfly into the PTA Reflections contest at the beginning of the year. In December she took first place for her school. In January we got a letter from the PTA saying that she had won an award on the County level. Well the Award Ceremony/Banquet was last night. She won the Award of Merit (Bronze Medal). She did not make it to district, but I am so very PROUD of her accomplishment.

Just winning first place for her school was awesome, but to move on and win an award on the county level is pretty awesome as well.

On top of everything else she is the first, in her schools history, to win on the county level for her school.

I AM SO VERY PROUD OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!!!!!

Here is the picture that she submitted:

And this is her receiving her award: