Happy Birthday: 12 Months

I cannot believe Maxim just turned one! Where does the time go? He is 30 inches long and 20 lbs 12 oz and growing. That is a two inch gain on length and two pound gain in the past 3 months. He comes in at the 97th percentile in length and 85th for weight for his adjusted age and I don't know what it is for his actual age. This boy is growing! It was hard to get the 12 month picture taken because he is not into sitting still. He either kept crawling away, wanted to play with the blocks, the dogs and everything else he could reach. He's a very busy boy!

Maxim, it has been an amazing year with you. You have brought us so much joy and happiness that words can't even describe. You entered this world very early and gave us a scare, and now you are full of energy and tons of fun.

You have had quite the busy month and quite a few firsts. Your first tooth came in...well, it's halfway in. You were such a trooper during this event. I barely knew you were teething.

You started crawling and now you are a baby on the move...and you move fast.

Your crib had to be dropped because you figured out how to pull yourself up and I enjoyed watching this from the baby monitor in the bedroom.

You experienced the pool and you really like it.

Your first experience with sugar. The first cake episode you were not a fan of, but once we got home and tried the cake eating again you really liked it. We gave you cake at your birthday party and then again on your actual birthday and you still did not care for it...very interesting!

Your first swing at the park with your grandma and grandpa while you were in WI.

Besides all of these firsts you also traveled to WI to visit your family and we had your birthday party so all of your grandparents could attend. You were such a good traveler and I couldn't ask for a better traveler than you.

Your favorite foods right now are hot dogs, bananas, mac 'n cheese and of course beef and potatoes. You just love beef and potatoes.

You are quite the chatter box. You always talk our ears off. Right now you say "yeah, da, ba, ma." It's kind of hard to determine if you are actually saying mama or dada, or if you are trying to say ball or dog. It's not quite clear right now.

Your favorite toy right now is a ball. You love balls and love to roll it back and forth with us. You point at balls and say "ba" all the time. You say "ba" to many things though so we are not sure if you are actually trying to say ball.

Well, Maxim, this first year has been amazing. I never imagined how much love and happiness you would bring me. I just love watching you grow and learn new things. I look forward to what this next year will bring and all the new things you will learn.

Love, your mommy