the big guy

we went and saw Kristin and Lyla for a late lunch in Gurnee. Junior and Lyla had a lot of fun hitting the table.

naps

wondering if junior is already transitioning to 1 nap a day? junior took an hour and a half nap this afternoon. then passed out while eating his dinner around 7:30 and has been knocked out since. wonder when he's gonna wake me up in the morning?

check up & office antics

junior had his 12 month check up this afternoon. it took forever - I didn't get home in time to go to bootcamp at 6, his appt was at 3:15!

anyway, he's doing just fine. we can start cows milk. since he currently doesn't want anything to do with meat, we got some good suggestions to make sure he's getting enough protein (tofu, beans, etc).

he was having a blast playing with the toys and books.

here are his 12 month stats:
weight: 24 lb 12 oz (78%)
height: 31 inches (85%)
head circ: 48.5 cm (95%)

he had 4 shots. his 4th pneumonia, 1st flu shot, 1st MMR, and his 1st hepatitis A. he had 2 nurses putting shots in both legs while I held his knees down. so sad for a mommy. he only cried for a little bit, but those little legs are tender.

happy birthday!

at 8:46pm my little prince charming entered the world!

12 months later:

transition

my big little guy isn't so little anymore. his intake sheet from daycare (where they keep track of diapers, intake of liquids and solids, naps and mood) used to say "infant room". his sheet that came home with him last night was titled "ms. tara's toddlers". sigh.

toy box

junior loves climbing up on his toy box in the sunroom.

giraffe

junior playing with his giraffe while we were waiting in the church office during 2nd service after I sang during the offering.

hybrid glories

we've got morning glories on a trellis on the side of our house. every year they come back there are more and more colors.

this year, blue ones boomed! some blue ones even have pink and purple stripes. you can see the top purple one has pink stripes.

how beautiful are the feet

today we celebrated our pastor's 20th year anniversary at our church today. he loves Handel's Messiah, so along with the senior choir and strings doing the propers for the day, the organist asked if I'd be willing to sing a surprise sing for him during the offering. so we prepared the soprano aria "how blessed are the feet of them", only we went down 1 1/2 steps to be a little comfy for my mezzo self. here's a recording to listen to.

birthday flowers

celebrating junior and mommy's birthday week at church this morning.

walking

cubed mcnuggets

junior had his first mcnuggets this week. I cut them with the vidalia onion chopper. he also had apple wedges cut into cubes. he seemed to enjoy this quick treat.

besties

hazel and junior love playing together. the little guy laughs a lot.

even though he's walking more, crawling is way faster and efficient at the moment.