Spoiled Buster

So many wonderful birthday gifts, and so many fun birthday events. Thanks all for a great 1st birthday week! And special thanks to Uncle Zac for sharing his birthday again this year ;-) Jesse has gotten 3 new teeth in the last month and started 'cruising' as they call it when kidos walk holding onto stuff. I am sure he'll be running soon.

First Birthday

I am definitely going to start crying as I type this. After we put Buster to bed on Sunday, I sat down and suddenly felt this overwhelming sense of finality. One year. Who would have thought we'd make it this far? I know as we were packaging up our new baby boy one year ago, I didn't have any sense of how or what I would feel a year later. And as I look back over the course of the year, there is more joy and happiness than I can remember in the prior 33 years combined. So why do I feel this sense of sadness? It must be because my baby isn't a baby anymore. He's a boy. A person. Somehow I feel like I am losing him already. I hope that these wonderful memories of him never fade. That he will continue to make me look at life in a new way. Open my eyes to the simple things. And help me keep a sense of humor about the not so simple things (horse noises for example). An exerpt from my favorite children's book says it nicely:

"For never before in story or rhyme, not even once upon a time,
has the world ever known a you my friend, and it never will, not ever again."

First Christmas

This would have to go down in history as my favorite Christmas ever. Jesse keeps things exciting - eating paper, tape and boxes. Occasionally glancing at the toys that came in them.




We went sledding on the driveway.


And ate eggs for the first time. He missed mouth a couple times.

Almost Christmas. Almost 9 Months.

It's funny how much changes in a year. Last Christmas, my wish was to make it through my pregnancy. This Christmas, my wish is to sleep through the night. We have had a year I will never forget. A year filled with joy and tears (mostly when I was very pregnant). We didn't make it to AZ (which made us all so sad) but we did make it to a water park...





We met Rudolf, Frosty, and Santa.





Jesse got a few shoulder rides from Daddy.





And we had a great Thanksgiving. Just chilling with Uncle Zach.



We got to have Margarita's with Jillian for her Birthday. Ok, Mom had Margaritas and I had formula. But still - it was fun.



We are really looking forward to Christmas. Mostly so mom can get rid of the tree I like to try to knock over and the presents I like to eat. Sorry Auntie Hedd, but I couldn't stand the suspense. Your present is already open.

Next Year? Mommy's Angel.

But this year for Halloween he was Mommy's monster.

Happy Birthday to Us!

Monday, on our way home from day care I sang 'Happy Birthday to Us'. My 34th year and Jesse's 8th month. He's learned way more in the last month than I have in the last year. lol. He can sit up great, babbles a ton, and can even try to feed himself. What is the best new thing that Jesse has learned you ask? How to gut laugh :)

The Buster

Jesse has such a personality already. We are having a ball getting to know him. And even more fun teaching him about the world around us. Everyone was right. It only gets better.