Happy Birthday Sawyer!

I love my new train from Audrey.

I love to climb! Even on my birthday present.

Cupcakes are way better than veggies!

I'm 1 now and I have the black eye to prove it!

I eat cupcakes like a boa constrictor!

The first birthday party is on Sunday but these are pictures from his actual birthday, which was yesterday. The year went by so quickly, so much faster than it did with Audrey. With Audrey I was so happy when she turned 1 and felt like PHEW at least I made it through that. With Sawyer I just felt kind of sad. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital, not 365 days ago!

I don't have any dr. stats for you because I'm not taking him to his Well Baby check up until January. I'm guessing he's 23 or 24 lbs. He does seem to be slimming down a bit. We watched a video of him last night from May and June and he was much chubbier. He is so active that the baby fat is melting off.

His favorite things are still climbing over and up everything and anyone, his beloved pillow - the one I had to cut out of his swing so he's sleep in his crib, his bottle, playing with Zoe, food, chasing balls, cars/trucks and daddy's dance moves. His least favorite things are being strapped in anything, getting his diaper changed, getting dressed, and getting his hair washed.

Here's what's going on in the pics: The first one is him trying to grab the balls out of his train. The second, he didn't really know what to do with the big present. Pretty much if he doesn't know what to do he just starts climbing. The third is self explanatory - give kid cupcake, kid crams it in mouth and rubs all over body, kid goes in tub. The last one is him after his spaghetti dinner showing his new age! The video shows him eating his cupcake like a boa constrictor would eat a mouse. Once he picked it up he never put it down. He just kept cramming it into his mouth until it was gone. I think he thought if he put it down we would take it away.

We'll post more pictures after his birthday party. Happy Birthday to our Little Man, aka Sawyer the Destroyer!