Micah turned one on April 14th! I remember being so nervous about having a boy after growing up with so many girls! Having a little boy is my favorite. I adore our little man and I'm so thankful the JOY he brings to all of us.
Papa Roger was in town from Michigan so it made it a little more special. It was nice to have family here to celebrate with us!
Here's our little buddy first thing on his birthday morning!
Big sister, Sophia, loves being in the kitchen.
She helped me make cupcakes for "brudder".
Micah waited until 11 months to get his first tooth. His second quickly followed. Now we're workin on the third and it's a doosy. He had a slight fever on his birthday and was uncharacteristically grumpers. He liked the cupcake but just couldn't get past the owie in his mouth. :(
Kinda sad isn't it?
We decided to wrap up cupcake eating quickly and he took a
nice warm bath.
All better and ready to open some presents!
He will always sit on top of a box if there's one around. He's always climbing onto Sophia's bathroom stool. He usually topples off of it. But for those two glorious seconds he gets to smile at himself in the mirror... I guess it's worth it.
He got presents and cards from family and friends all over the US! I've been overwhelmed by the love coming from everywhere! Washington, California, Colorado, Arizona, Michigan.
He is a loved and lucky little boy!
Micah is cruising along the couches, walls, chairs, etc. He'll walk holding onto one of mom's fingers. He's just still a little to nervous to stand on his own yet. We thought maybe the freedom from a little walker might motivate him. As soon as my dad got it put together and set it in front of him, Micah took off behind it! He loves it.
At ONE year
(We have yet to get him in for a one year check up. I gotta get a doctor. Workin on it.)
Says "da-da" and "na-na" (mama) occasionally.
Always says "a-dah!" (again) every time I throw him in the air or tickle him.
I'll get that one on camera as soon as we get a new one. Ours officially bit the dust right after I uploaded his birthday pics.
Likes to throw balls and chase them around the house.
Has 2 teeth on the bottom and the 3rd on the top should be cutting any minute now!
He's really fast going up the stairs.
When he's at the top of the stairs I tell him "turn around" and spin my index finger in a circle. Now when he's ready to go down stairs he sits at the gate and spins his little finger around. He turns right around a goes down one knee at a time.
He gives sloppy kisses, dances, claps, high fives, blows kisses, waves and signs "more" and "all done"
He loves to cuddle and if there's a pillow around he likes to just stop and lay on it.
He got some cool cars for his birthday and knows exactly what to do with them. He chases them all around the house too.
We're working with the sippy cup and milk.
He's still not too sure about some food. I've resorted back to baby food in addition to yogurt and oatmeal in the past few days because he won't eat anything other than cheerios, puffs and mac n cheese. We had one week when he ate some meat and cheese, but we're backsliding. Veggie bits are a no-go still.
So there's your Micah update!
I love him so very much!
Happy Birthday Micah James!!
