I still can’t believe that we have a one-year old!  The little man had his checkup this week and did great.  He weighed in at 22 pounds 3 ounces and is 29.5 inches long.  That puts him right around the 50th percentile. Everyone at the office commented on how cute and happy he was (until he got shots).  I am always so proud of him!

Pete continues to change so fast.  He is talking up a storm and I love hearing his little voice. One of my favorite things is when he wakes up in the morning or from a nap and just sits in his crib talking and reading his books.  His voice is so sweet and he has full conversations with his toys and I just can’t get enough of it.  He says car (with a Boston accent) and when you ask him what sound a car makes, he says “vroom vroom”.  He also says thank you “gak goo” and wow.  When he’s in his high chair, crib or on the changing table, he loves to throw whatever is in his hand overboard and say “uh oh”.  Pete crawls up the stairs like a champ and knows to turn around and slide down the stairs on his belly.  He’s too smart.  He also knows that at this point, crawling is much faster than walking.  I’m excited for him to take his first solo steps … though I think he’s going to be one of those kids that goes from crawling right to running!

Pete loves to play on his new slide; he climbs up one side, and then turns around and slides down on his belly.  He says “weeee” the whole way down.

Pete also had a little birthday party.  He tasted a Hoodsie for the first time (and loved it) and was spoiled with love, attention and presents.  We had such a fun day, and were so excited to celebrate with the little man.

As always, we’re excited to see what’s in store for the little guy in the months to come!  Hopefully I’ll have a bunch of new pictures to post soon too!

Our little man is one today! It feels like just yesterday Pete was a tiny newborn snuggling in my arms.

It’s hard to believe that an entire year has already passed. It seems like it flew by and I can’t believe that our baby is one!

Pete was showered with cards and presents and had his very first taste of birthday cake.  I had planned on making a layer cake, but someone (who shall remain nameless) decided she would help herself to cake when I wasn’t looking.  So Pete got a one-layer cake instead.

I think he liked it.  Pat and I had so much fun watching him figure out what it was and what he was supposed to do with it.  We were all laughing and it was pretty cute seeing Pete’s reaction to the feel of the frosting and ultimately the taste of the cake.

One year ago, I thought that true happiness was a thing of the past for me … that my heart was irrevocably broken.  And then this little baby boy arrived.  He cried, then I cried and then I fell totally in love with him.  And I continue to fall more in love with him every single day.  When I look at him, I know that he was made especially for us.  I can’t imagine any other child being ours … he is just so perfect. Because of him, my smiles are genuine, my heart is mending and life feels really good again.  Pete is truly the light of our lives and is such a special little guy.  Pat and I are so proud of him and so excited to see what’s in store for his second year!

One of Pete’s favorite things to do is look out the window in his bedroom.  He scampers over to it the minute he has the chance, shoves the shade out of the way and pulls himself up to check out his surroundings.  He gets very excited and talks to what he sees, looks all around and it’s just the cutest thing:

He’s so curious and inquisitive and I love watching him explore new things.  And how cute is his little bum?!  I love it.

Pete met the Easter Bunny yesterday.  He was pretty skeptical (I can’t say I blame him) but they somehow managed to take his picture before he started really crying.  As one of my girlfriends said, the picture looks like it was taken circa 1975!

Happy Easter!

Pete is eleven months old today!  I can hardly believe it.  He seems to have changed so much this month; he is quickly shedding his baby self and very much becoming a little boy.

Pete is such a happy baby.  He is just generally in a good mood, smiling and laughing all the time.  He is incredibly inquisitive and constantly on the lookout for new things.  I’m amazed at how much he seems to have learned in the last month.  He says quite a few new words and when he’s in the mood, he’ll try and repeat just about anything you say.  His newest words are Bailey (BAAAAAAAAley), what’s that (wazat) and baby (bAAAAAbee).  Yesterday morning, we were all lying in bed and Pete made a beeline for the picture of Brienna on my nightstand.  As he was climbing over me to get to it, he kept saying baby, baby.  It made me cry a little bit, but was also so adorable and so sweet.

Pete loves to clap, wave and give high fives.  He is a master crawler and moves very fast.  He doesn’t sit still and is into everything, which means that nothing is safe in our house! He is sweet, occasionally impish, smart and pretty darn adorable too; I marvel at him all day long.  I am so proud of him and fall more and more in love with him every day.  Pat and I are so blessed to be his parents.