BRODY: ONE YEAR OLD

My Precious Birthday Boy,

You're ONE! It's hard to believe! The joy that you have brought is truly unexplainable! And, with each passing day of your short little life, I have grown to love and cherish you more. You, are a true gift from God. One that I will never deserve and always be thankful for! This month we celebrated your first birthday!!! we all had a lot of fun, lots of family and friends were here to help celebrate your first year! We spent lots of time getting ready for your big party too! We can't wait to celebrate many birthdays with you as you get older!

Though you're trying pretty hard, you're not quite walking. You can stand by yourself for long periods of time, and can even stand up on your own from the middle of the room without holding on to anything. You have taken one step here and there, but quickly realize that plopping on your hands and knees makes things much easier and allows you to get places much quicker. and you are a FAST crawler! you are pushing and walking with your zebra walker grandma and grandpa got you for your Birthday all around the house but don't want to let go quite yet. When you're ready, we'll be so excited...but, take your time. You have the rest of your life to walk!

You have become quite the little entertainer! You make people smile all of the time by just being silly and happy. You have started shaking your head side to side and making silly faces. You KNOW that we think it's hilarious and will do it over and over again. Your vocabulary hasn’t changed much, your still saying the same things as last month, You have gotten really good at "momma" and "dada!" There's no doubt that you know who we are and that we love for you to say our names!

You still only have 6 teeth, and no sign of anymore coming in real soon, but that don’t stop you from eating! you love food! (although you still refuse to eat veggies), you beg for bites of whatever were eating, and of course we can’t deny giving you bites : )You've eaten things like burritos, mac and cheese, rice, grilled cheese, chicken and hamburger, fish, potatoes, french fries, beans, and MORE! you are also loving your whole milk and juice. When you get your sippy cup, you'll drink and drink until you can't breathe...then you take a big gasp, its so funny! you are also still drinking a few bottles of formula a day 2-3 oz at a time (Dr thinks we should maybe keep you on formula until 18 months) we’ll see!

you are still loving to play with cars, you love all sizes, big ones and little ones, you love to push them all around the floor! Another thing you LOVE to do is play ball. You spot them from a MILE away, your eyes light up and, when it gets in your hand, you can’t wait to throw it! You’ll play catch for LONG amounts of time and always make it right to our hands. Your daddy and brother already have super big dreams for you when they watch how much you love to play ball!

Night time is still off and on, its not as bad as it used to be but still not what I consider “good” some nights you will wake up 1 or 2 times, then next night you will sleep thru, your very inconsistent and any little change of any kind will throw you off of your sleep.

When it comes to napping, you would still prefer (need) two (one around 9:30 and one around 2:00). although you don’t always end up getting 2 if we are out and about but when you’re tired is when your EXTREME side comes out! I have a feeling you’re never going to have a problem sharing your feelings or opinions! Peyton likes to call you a “stinker pot” …and, I must admit that I agree! :) you have also just started throwing temper tantrums, if you get told no-no, or we take something away that you want but shouldn’t have, you will arch your back, and head-butt us, and scream… it’s a little frustrating, and hopefully you will pass this phase soon.

Overall, I can say that I’m madly in love with you. Despite your little tantrums and strong will, there is NO way I could love you more! Your little dimples absolutely melts me…your big Sparkly eyes and mile long eyelashes are surely the most precious thing in the world…

So, as I write my last letter for a while, and think about your first year on this earth, I am not too sad! I am overjoyed that YOU, Brody Jay, are our son! I couldn't be more blessed.

I love you to the moon and back fourteen million times!

Mommy