Jack's First Birthday

We celebrated another major milestone today- Jack's first birthday! It's been such a great year with this sweet, loving, mischievous little man. Today was a great celebration, complete with crepe paper, balloons, and lots and lots of cake.

 We kept his party small this year. We only had our family, my parents, my sister, and grandma great. It was such a nice treat for me to keep things small and manageable, especially since Jack's two big brothers were over the moon excited. They were nuts today! After everyone assembled, we had Jack opened his presents, and he got clothes, a book, a giraffe from Aunty Kay-Kay, a pool from Grandma and Papa, and a toy plane from us. He tried his best to open the wrapping paper on his own, but his specialty was destroying the bows. After presents we ate pizza then moved onto the cake. The cake we bought came complete with a personal sized "smash cake" for Jack, and he went to town. He was covered from head to toe in green frosting. The kid likes cake, no doubt about that. After a quick bath (which turned the water green), we sat around and talked before going on a nice evening walk. It was a good night.

Jack doesn't see the doctor until next week, so I don't have any growth stats yet, but he's doing really well. He's still nursing 5-6 times a day and waking up 1-2 times each night. He eats pretty much everything, and his favorite foods are watermelon and crackers. And cake, apparently. He's still crawling like a champ, and he recently started standing on his own. He's only days away from taking his first real steps, and it would come even faster if we pushed him a little. He's saying "mama" and "dada", but they don't mean anything specific yet. Mostly he just makes a lot of noise.

He fits in perfectly with our family. Right now Jack is best buds with Max, mostly because Luke gets upset when he steals Luke's toys. He follows his big brothers around, furiously crawling all around the house to catch up. He's such a fun, squirmy little ball of love, and we can't wait to see him grow throughout the next year.