HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANT!

Today, my baby turns 1. It's weird to think that I have been doing the mom thing for a year now. I am happy to find that so far it just keeps getting better and that as more time passes the more I feel "at home" with being a mom. It was a little hard at the beginning getting used to being home all the time, having someone that completely relied on me and that I was completely responsible for, and just figuring out what my new identity was. But things have now seemed to have fallen into place and I am feeling content with my new life. I love Grant so much and I am so grateful that he is my son.

I finally figured out how to put a video together but I can't quite get it to just appear here on the blog. I just tried clicking the link and it opened up in another window. Hopefully, it will work for you. It has a ton of pictures of Grant through this past year and I'm warning you, it's long.

And, here is a list I came up with that describes our big One Year Old Boy.

Some of the things that Grant loves:

• trying to walk
• all kinds of cheese, obviously taking after his mother
• anything electronic especially if it is plugged in and working
• turning the TV on and off with the remote or with the button right on it
• seeing where we are headed in his new front facing car seat
• reading books and that means actually reading the words to him and not just turning the pages
• playing with his new birthday toys
• hearing his friends Kayden and Cameron and then wanting to play with them. He especially loves yelling back and forth with Cam.
• playing at Adam's house and with all of his toys
• climbing stairs (so far he just climbs up and then attempts to plummet down them. You really have to watch him close.)
• being outside and going on walks
• pointing at things
• yelling to hear his own voice
• high pitched screaming when he doesn't get his way (this is especially fun in church)
• mimicking sounds I make
• eating
• getting into the garbage
• pulling all of the toilet paper off the roll and then ripping it into little pieces
• his high speed army crawl (he'll crawl the other way sometimes but when he wants to go fast, down on his belly he goes)
• middle of the night bottle......Yeah, we need to work on that one.
• the piano (he's a pro already) :)
• playing peek-a-boo
• splashing as much as he can during his bath
• ripping up magazines and doing it as fast as he can as soon as mom notices and comes after him
• pulling things off shelves; books, movies, toys, games, etc. He was in heaven when we went to the library a couple of weeks ago.
• music: dancing to it or listening to people sing him songs. He loves it.
• crossing his feet whenever he is just sitting relaxed and sleeping with his hands behind his head. Every time I lay him down for bed or a nap immediately he puts his hands behind his head. It's so funny.
• little kids. He wants to be right with them doing whatever they are doing.
• anything he is not supposed to get into

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