12 month update

hmmm.... this looks interesting....

dad, you gotta try this!!!

i LOVE birthday cake!!!

caleb's birthday party was a success! it was a semi-small party at our house with mostly family and a handful of friends. the best part was when caleb was served his birthday cake. he was totally into it as you can see in the pictures. yes, we gave him the whole cake. :) he smashed it, smushed it, flung it, shared it (with us)... he devoured it! i loved watching every second of it. he was having so much fun!

i can't believe my baby is one. this year has flown by. it feels like he was just born! i have enjoyed this year immensely and every day has been filled with joy and love. i look at him and can't believe how blessed i am to be his mommy. i thank God every day for blessing us with caleb. He has changed our lives so completely and filled our hearts with happiness.

i took him to have his 12 month pictures taken and they turned out really cute (i'll have them posted here soon). so cute, in fact, that the picture studio called and asked if they could display his pictures on their wall! i had to go in and sign a model waiver and they had 4 photos of him on their wall for everyone to see. i was so proud. that's my boy!

caleb had his 12 month doctor's appointment today. he weighs exactly 23 lbs (50th percentile), he is 30 1/2" tall (75th percentile) and his head is 19" (90th-95th percentile). his noggin is big just like his daddy's! :) anyway, he had his shots and i wanted to cry. i gave him boom boom (aka boobies) and he felt better but then we went to the lab for blood work (to check for anemia). man, that was awful. i wanted to cry as hard as caleb was crying! they couldn't find his vein and had to dig around to find it. he was so scared and i just wanted to scoop him up and run outta there with my baby. finally, it was over and i gave him boom boom again (although i don't think there was any milk left).

i started giving him whole milk last week. i'm still breast feeding in the morning and at night but i give him a sippy cup of whole milk in the afternoon. he doesn't like it very much but will eventually drink at least some of it. i've been mixing it with breast milk to ease him into it but he still isn't a fan. i hand it to him and he throws his head back and says, "rahhhhhhhhh" like he's trying to say, "oh no, this nasty stuff again?!". i'm going to continue to breast feed until all of his ear issues are resolved.

speaking of ear issues, he's going in for a hearing test and a consultation with the ENT doctor on march 17th -- St. Patrick's Day. last St. Patty's Day his umbilical cord stump fell off. i remember like it was yesterday. time goes by so fast. so, so, so fast.