My Little Man Turns One

I cannot believe how fast this past year has flown by. It really does seem like yesterday

• that I worked a full day of work on August 3, 2009 and now realize that I had been having contractions throughout the day.


• Got to the hospital a little before 8PM that night still not thinking what I was feeling were contractions


• Got in the bed at 8:12PM to see how far along I was and my little boy was born 7 minutes later. Yes, NO medicine - this was NOT by choice. I was always a firm believer that God made epidurals for a reason and I intended to always use them - I guess God had other plans.

What a whirlwind of an evening. So as I sit here and type this and think back to this past year a smile comes to my face at the joy Trevor has brought into our lives. Yes, I will be the first to admit that having 2 is very different and a HUGE change but it's definitely something I am very thankful for.

This past month has been a lot of firsts for Trevor:

• He is now drinking whole milk - which is a raise in our pocket - YEAH!!


• He is now facing forward in his car seat so he can see the world


• He took his first steps on July 19 and was walking about 9 steps or so


• Within 3 days he is walking ALL over the place


• He had his first haircut


• I still struggle on what to feed him - he loves to feed himself which causes a mess sometimes


• He has started eating yogurt which he loves. He also loves crackers, grapes, and cheese


• We tried to get rid of the bottle when he turned 1 but this isn't going to be an easy transistion


• He still drools ALL the time and is constantly wearing a bib


• He is finally enjoying reading a book before he goes to bed


• He is sleeping about 11-12 hours at night and about 2 - 2 hour naps during the day


• He loves his big brother and wants to do everything he does


• He has started saying ROAR when he sees a dinosaur - thanks to big brother


• He can wave, blow kisses, and clap


• He says ma ma, da da, and bye bye


• He had his first real sweets - check out the cake pictures below of his birthday cupcake

It never fails that if I have had a bad day, I can see Trevor's smile and it will make me feel so much better. He is such a happy baby and we are so blessed to have 2 sweet healthy boys. I pray I never take that for granted and my prayer is that I will be able to be a Godly mother to my boys.