One Year Old

I'm a whole year old! I celebrated my first birthday on November 11. I'll tell you more about it later. I'm changing and learning new things so fast. My parents can hardly remember what I was like a year ago. My favorite food - tomatoes. My favorite thing to do at home - read books. I love to be outside. I love playing with other kids (especially my cousins). I love to growl and hiss when I see animals. I can stand for a few seconds without holding on. I'll squint at you if you squint at me first. I'm getting better at handing over things I find on the floor instead of eating them. I'm very good at crawling up the stairs, but I have no idea how to get down. I love being chased. I laugh when I'm tickled. I love sleeping with my pumpkin. I love being a big boy!

My 12-month stats:

Height: 29 1/2 inches (25th-50th percentile)

Weight: 20 pounds 2 ounces (10th-25th percentile)

Almost One

A year ago today was my due date - November 4th. Does that mean I'm technically a year old? I don't think they should make me wait another week for cake!

My First Halloween

It was the best of Halloweens; it was the worst of Halloweens. Best because it was my first, and I got to spend it with family, and worst because I was the ONLY trick-or-treater in my neighborhood!! Only 2 houses were giving out candy that we could find. Pathetic.
My cousins came over for lunch. Mommy and Daddy made chili, cornbread, tombstone brownies and witches' brew! After we ate, I got into the candy (no one thought I could reach) and started eating some Rolos, including the foil wrapper. Then when Mama was distracted by carving our pumkins, I snuck over to the trash can and started eating pumpkin guts. I had 3 seeds in my mouth when I got caught. We're all lucky I didn't choke!

After we attempted to trick-or-treat in our ghost-town neighborhood, we decided to go over to Uncle Marco & Aunt Mere's. I rode in Uncle Marco's golf cart and then on a hay ride with my cousins. I did a little trick-or-treating there before I ran out of steam. I saw some spooky costumes and decked-out houses. It was great fun.

Pumpkin Patch Kids

After hearing Mommy tell me about pumpkins for months, I finally got to see some! I went to the pumpkin patch with lots of my relatives (Mommy, Daddy, Auntie Tini, Chad - not related, Aunt Michelle, Aunt Mere, Uncle Marco, and my cousins Marlee & Mia. Mackenna was busy sipping non-champagne in a limo!) Anyway, I played in the hay and licked a bunch of dirty gourds while Mommy snapped pictures and Daddy picked out 4 nice pumpkins to take home. I wasn't really into sitting on the scratchy hay until Uncle Marco gave me a piece of it to chew on, then I didn't seem to mind. This was the first year this particular pumpkin patch was open for business, so it wasn't full of pumpkins like Mommy expected, but they gave all their profits to some local soccer teams, so I was happy to help!