1 yr old!!

So my baby is 1 yr old. We had a wonderful birthday party with family and some of his friends.. I did an activity for the kids, I went out and bought card stock from Michaels for 29 cents/piece and a $7 ink pad and we did handprint and footprints, then named and dated it. I thought it was a cute piece that could be framed or stuck on the fridge for a while.. Then each of the kids had mini cupcakes with frosting, then we did gifts. I was so proud of me- I bought special balloons, tableclothes, bio-degradable forks, spoons- I loved it so much I left it up his whole bday week.

I love that he is 1. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that he eats all solids and no baby foods. We are still on 3 bottles/day but I am working to psychologically accept 2 bottles/day. I am supposed to be replacing his formula bottles with milk sippy cups. But he is only 1 yr, 1 week old, so I had a bit of slack on that. My guess is in abt a week or so I am going to take his total middle bottle and put it in the sippy cup and do half milk, half formula.

We have 6 teeth, are close to standing, crawling like a champ- no more commando crawling for him. He likes to play with everything- so much more interactive. Still loves the outdoors. Its very cute. I had been so panicked and worried abt him going into daycare but beyond those first couple of days he has been really good and I am glad that it is working out so well. I am not ready to give up my SAHM status yet, but at least I know he can handle it.

Back to the food thing- you don't realize how awesome it is eating out with a toddler who has teeth vs a baby who could only eat whatever jar of food you brought and had to hand feed. I remember a story a mama told me once abt how she hand fed her baby and now at 4 he still demands it. And so I totally refuse to that, b/c that is how he is with his bottles. So basically I take whatever we are eating (or order off the kids menu), cut it into bite size pieces and hand it to him to feed himself or just put 2 or 3 down for him to pick it up and eat it.

I have to go now but hope to continue this later!!

Here is a 1 yr old pic :)