He went from this:
To this:
...in no time flat, it seems.
This last month has been a pretty big one. He went from scooting everywhere to crawling. He got his first tooth (the same day I posted that he didn't have any, in fact). He waves and says "Bye-Bye," he's cruising along the furniture at a faster rate, he signs "all done," and turns pages of his board books when we read. He's figured out how to climb stairs and go down them safely (we only have a couple in the house). When asked "Arennn....what's in your mouth?" he opens his mouth for you so you don't have to dig around for whatever he's put in there. Oh, and my favorite - he gives kisses when asked (usually).
He has his one year well-check coming up on Tuesday but when we took him in last week (that cough just won't go away!) he had finally reached 15lbs!! The scale kept trying to dip down to 14lb 15.5oz but it did lock in at 15lb - he's really growing fast, now!
We love watching this little fella grow into his personality. He likes to try to wrestle with his big brothers, he'll eat just about anything you put in front of him (no peas, please!), he enjoys pushing cars around, shaking rattle toys (or squeezing a plastic water bottle so it makes a lot of noise), he gets excited whenever he sees the cat enter the room. And he still loves a good cuddle. Awww.
To mark his first birthday, we had a small celebration here at home. We ordered pizza for dinner and he enjoyed the bites we gave him. He didn't seem particularly fond of the green pepper but he liked the rest.
We also went to our favorite local bakery to pick out a cake. We chose the family favorite - Black Forrest.
Thinking that Aren shouldn't have too much chocolate we decided to get him his own little smash cake - it was a Lemon Curd Cake Roll.
He seemed a little confused by the singing and lit candle in front of him.
But Aren wasted no time eating his cake!!
He was taken straight to the tub :)
Happy Birthday, Aren Kutto (coo-toe) (Aren Baby)
And for those of you new to my blog, or for anyone who wants to go down memory lane with us, here is the post about his birth story.
7 comments:
Birthday wishes from India, Aren Kuttan :) Loved watching the videos. Love, Bino & Annie
I remember reading your birth story the first time and laughing! Congratulations and Happy First Birthday! Mazel Tov!
A year flies by so fast!
our babies are toddlers now =(
Oh that video of him eating his cake was fantastic!!!!
Awww!!! 9 days late, but happy birthday Aren!!! Such a cutie!!!
How I missed his first birthday, I don't know! So, Happy Birthday little Aren! :) Love, love, love the cake video....his face is priceless smashed with all the yummy cake and love hearing the boys laugh! :) Miss you! Hugs!
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