{The Box}

The  baby gate box was one of your favorite toys for a couple of weeks. You would drag a shoe and a toy onto the box and play with them for a good 5 minutes without leaving it.  I would  peek  in on you and watch your imagination grow.

Ryker is ONE

 

Date: 10-25-11
Length: 29 1/4"- 25%
Weight: 17 lbs 6oz - 3%
Head Circ: 44.7 cm- 10%

You at 12 months:

• You love to put your hand in a shoe and crawl  around with it
• When you are tired you will cuddle up against my chest and tuck your arms under your stomach.
• You are all boy, always making motor boat or vroom noises while pushing any toy around.
• You have an imagination. You will sit down with a toy for about a minute and talk to it.
• You are always jabbering.  Some times after you talk you will chuckle.
• You get so giddy when you are tired.  You can hardly stay still and you are giggling like crazy.
• When we ask, “Where is the ball, or Where is the doorbell?” you will go and grab the ball or push the doorbell on your toy tent.
• Words you can say: Mama, Dada, Dog (silent G), ball, hi and hey.
• Words that we have heard you say: hello and no.
• You are testing your balance. Only holding on by one hand while walking, walking along the couch with using only one hand, pulling yourself up and then letting go and standing there for half a sec.
• You still have only your two bottom teeth.
• You are still in size 3 diapers.
• You are wearing 12 months clothes.
• You are in 0-6 month size shoes.
• You are still taking 2 naps a day for a total of 2 hours.
• We read you a book and then  lay you down for bed and sometimes you will cry for a few seconds, but most of the time you wont cry at all if your tired. You are such a good sleeper and will sleep for 11 hours most nights with out waking up.
• You are always smiling. People are always commenting.
• You are an easy going baby. Never really cries unless tired, hurt, or hungry.
• You get super excited when Spencer comes and plays with you. You love to climb and play with him.
• You learned to clap your hands.
• When you see your stroller you start pulling yourself down to it and you love to take walks  in your stroller.
• You like siting next to mom and reading books together.

You have grown so much since the day you were born. Your look has matured and your personality has blossomed. I love being a stay at home mom and watching you explore and grow each day. We are excited to watch the next 12 months and see all the new adventures you will experience. Words can’t express how much we love you.

{First Birthday}

For your First Birthday Pictures I decided that I would take your photos. I dragged  you out side at 10 am on a cold morning and took pictures of you. You were a very good sport being tired, but you were not interested in wearing the party hat at all.  For the cake you ate a Joe Lois cake and you liked to squish it between you hands and smear it an the tray. You only took a couple of bites and then you were done. 

 

Sunday was your Birthday. At 5 your Nana, Gramps, Cousin Spencer, and Aunt Britnie came to celebrate your day. We had hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, and fruit. After we ate we watched your 12 month video that Dad and I made and then we watched you open presents Spencer was a good helper helping you open your presents. You got 3 books from the Eddins. Mom & dad gave you scenery balls, Nana and Gramps gave you a cool dump truck and from Nana B. and Papa you received a V-tech rolling ball.

We had fun watching you dig into your cake. You grabbed it with both hands and once you looked down and noticed that they were covered with icing, you wanted nothing to do with the cake and you wanted out. Mom was mean and kept you in while  taking more photos of dad trying to get you to eat some cake. But you still weren't interested.

Nana putting you in your high chair for your Birthday cake eating.

Listening to us sing “Happy Birthday” to you.

Being very cautious about getting messy. For a while you would only put the tip of your fingers in the cake.

Here mom have some cake.

You sucked on your fingers and rubbed your head. This was the after math of you putting frosting in your hair.

You liked it when dad was holding you. It was then when you would play with the cake.

1. You threw a huge chunk of cake on the floor. You liked watching Salem eat your cake.

2. Your little hand prints on the floor.

Looking at some of your pictures from your birth to 12 months old.

I am sad that you are not my infant any more and now you are my toddler. I am excited to see what this stage will bring. You will always be my baby boy.  I love you! 

-mom

You always bring a smile to my face and I love it when I enter the home when returning from work to see you so excited to see me. I am so proud to be your dad. I can’t wait until you get older so I can teach you how to play sports and do big boy stuff. I love you son.

-Dad

{Mr. Mischievous}

When it gets quiet around the house we know that you are up to something. So, I went to check  on you and this is what I found.

You sure enjoyed yourself while it lasted. I love the last picture - yay for me! I just have to laugh and keep telling myself that you are learning and not to get frustrated over the mess.  You take after your dad too much. I sure love my Mr. Mischievous!