1st Birthday

Wylie's first birthday was great. We celebrated on the 18th with grandparents over for supper. Then on Saturday we had his blowout party. We were thankful for the beautiful day that it turned out to be! Wylie love his cake. I made him a lemon cake in a special size just for him. He ate A LOT of it. He kept looking around like, "Hey, isn't anybody going to stop me?" He also enjoyed opening presents. We did it gradually throughout the party. He loved the toys that made noises and of course he enjoyed getting more books.

Will and I agree that this has been the fastest year of our lives. Watching him grow has been such a joy.

And we're off!!!

It's been awhile since I updated everyone on what Wylie's been up to. That's because I've been busy chasing him! He is absolutely all over the place. He can get out of sight very quickly and into things just as fast. He still has a very big appetite and shows no signs of pickyness yet. He's started feeding himself with a spoon a little which he thinks is just hilarious. He loves making sounds with his mouth such as "smacking" his lips and clicking his tongue. Waving hasn't been a big thing for him. He can do it, but only when he really wants to. He says "Bye, bye", "Mama", "Dada" and "Baba"(for ball or bottle). Other than words, he "talks" all the time. He is actually pretty loud which is fine except for quiet places like church. He learned how to play catch in November and continues to improve his ball throwing skills! It's one of his favorite things to do. He continues to love reading books. He is definitely showing preference toward certain ones that we have to read every night. This past week he started giving kisses. He actually just opens his mouth and slobbers on whoever he is kissing, but we love it. Now, for the biggest life-changer...two weeks ago Wylie took his first steps. Up until this weekend he would just take a step here and there, but this weekend he really started getting brave. Now, wherever he has pulled up, he takes a few steps in the direction he is going next before going back to crawling. He's up to taking about 6 or 7 steps before he goes back down to the floor. I was not in a hurry for this to happen, but it is so cute to watch. He gets very excited and pleased with himself the further and further he goes. We are having so much fun with him each day. We can't belive he will be 1 this week.