Happy First Birthday Son2

We celebrated Son2's birthday at home, with our family. We were blessed to have GG with us, Son2's great grandmother.


By his first birthday, Son2 had two or three hair cuts. Each time we cut about one inch of his hair. His hair grows really fast! On his first birthday he was a very fast crawler and furniture cruiser.



He grabbed this car and pushed it around and said, "Roo! Roo!" That was short for "Vroom! Vroom!" Most days he wants to be just like his big brother, and favors race cars and trains.

We spent the morning at our favorite pancake paradise. Before we left, Son2 posed with his best friend. He loves Son1, and called him "A-DA!" It has since progressed to "BAH-DAH!" Could he be trying to say brother?


Son2 is relatively smaller than his older brother was at this age. He is almost 3 inches shorter, and a few pounds lighter. He eats far more than Son1 ever did, though! He put away this entire stack of blueberry pancakes. We were so proud of him! The owner loves him to pieces. She took him back in the kitchen and came back with some homemade special cookies for him.

Late in the afternoon we had a little birthday celebration at home.





GG kept trying to coax Son2 into drinking from a sippy cup. He finally took one! Soon we sang Happy Birthday. Son2 tried to reach for the candle and put it out with 2 fingers. So much for blowing it out!
He ate his cake just like that. But after awhile too much sugar hit him like a brick and only one thing could change things up. He demanded his favorite fruit, papaya.
Gifts came from near and far. Son1 and I read through the cards and helped to sort out gifts. Son2 busied himself with his birthday hat.
While Daddy and Son1 put the toys together, Son2 had me chasing after him.
He wasn't walking by his first birthday, but he cruised the stairs.
He is our little ham. He has all kinds of tricks and games he likes us to imitate. We call him Mr. Personality. He can't get enough attention from the three bigger people in the house.
This is his favorite place to sit. We find him perched here quite a bit. It is so cute to see him when his Daddy comes home. He watches his big brother rush to the front door and crawls up his Daddy's pant leg and tugs and tugs until he is picked up. How did the year go so fast?!? It was a Happy Birthday.