Reid Turns ONE

We had a special celebration this week, Reid’s ONE year birthday!! Wow, where did the time go? This kid is so fun and full of personality. He is finally warming up to other people (especially if I’m not in the room) and walks around everywhere. His round body receives quite a lot of attention, especially at the pool. He loves the toilet, in fact, we need to keep the bathroom doors shut at all times because he finds it a little too fun. He thinks Talmage and Logan are hilarious; he loves their jokes and antics. Whenever they start horsing around with Truston, he tries to climb into the middle of the group and loves the attention. He will get so worked up; he throws his body into his two yoga routine. First the down-ward facing dog and then plops his belly on the ground with his head up in a cobra. I wish I had a picture of it. He can clearly say, ‘da-da’ and ‘uh-oh’. He also holds the phone up to his ear and says, ‘he-y?’ He kind of has an oral fixation; he puts everything in his mouth, especially shoes. He thinks it’s hilarious to bite Truston’s toes and he tries to do it every chance he gets, last night he totally bit them. For this birthday we bought him a new car seat and a cherry-picker truck. Talmage and Logan helped pick it out and were very excited to give it to him. The whole time we were in the car aisle, really anytime he sees anything he loves, he says ‘ohhhh’ really emphatically. That night we made some car cakes. He was afraid of the candle, but loved the cake. He took a bite, crumbled the rest and then threw it to the ground.  

Here he is on waking up, one year old!

More highlights from the week:

·         For posterity’s sake, this conversation has to be remembered:

o   Talmage: Mom, I want a Ferrari.

o   Me: Ahh, probably not.

o   Talmage: WHY? (starting to cry) But I want one. I’ve wanted one for a long time! (like 4 hours) Everybody else has one, I really want one. Or two. And a Ferrari helicopter.

·         We went to Thomas’ end of swim season party. Talmage went to the pool early with Thomas and started going off the diving board. By the time we got to the pool, he was a pro. He was SO proud of himself. Logan found the froggie slide (a kiddie slide) and went down about a million times. Reid was mesmerized by the fountains in the kiddie pool.