1 YEAR OLD! I hate to be too cliche, but honestly where has the time gone. It's true what they say about you can't remember life without children, I can't. I have several pregnant friends now and there are not words that can explain parenthood - it's so complex.... All I can say is that I am so thankful for Caden Maxwell and I am so blessed to be his mother. We have been on such an exciting journey with this little man and he has brought such joy to our life! Although I am anxious to see the changes that will take place during the next year, I am trying to enjoy the last of the baby months!
Here are a few updates on his growth. He is still staying steady around the low 20 pound range and his is probably still around 29 inches in length - although, we don't have a measuring tape and would have to do the conversions anyways! ;) Over the last month he has picked up a lot, he waves, he claps and dances, he blows out lights, he tells barking dogs to hush (and also meowing cats.. I was just waiting for the day he told me to hush!). He knows the word Bye and associates it with the phone, anytime the phone rings he says Bye, anytime he sees my phone, he says Bye. I think that Bye is his first word, non-proper-name word. He can give high-fives. Have I touched on the fake sneezing and coughing - well, he still does that! He can kick a soccer ball. He has a tri-cycle that he can back-pedal on. The most amazing thing to me is that he knows what he wants and what he doesn't. This especially comes out when he is eating. One minute pears are great, the next minute he is needing some protein. It blows my mind that he is able to form these opinions already! Which leads me into melt-downs, Ohhhh, we have melt-downs. I know several kids that reach the terrible 2s early, but he was having melt-downs back at 10 months - I sure hope that isn't a bad sign!
We celebrated his big day with a Construction Zone theme - so fun! I found these plates that read - I'm Digging Being 1 - with a dump truck and excavator on them. There are certainly things that I am thankful that I lugged all the way from the states, like Birthday banners and plates (being that I wanted them to be in English). I made a few more decorations here with white paper and markers (I couldn't find construction paper anywhere!!!). Brad and his intern went on a wild goose chase to get some balloons filled with helium, again, brought them from home to match the theme and so they'd be in English - THANK YOU BRAD AND LUCAS! I am so glad that we brought the cake mix and icing from home too! I've been experimental baking with the local ingredients and haven't been too happy (more on that later). The party really came together nicely. Brad's co-worker and his family and Lucas the intern came over for birthday cake and Caden's Birthday Imperial Stout (Brad is HUGE into home brewing, and there is a certain style that needs to age around a year to be at its best when you first drink it. He decided a while back that he would brew this beer shortly after Caden was born and that we would have it to drink at the birthday party - little did we know we would be in Brazil - but the RIS made it down here and we enjoyed it - at least some of us did! It's a dark beer and a much acquired taste if you ask me, but we at least all gave it a try.) Caden totally dug the cake, but did his best to be efficient at eating it - he cut out the middle man - his hands!
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| Birthday Breakfast, a #1 shaped toast |
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| Decorations |
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| Party Favors - Brownie Mix in a Jar |
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| Russian Imperial Stout |
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| He LOVED all the balloons!!! |
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| Our Brazilian guests |
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| Caden's smash cakse - a construction cone |
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