Happy Birthday Benny

Benny had his 1st birthday and it was a super fun day! I can't believe he is 1 already! I can't believe how fast this year has gone by. I am so happy to have my little boy. I'll never forget the stark difference in my labor with Benjamin as compared to Lily. I swear that his labor experience of having a VBAC healed me emotionally a little. I can't wait to see Benny grow up and change everyday.
His accomplishments as a new 1 year old:
- He can now say All Done! It's so cute, he says it for everything, All done eating, all done sleeping, all done playing.
-He also says "Uh Oh!" every time he drops something. It's adorable.
-He is still cruising on everything possible - not quite walking yet. I try to let go of him while he's "finger-walking" but he just gets scared and sits down. He'll get there soon enough!
-He is completely weaned and drinks real cow's milk from his sippy.
- He has started climbing on everything. I've found him standing on chairs, step stools, boxes. I'm sure someday I'll find him on the counter or something.
- He is still not a good sleeper, but I think we're slowly making progress. At least that's me being optimistic. I hope he'll be a good sleeper soon!
-He kinda tapered down on his growth spurt. He was 19 pounds in December, and he's now just over 19 pounds. I think all these sicknesses are hurting his eating habits. He's well right now! I hope he's done being sick for a while!



For Benny's birthday we had such a blast. I was planning on taking him either to the park or the zoo but the weather has been awful so we just spent the day inside playing. We took him out to Warren's for french fries because they are his favorite. We had Grandma and Grandpa B over and did presents and cupcakes. Then that evening, we got on Skype to open Grammy and Papa's presents with them.

Lily sang Happy Birthday to Benny all day
Benny eating his favorite snack
Presents!
Benny's so lovey! He kept kissing his toys!

Sweet little laughs
Cake Time!
He didn't know what to do!
Nom Nom Nom
My kids are such clean freaks. Both Lily and Benny decided to cry when they got all messy with the cake on their first birthday's!