HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY MEMPHIS!!!

MEMPHIS turned 1 today at 12:19am.  Still cannot believe that I have a ONE YEAR OLD.  He actually woke up crying last night right before his birth time so I got to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him as he was turning a year old.  He has brought me such JOY and LAUGHTER that I don't know what I would do without him.  He also cheers me up when I have had a bad day.  I just thought that I would highlight each month of his first year and make sure you read to the end for a SURPRISE if you don't know already!!!

BIRTH

Born January 30, 2009 at 12:19am weighing in at 7 lbs. 5 oz and 19 in. long.
Red hair, ten fingers, and ten toes.













1 MONTH OLD

Weighed 8 lbs. and was 20 in. long
Slept 6 hour stretches:)

                                                          











2 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 12 1/2 lbs. and was 23 in. long.
Slept 7-9 hours at night---lucky mommy:)
Stood while being held for more than 10 min.
Able to bring binky to mouth.
Following mommy and daddy's voice.
Smile:)









3 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 14 lbs. and was 24 in. long.
Slept 10pm-7am every night.
Discovered his feet.
Could sit up on his own but only for a few sec.
Rolled from tummy to back.










4 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 16 lbs. and was 25 1/2 in. long.
Slept same hours except when sick.
Started eating cereal.
Could hold onto toys.
Rolling over back to front.
Could hold own bottle.
Started laughing a lot.
Blessed May 24.







5 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 18 lbs. and was 27 in. long.
Slept 9pm to 7am, ate then slept till 9am.
3-one hour naps.
Tried fruit!
Could put binky in his own mouth.
Loved to talk.









6 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 19 lbs. and was 27 1/2 in. long.
Slept the same.
Started on fruits and crackers.
Loves popsicles.
Could pull self up on tummy.
Sit up on own.
Scooting around.
Pass toy from hand to hand.
Look for dropped objects.







7 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 20 1/2 lbs. and was 27 3/4 in. long.
Slept the same and would wake up talking instead of crying.
Started on vegetables.
Head and hands move to music.
Scooting around starting to crawl.
Could say ma, da.













8 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 21.7 lbs. and was 28 in. long.
Slept 9pm-7am.
Down to 2 long naps.
Started trying new foods: pasta, bread, sauces, etc.
Loved mirrors.
Looked for hidden objects.
Could pull self up to standing using objects.
Crawling really well.
Could say mama, dada.
First tooth.










9 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 20 lbs. and was 29 in. long.
Started teething more so woke up in the night a lot.
Loved eating off mom's and dad's plate at dinner.
Discovered snow.
Lay ears under water in bath and make noises!
Loved to dance!!! Bounce his legs to the music.
Stand holding onto something with one hand.
Walk holding onto things or people's hands.
Started clapping, waving, and pointing.
Could say hi, cool, yay.
Started taking more than 4 steps on own!




10 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 21 lbs. and was 30 in. long.
Slept 9pm-8am but would only fall asleep in our arms.
Weaned off expensive formula onto whole milk and juice.
Standing on own and officially walking on own!
Would stack stuff up and climb on to get higher!
Started saying uh oh!













11 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 21 lbs. and was 30 in. long.
Fell asleep on own 9pm to 8am. 2 naps.
Learned how to go up and down stairs.
Could stand up from sitting on own.
Started saying whoa when fell down.
Started saying weeeeeee!









12 MONTHS OLD---1 YEAR!!!

Has his one year well-baby check-up on Mon so I will let you know how much he weighs and how tall he is.
Started walking back-wards and loves to run.
He will say go! and then run away (so cute!)
Loves to kick and carry around basketballs.
Loves clapping, dancing, running in circles, giving high 5's, smiling, laughing, playing hide-n-go-seek.  Loves saying weeeee, go, and can say bobble (bottle).  Weaning him onto sippy cups.
Loves giving hugs:) Loves eating snow!
When I say time to go he can put his own arms into his coat and then will run to the front door and wait to leave!  SMART HAPPY BOY!!!

HAPPY DAY OF YOUR BIRTH MEMPHIS!!!  We will hopefully be moved into our NEW HOUSE by the end of Feb.  Then he will have a yard to play in:)  We are also planning on getting sealed in the next couple of months.  Can't wait to be SEALED as a family forever!  And Happy Birthday Memphis, you are going to be a BIG BROTHER to a new little brother or sister sometime this fall!!!  What a wonderful 2010 it is going to be!

NEW YEAR and SNOW TIME FUN!

Happy New Year everyone!!!  I still can't believe it is 2010.  I was so tired being up all night with Memphis the night before New Years so me and Danny slept through the start of the new year.  I woke up at 12:05 am and just rolled over and went back to sleep.  I am back to teaching but am now really sick with a high fever and chills.  It is no fun.  Danny is having fun snowboarding with his friend Clint.  Memphis had another accident but everyone tells me that he will have many as he continues to walk.  He was at Day Care and walking with his bottle in his mouth.  As he was walking into the kitchen he tripped.  He ended up with a cut bottom lip, a swollen top lip, a bloody nose, and one of his top teeth was pushed back up into his gums a little.  The gums around it were swollen, bruised and bloody for about 3 days but now it is looking back to normal.  YAY!  And of course it didn't phase him.  He was up and running around again.
Memphis is getting really good at communicating what he wants.  He will bring me his little containers of snacks if he is hungry.  He will bring me his bottle or sippy cup if he is thirsty, and he will bring me a diaper if he is sick of being in a wet one.  He still loves music and is always dancing and running around.  Certainly keeps me on my toes.  He loves to climb too and turning on our stereo full blast.  We finally put the baby proof latches on our kitchen cupboards because that became one of his new places to play.  He is so mad at us because he can't get into anything anymore.  He always gives us these dirty faces when he tries to open one.
I took Memphis out in the snow last week and took some cute pictures.  He sure loved the snow especially getting to finally just play in it and trying to eat it.  Here are the pics...