Saturday, January 3, 2009

One Year!

Wow -- what a ride! Toby is now officially 1 years old (Jan 2nd). It seriously feels like yesterday that we were driving home at 25mph and scared sh*tless. Now, we have a little "dude" who brings smiles to our faces even when he's sick and puking.

So some milestones to share: Toby is now consistently saying Momma, Da Da, Bye. He recognizes his bottle and asks for it. He discovered my parents cat over Christmas break and calls the kitty "Kiiiiiya!" while he crawls madly around the house. He knows the sign "all done" when he's finished with his meal.

Toby is also climbing stairs, opening up cabinets and emptying them (like it's his JOB!). He's not walking on his own yet, but, he's furniture surfing and pushing little carts around the house.

We had a little party for him today at the house today. We managed to get a few good shots of him cramming his first cake into his face!

He started fairly innocently enough. He wasn't quite sure what to make of the huge piece of cake we presented to him.



However, once he started digging his finger into it, he started to get into the groove and shovel frosting into his mouth with both hands.



By the end, he had pretty much managed to slim himself badly enough that we just dumped him in the bath.


Here's to the first year!

--Ian