You found your belly button!

I thought this picture was so cute of you looking for your belly button. You like to look for your little stomach is much cuter!

SNOW DAY!!!!

Well, you finally got your first snow day over a year after you were born! Last year it wasn't very cold at all after you were born so this was the first time you've ever seen snow and you loved it! You were so amazed by how it looks and feels and tastes. We got two chances to play in it so that was fun. Next year will be even better because you might actually be able to fit into your gloves and snow boots. We had to improvise this year!

Visiting the firestation

We love to go visit Daddy when he's at work for lots of reasons. The main one is to play with Daddy, but you also love climbing around on the firetruck and running around in the truck bays playing with his fireman buddies. He's lucky to have so many great guys on the shift with him and they like to play with you when you come to say hi.

Good little sleeper!

Since you were about 10 months old you've been sleeping in our bed because you just wouldn't go back to sleep easily in the middle of the night...and because we were too tired and lazy to make you! When we went to the doctor for your 1 year old check up, she told us to focus on getting you weaned off the bottle and eating good and then to work on the sleeping issue. So the weaning went really easy...took you off the Saturday after you turned 1 and you never looked back. The eating was a little harder since you were determined to only eat crackers and bread for the rest of your life, but you finally gave in and starting eating more table food...even chicken tenders and ham, so we're happy with that. So last Saturday while Daddy was at work, I decided it was time for you to move back into your bed permanently. So following my friend Katie's advice that the Ferber method (crying-it-out) worked...I tried it too. I put you in your bed after two stories, prayers, and an explanation period and you cried for 11 minutes and I went in one time to pat you and lie you back down. Then you went to sleep waking up two times and putting your self back to sleep. The next 3 nights were about the same and now you are only crying about 2-3 minutes and not waking up until about 6am. So for now...WAY TO GO! I realize that by blogging about this I'm probably jinxing it, but i had to brag on my boy! I didn't realize how tired I was until I started getting real sleep! Love you baby! And I miss our cuddle times, but that's what Saturday and Sunday mornings are for right?!

What a difference a year makes!

I thought this would be a fun post because of how different you look from Valentine's Day last year to Valentine's Day this year. Both pictures are so fun and adorable and I remember how cuddly you were in that outfit! I dressed you in all the time until it finally got way too tight! My mom and daddy gave that outfit to you and daddy's mom gave you your shirt this year, so that's fun too! I can't believe how much you have changed in only a year. It makes me sad and happy at the same time! You are growing up so fast and we love every minute of it!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had the pleasure of keeping Mattie for a few hours on Valentine's Day while her mommy ran errands. So you had a little date...well one that slept most of the time! I thought these pictures were so cute of the two of you. You are always wanting to give her kisses and she's started giving them back. So you just pass your cold germs back and forth, but we don't mind since it's so adorable!

Fireman PJs

You look like such a big boy in this picture. You are wearing your big boy pajamas that Grandma Kathy got you and you are sitting in the chair all grown up! I don't have to worry about leaving you on the couch or chair or even the bed anymore because you can get down all by yourself. I love these pjs because they look like some that my grandaddy used to wear. The button up kind. So adorable.