A whole year!!

My sweet little guy turned one on Friday.  ONE YEAR.  I can't remember life without him, yet it seems like it was just yesterday that I was piddling around the house trying to figure out what to do while he took his sweet little time getting here...! 

Noah is SUCH a blessing to our lives.  He is hilarious.  He is sweet.  He is charming.  He brightens the room, the grocery store, heck... he even brightens the outdoors.  His smile is that electrifying.  Seriously!  He has this ridiculous ability to draw people in... to make them smile.  It is a quality many, many people wish they had.  Lucky for me, I get to be around him all the time, and hopefully it rubs off a bit on me!

Noah is walking everywhere.  He started taking steps around 10 1/2 months, and by 11 months walking was his main mode of transportation.  He has started to try to run.... which ends in him stumbling because he can't keep up with his little legs!

Here's what he is up to these days...

- 31" long and 21 lb 13 oz.  He is long and lean... a big change from his chubby little baby self!  The pediatrician actually told us we need to fatten him up.  HA!  I think it is because he does. not. stop. moving.

- He loves to play with doors... open, shut.  open, shut. open, shut.

- Noah likes to always have something in his mouth or in his hand.  Pretty much whatever he can find will do.

- He likes steps.. but only going up them if there are more than two or three.  If there were an infinite flight of stairs going up, he would be all about it!

- Little man is a pretty good eater.  He is all about anything creamy (just like his mommy).  He loves cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, kefir, cream cheese, etc.  If I make a casserole with a creamy or cheesey base, he loves it!

- Noah does not like funny textures on his hands.  When it was time for his smash cake, he dug into it, then tried to shake off the icing from his hands.  He was not a fan!!

- Buster loves to be around people.  He loves playing around other kids, and he likes it when there are several people around him.  When we go to the grocery store, he spends the entire time trying to get people to pay attention to him!

- Noah has a new obsession with the garage door.  As soon as we get out of the car, I say "Let's go push the button!" and he reaches out his hand.  He holds his hand out until we get to the garage door opener, then giggles and kicks his legs.  When he pushes it and makes the door close, he starts to clap and smile!  So cute.

- There are no real words coming from Noah's mouth yet, but he knows several phrases.  He will wave when we say "bye, bye" or "hi", knows "push the button", "high five", and "touchdown". 

I will be posting several more posts in the next few days with pictures of festivites and other things we have been up to.  Until then, enjoy all the sweet pics of my little 1 year old!

xoxo,
~The Grant Gang