birthday boy!

thom turned one last saturday!  we had a great little party with some friends on saturday and partied with family on sunday.  i thought thom would be too young to understand the concept of a party but when he woke up from his nap and there were balloons and food all over the house, he got so excited and started flapping his arms and squealing!

i will be the first one to admit that i always forget to take pictures of exciting things happening, so i didn't take tons of photos at the party, but i did get a few:

opening presents

first taste of cupcake

 

ooooooh!

thom loves:

-splashing in the bath and shower

-playing with friends

-wrestling and being thrown around

-seeing pictures of himself and other family members

-sesame street (or most TV for that matter)

-to be independent

-playing with the remote control, cell phones, and banging on the computer keyboard

-swinging on swings!

thom hates:

-most green veggies on most days.  occasionally i can get him to eat a bite or two but then he's back to sticking out his tongue and rejecting whatever green thing i try to put in there.

-being told no

-the waves at the beach.

thom can:

-walk! (but has only done it twice)

-eat most foods because he has 6 teeth now!

-pull himself up onto the sofa

-climb up all of the stairs in our home (though he can't climb down yet)

-make lots of single syllable sounds: "mamama," "dadada," "bababa," 

-hum.  he does two funny little staccato hums together in a major 5th interval like this, "hm-hum."  too cute!

thom keeps us on our toes, but i really love being a mommy now.  he is getting so interactive and fun, i understand him better, and i think he understands things better now so he knows what to expect, too.  i love this little kid and wouldn't trade him for the world!!