The big 1

Jack is one. How does that even happen?

Jack's 1 year stats:

- weight 23 lbs 11 oz (66th percentile)
- height 33 inches (99th percentile)
- head circumference (95th percentile)

Jack's accomplishments:

- pulls himself up on everything
- has the most efficient army crawl around
- says "mama" and "dada"
- waves bye when people leave or even mention the word
- gives the best open mouthed kisses when prompted and recently started giving them spontaneously
- signs "bye," "more," "all done," "airplane," and "where?" (See below for more details)
- recognizes lots more signs
- sleeps (mostly) through the night
- has 6 teeth

Jack has a funny/quirky personality. He makes the funniest faces. He loves to be snuggled and rocked to sleep- on his terms. In the mornings, he has been waking up a bit early to join us in our bed... I love it. Jack is a very curious, but not mischievous, little boy. He stares at new people before he gives a smile- just likes to check them out first. He gives the best/worst pouty lip I've ever seen. It used to break my heart. Now it just makes me laugh. Jack is at his happiest outside. He prefers the b'jorn to the stroller so he can get a better look at what is going on. He is not as light of a sleeper these days- thank goodness. We can actually put him down and walk out of his room without him waking up. Jack likes to follow us around our apartment and has recently decided to start climbing the stairs to find us. He is a great eater, but is not loving vegetables like he used to. His favorites are bread, avocado, grapes, watermelon, chicken and crackers. Jack is a happy, sweet, smart, strong, verbal, beautiful babe, and we love him. We're enjoying this fun age with him and are looking forward to all of the firsts we get to share with him.



Washing up for his big day!


He was so excited to turn one, open presents and have his first taste of cake!

The grands.

BBQ for dinner.




The cake is apparently trying to make a right turn.

I wanted to be a "good mom" and make a cute cake for his 1st birthday. (I'm realizing now that I would have been a better mom had I not made the cake. :)) I could not think of what to make. Does a one year old have a preference? NO. They don't. But Jack does seem to like airplanes. Any time he hears one, whether we're inside or outside, he looks around to see if he can find it... it's pretty cute. He's even starting to sign it. (Which is also his sign for bye, all done and where... we're working on it.) So that's what we did. (Thanks, Mom and Parker, for your help/patience.)


Since Jack was born (or maybe before), Parker has had visions of Jack crawling towards his cake, devouring it and having to bathe him for days to remove the mess. All of Parker's dreams were crushed when Jack had no clue. We tried to show him, but he was having none of it.


So after a bit, we decided to take him in and give him a more appropriate portion. Once he was in the proper eating place, he was finally comfortable enough to go ahead and take a bite.







"All done." (Or airplane, or bye, or where?)

Not too bad


Opening presents.

His first dollar on his first birthday. We're on a our way to a mission/college fund!!!

Jack got some really fun (and comfy!) fall and winter clothes, a BSU football jersey, toys, a signing DVD, and this awesome Lamm Family measuring board. Growing up, we always had a wall/door at our house to measure our heights. I loved that. This is the perfect thing for us right now... we can take it with us wherever we go. I haven't put Jack's one year old height on it yet, but I'm looking forward to it and all the other ones we will add to it!!

Thanks to both our families for a fun 1st birthday. Jack is a lucky dog who has lots of people who love him, and there is nothing better than that.


ps. Thanks, Brianne for the pics!