My 1-year old

Parker's 1-year photos came back, and they are precious!  What a little ham!  It's hard to choose a favorite.

His new thing is snuggling with stuffed animals.  Adorable!

His walking keeps on improving

 

He had his 1-year check-up and shots yesterday.  Poor baby screamed bloody murder during the shots.  His stats are 22 lbs, 7 oz (44th percentile) and 31.5 in (91st percentile).  I find it very hard to believe that he only grew a quarter of an inch in the last 3 months.  He seems sooo long.  I demand a re-measure!

Two things we've really been enjoying are
1) car shopping carts.  GENIUS!

2) his push trike.  He thinks he's big stuff "steering" it around the park.

He got his first hair cut on Sat.  I can't say that he loved it.  He was ok at first in the car chair, but then I had to hold him and he kept wriggling about.  This "after" pic cracks us up.  He was mad because I took away his balloon.

Although I miss the long curls, he really is cute with his big boy hair cut.

Parker has had a couple of play dates and attended a Toy Story themed birthday party recently.  At the party, they had each guest dress like Woody and take a picture.  What a cute idea!

Since he first started eating, we've been trying to teach Parker the sign for "eat."  I'd love to teach him more signs because they supposedly help cut down on the frustration toddlers feel when they can't communicate, but I haven't made the effort to learn other signs.  Anyway, today Parker signed "eat" for the first time!  It was really cool for him to be able to tell me what he wanted.  It made me want to learn and teach him several more signs ASAP, so I'm putting that on the agenda for this week.

Since he's turned 1, I think Parker has become even more snuggly.  I'm not complaining!