Our little Ryder Jay turned one on December 16th. What a fun year we have had with him! He is my blonde haired, blue eyed little love bug. We didn't have a great big party for him, due to the hectic holiday schedules. I always said that his birthday would not get combined with Christmas, but it did. It is too much to expect out of town family to be able to travel the weekend before Christmas, and we were going to visit for Christmas anyways. As I sit here and type this, I just realized that we never even sang Happy Birthday to him with Jason's family over Christmas as we had planned. I promise...he is not my forgotten child!
On the night of his first birthday, we took him out to dinner at our family favorite...ROMEO's. I ordered him a baseball smash cake and we sang Happy Birthday to him after dinner. He was not a fan of his cake. He wouldn't eat it and he actually screamed and cried. Oh well! He got a new drum set and a new remote control for gifts from mom and dad. On Friday, we had a mini celebration with my family. My mom and dad and brother and sisters families came over for dinner and cake. Poor buddy didn't get great big parties like his big sisters did. Everyone says that he will never know, and I know this is true, but I know. I also hope he doesn't look back at pictures someday and say, "HEY!"
A little bit about Ryder at ONE YEAR:
* Weight 22lbs 10oz
* Length 31 inches
* rolling is main form of transportation
* just started to think about crawling
* today (December 28th) started crawling up the stairs
* pulls himself up on furniture and scoots around it
* takes 2 naps a day and wakes 2-3 times in the night (tired mommy)
* pretty good eater (eats at meal times with us and a snack)
* still breastfed (losing interest in daytime feedings)
* size 4 diapers
* size 18 month clothing
* loves to bug his sissies
* says mama, dada, HOT, what's that
* waves hi and bye, blows kisses, dances, gives kisses
* likes to snuggle in the rocking chair at bedtime
* likes cars, trucks, little people
* moved into the big boy car seat (rear facing still)
* throws his food on the floor when he is done
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