Liam's 1st year!

Our little monkey boy is turning 1! How crazy! It seems like within the last month he has started doing so many new things. He's waving now, blowing kisses, he'll pick up my cell phone and act like he's talking on it, pointing and "grunting" at things and so much more. He hasn't shown any signs of wanting to walk just yet. I think he knows he faster at crawling than walking! He's birthday party is tomorrow at my parents house. I didn't go with any themes but focused on colors and the number 1. Angie helped me make decorations with her cricut (fancy thing for scrape booking). I ran all over town today to buy things for tomorrow. It wasn't much of a day off since I was non stop going from 6-4pm but I know it'll be super fun tomorrow. Liam's birthday is next Wednesday so I plan on taking a half day from work and taking him to the zoo. We bought family passes for the year. I figure it gives us a reason to go outside and for me to exercise! We went on Easter and Liam seem to really enjoy it.

One more month and we're on vacation!! I have to say I am really in need of this vacation. Work is going to get crazy for me in the next couple months and Jay has been working 10 hour days. I am looking forward to some lazy days at the pool and beach. We had a mini test run of Liam doing a road trip. Me and Jacque went to visit our friend Michele and her kids in St. Louis about a month ago. Liam did great in the car. We plan on breaking up the drive so I feel pretty good about him being able to handle the car ride.

It seems like all our weekends are booked up till the end of May. I've got a "touch down/victory dance" over night trip planned with Angie the last weekend of this month. I'm celebrating that I breast fed for a year! We're going to a wine festival in Nashville, IN. I love going to Brown County so I am really looking forward to going and getting to spend time with Angie and trying some new wines out! We go back in June with my family which is always entertaining and fun.

It's been fun looking back at this last year and seeing how our lives have changed so much. It's been challenging at times but I can say without a doubt it's been completely worth every hour of sleep lost, spit up continuously on my shirts, getting peed and pooped on, and the crying (both Liam and I's). Jay and I will still say to each other, "Can you believe we have a kid?!?!?" "Can you believe we made him??". It's been a fun ride so far!