Slow down time!

Two short weeks from today, my baby boy will be turning one. ONE year old! I've always thought as I've gotten older, that each year has gone faster than the last but this year was just ridiculous. When I think about life one year ago today, its amazing how much has changed and yet, it really feels like it was only a few months ago. This time last year I was 33 weeks pregnant and it was about this point that my hips started hurting sooo badly. Everytime I shifted in my chair at work, or moved at night in bed, I'd get this terrible pain like my hips had to readjust. It was probably the worst part of my ridiculously easy pregnancy (yes, I will fully admit that I had a crazy easy pregnancy and yes, I am more than a little afraid that will come back and bite me in the butt next time and I'll end up miserable!). I remember complaining about the hip pain, and my co-workers telling me, "oh, I bet the baby dropped"...and to that I said "I guess it could be that, but isn't that not supposed to happen until a couple weeks before they're BORN? And I still have like 6-7 weeks to go". Little did I know....someone was preparing for his arrival a bit sooner than anyone else was planning. Well, he always has done things his own way, never to be concerned about what or how a baby is "supposed" to do something. :)

Invites are out for the big party...and Mommy is trying to get the details figured out before it totally sneaks up on me! One year pictures are scheduled for this Saturday!

New tricks as of lately: well, of course he's cruising like a champ. Lets go and stands on his own for a few seconds at a time, so I imagine walking can't be too far off. And he waves! On command even! For a few days after he figured out the waving, he'd always do it after the fact. We'd be leaving the sitter's and I'd tell him to wave bye to Miss Kim and he wouldn't do it until her door was closed and we were halfway to the car :) Over the weekend he was waving everytime we went down the stairs (waving goodbye to his room? who knows!) But yesterday, I told him to wave bye to Grandma and Grandpa and he did it right then! I was a proud momma! And this morning I was waving to him from across the room and he waved back at me :) Love it. He's also learning to eat and like more "big people" food. He's into grilled cheese and buttered toast right now...though of course we'll see how long those two items last since he seems to get bored with foods pretty quickly! We're still having our fair share of eating issues...things like having days where he doesn't want anything on a spoon, or being unwilling to even taste some new foods (and even some things he used to LOVE). But all in all, I'd say we're making progress. Probably still not up to where we "should" be, but getting there. Oh, and his other new "trick" is climbing the stairs. Yikes! Luckily, our stairs have a door at the bottom, so we're keeping it closed now! The other day I went upstairs and of course he wanted to follow me, so he sat at the bottom of the stairs for a bit and then decided he'd try it. Went up one or two stairs and slid back down (no worries, his daddy was behind him playing "baby catcher" the whole time!), sat there for a few more minutes assessing the situation and decided to make another go of it. With just one more "catch" by Daddy about halfway up the stairs, he made it all the way up! He was pretty good at it! Looked like he'd been doing it his whole life :)

How is it that every age seems better and more fun than the last?? That is one comfort to how quickly time is passing, I suppose. It seems there's always something even more fun just around the corner! You just have to be sure to savor each and every moment, because they're passing by in the blink of an eye.