It's official, as of Monday September 22nd our baby is one! He truly is an amazing kid. He has such an easy going personality which makes it easy for me to take him to work. I wanted to document a few of the things he does/has/says at the ripe old age of one.
He has 4 teeth, which he bit me with tonight 3 times and laughed and laughed and laughed.
He says, "hi" (especially while grocery shopping to all the other shoppers), "mommy" (he used to call me Bobba thanks to Jake and Allen), "daddy", "Ella", "Paislee", and "Thank You".
He loves animals, which include his sisters.
He's crawling like a champ and pulling himself up to a standing position (I'm not encouraging walking for as long as possible).
And can this kid eat. For breakfast he eats a bowl of oatmeal (an entire micro-wavable package) and then an entire banana. When we get to work 30 minutes later he has a snack before going down for a nap. For lunch he consumes an entire toddler meal and then snacks for 15 minutes afterwards on whatever you put in front of him. There's a snack again when we get home from work. For dinner he usually has a helping of whatever we're eating and sometimes seconds. He weighs in at 22.6 pounds and I'm curious what percentile he'll come in at for height and weight.
He likes the camera and knows he needs to smile.
Opening presents, he thought it was more fun to eat the wrapping paper and tissue than play with his toys, he's finally figured out the toys are the better part.
Here's his cake. I wanted to be a bit more elaborate but was not finding the creative juices.
Obviously my lack of creativity did not bother him in the least, he enjoyed every crumb that made its way into his mouth. Happy 1st Birthday sweet boy!
Each year we take our family out to the local pumpkin patch and pick the pumpkins that will decorate the front porch and later be turned into glowing jack-o-lanterns. Each year the farm adds to their attractions (and their prices) but we always have a great time. This is a picture of Jake and Grant in front of the hay maze and their beautiful red barn (don't you think all barns should be red)?
This is my feeble attempt to take pictures from different angles and positions than I normally would, I had wanted to get the top of Ella's head running through the maze, instead I got my gorgeous three year old popping up and pozing for the picture.
Grant thought the pumpkins made a pretty good seat and just wanted to hang out on it. Honestly they don't come any easier than this little guy, he's happy doing almost everything.
Every year we each take a picture with the kids in the pumpkin field with the ones we've chosen to take home with us. We're so lucky to have such a close, fun place to start our fall celebrations. This is my absolute favorite time of the year, the nights are cooler and the colors more vibrant. I'm so glad that fall has been creeping in this year instead of all at once so I can savor every moment of it and share that with our kids. 
