1st parade

Even though it was SUPER cold today we went to the Xmas Parade. It was my first parade, last year I wasn't suppose to be out & about yet. We got all bundled up & headed out.

I enjoyed all the lights & sirens & sights. It was a good time. Plus we got lots of candy!! And I hi-fived a ninja turtle!! What a cool day!

It's my party!!

My first birthday party!!

We had my big party the Saturday after Thanksgiving (had some scheduling difficulties due to Mamaw & Papaw Clark's travels) but better late than never! We had lots of family join us & some very yummy food! Mamaw Clark made my cake, again I love food so it was delish!! I got lots of presents, which I love! I love to play, play, play! Mommy says I do such a good job of playing & keeping myself entertained.

opening presents

YUM!

Suppose to be posing w/big cake, but I was still hungry!

It was a great day!! Thanks again everyone for making my day special! And for being a part of our lives!

Oh happy day!!

Today marks a special day for us! One year ago today (11-25), I got released from the NICU and got to finally come home with my mommy & daddy! It's kind of like my other birthday! I can't believe it's been a year, we made it!! No broken bones, no major illnesses, and mom's got a little bit of her sanity left still! I think we're gonna make it!!

12 month stats

Weigh about 23 1/2 pounds. (Come a long way from 4lbs 10oz just 12 short months ago!!)

• LOVE to eat!
• walking
• obsessed with the trash can, yuck!
• gives lots of kisses
• knows belly, nose, & lots of toys
• drinking milk from a sippy only
• enjoys looking at books
• BROOMS & VACUUMS!!
• got teeth #4, 5 & 6 in a 3 day period
• new words: look, yuck, book, bye bye
• dances to music
• loves to be chased & tickled

I found a new love...Monster Trucks! I'm in a trance when they are on tv...I grunt & get so excited watching them.

1st high fever!

I came down with a fever. At it's highest it was 103. Mommy & daddy did all they could & watched me closely. We went to the doctor & they tested me for the flu. It was negative but since the H1N1 is going around, they wanted to treat me as if I had the flu. So off to get a prescription of Tamiflu! My fever had already broke by the time we went to the doctor & it stayed away. Then I got a rash all over my belly, back, & face. Mommy thinks I had roseola. Guess we'll never really know. Here's some pics of my rash, kinda hard to see though.

It's my birthday!

BIRTHDAY BOY!!

I'm one! (*see my 1 finger I'm holding up!) We celebrated with a mini-party tonight. Mommy, Daddy, Mamaw & Papaw Clark & Uncle Eric, Aunt Katrina & Cuz Haylee came over. We ate & had a little cake for me to play in, that was fun! It was really good too. I got to open presents but didn't really understand what was going on, I just wanted to play with my new toys!

Video coming soon of me eating cake...and pics of opening presents & even more pics of cake time!

1 yr pics

Some of the pics from my one year photo shoot, we had some nice weather so we went outside & I got to play in the leaves too. You'll see my scratched up nose, did it the day before my birthday, still a bit wobbly walking.

Here I go...

I'M A WALKER!!! Just when mommy & mamaw said they didn't think I was going to be walking by the time I turned 1....I proved them wrong, just under a week to spare!! Look out people, I've go places to go & explore!! No stopping me now!

Happy Halloween!

My first real Halloween! (Last year I missed it by a couple of weeks but I was very present in mommy's costume. She had to incorporate me into something, so she was a pregnant Hooter's girl. Ha ha ha!!)

So now it's my turn to make my own special apperance.....Our plan was to do the Witches Walk but it was rainy & yucky out so I slept through it anyway. I was suppose to be a monster that night, good thing mommy took pics of me trying on my costume, because no one got to see me in it! : (

So on actual Halloween night we had planned to go around to our few neighbors to say hi, but I had a different plan of SLEEPING! What can I say, I like to sleep, just like mommy but I do it more! Hmmm I think she's trying to tell me something, I don't get it. Anyway, we all dress up and go to eat at the Post, just to have a good time & be silly. So mommy made our costumes, spent under $20 total for everything, including daddy's weird thing on his head?!!?? We went as the Rubbles! Barney, Betty & Bamm Bamm (I love to beat on things just like him!) That's how mommy came up with the idea! Here's a few pics from the night!

We are the Rubbles!
Mamaw & Papaw as Paula Deen & a hillbilly hunter guy who kinda looks like Jeff Foxworthy too