First Birthday

Yeah, yeah, I know I have a lot to catch up on. I have a bagillion dress pictures to post. And pictures of the house. And vacation stuff. Oh yeah, and I'm now cooking through a cook book, so there are pics about that to post about as well. So to start all that off, and for those who still care (hi mom!), here is a summary of G's first birthday.

We went to the Dallas Aquarium

G got lots of love from his uncles

And from Grandma

And got lots of practice walking

We saw fish, of course

Manatees

An octopus

A turtle. And look, he's happy to see us.

More fish.

And a river otter. Not exactly the same as Otto Von Sea Otter, but a cousin.

G almost got eaten by sharks,

a leopard,

then in retaliation, tried to eat the uber cute gift shop toys.

I decided to make him a clown fish cake with the help of G's Aunt Jennifer.

I think it turned out great.

And here's G enjoying it. He got the bottom fin all to himself.

And here's some stats about G:

Likes:

• pushing buttons, flipping switches, and figuring out how stuff works

• putting things in baskets, bins, or cupboards
• doing stuff on his own, without any help

Prefers:

• being wet
• being naked
• what's on my plate to what's on his
• new things over old
• bananas, cheese, and cookies

Dislikes:

• not being able to do what he wants
• coming out of the bathroom
• when Daddy leaves for work
• when anyone closes him out of a room

So I guess he's a normal 1 year old. He's still super sweet and happy, and I think if he continues to feel like he's not ignored we will weather the toddler years without any deaths.

Walking

Okay, and now for some long awaited videos . . .
G stars in: Learning to Walk

Step One: One-handed Walking

Step Two: First Steps

Step Three: Trial Runs

Step Four: Walking!

Step Five: Practice