Turning 1

While Finn's birthday was awhile ago...as in three whole months ago, I'm still feeling like I should write a little something about it.  Before James went off to work in the morning we let Finn open his presents.  The hit of the day was his new 'baby'.  All fall, every time we went somewhere with a doll, Finn just had to have it.  He particularly liked the dolls at daycare so we decided to get him one of his very own.  This one came from Scholar's Choice and seemed perfect since the little guy even has a soother - just like our own soother addict!

Happy boy!

Figuring out the baby's soother...

In the afternoon we met up with a bunch of our mom and baby friends at Kidscape.  I remember having the whole day planned out - when he would nap, when we would leave to meet everyone, all details taken care of.  Of course Finn's naps didn't go according to schedule that day....and of course he didn't nap on the way to Kidscape the way I had planned, but it was his birthday and he had fun and that's all that really matters!

"What do you think, Eddie?"

He loved riding the animals!

When we got home it was time for supper and brownies.  Since we were having his birthday party the following weekend, we thought that making and eating two cakes seemed a little excessive.  So instead, the birthday boy had a brownie.  Unlike most one-year-old's, our boy did not dive into his brownie treat.  No big bites for our boy.  Just itsy-bitsy pieces. ;)

The chocolate actually made him giddy to the point of giggles.  So absolutely adorable, not to mention hilarious!  The caffeine bought us an extra 45 minutes or so of awake time with him, so instead of going to bed at 6 p.m. (as per usual) he made it until almost 7....rock on!

Happy birthday, Finnybean!  I can't believe it's been a whole year since you came into our lives.  I'm so glad I could spend the whole day with you, celebrating YOU and all of the wonderful things that have happened over the past year.

Love Mommy