Sean is ONE!!

Yesterday, our sweet little boy turned ONE!! We celebrated with a joint 1st Birthday Party for Sean and Sierra at our house. I'll post pictures of that as soon as I get them edited. For now, here is Sean's final monthly picture and his monthly round-up of what he's doing. At 12 months, Sean:

*sleeps from 7:30pm-7:00am

*naps for 1 1/2 hours in the morning and 1-1 1/2 hours in the afternoon

*is entirely on whole milk and drinks the majority of it from a sippy cup

*has added "papa", "hot", "whas dat?", "no no no no no" to his list of vocab

*is doing better at daycare and has grown attached to his teacher

*likes practicing with a fork and spoon

*is a seasoned walker

*pulls himself up on the dining room chairs and will climb ontop the dining room table if you let him

*loves playing with Ian's toys (especially his Mack truck and little matchbox cars) and SCREAMS bloody murder if Ian tries to take them away from him

*loves cell phones, tv remotes, cords and keys

*is into EVERYTHING

*signs "please", "more", "milk"

*loves being outside in the grass, dirt and rocks

Wears a size 18-24months in one-pieces, 12 months in bottoms and 18 months in tops. He has his 12months appointment on Friday so we'll have a more accurate weight then, but I'm pretty sure he's about 23 pounds.

A Sign of the Times...

When we picked Ian and Sean up from the farm today, Betch told us this story. She said Ian had asked when Lolo (Jim) was coming home and Betch said, "maybe we should call him at work and ask him." Ian replied with, "Maybe we should email him."

Unrelated... we were outside this past weekend doing tons of yard work. Charles was pushing Sean around in his red push-car and chasing Ian around the yard. Ian was running so fast that he tripped on a cement block and fell, skinning his chin up pretty good. That night I took a few pictures of Ian because he hair was pretty crazy (I like to call it his Edward Cullen, from Twilight, hair). You can see his war wounds in the pictures.

Buzzz Buzzz!

I took pictures for Sean and Brooklyn's 1st Birthday invitation so I thought I'd share!

Another Ian-ism

Charles is wearing a hooded sweatshirt with drawstrings. He is changing Ian's diaper.

Ian: Daddy, can I see your whoo whoos?

Charles: WHAT?

Ian: Can I see your whoo whoos?

Ian: (pulls drawstring on Charles' sweatshirt and says, like a train whistle) WHOOO WHOOOOOO!

Go Sean!!

Sean took 6 steps in a row today!! ON PURPOSE!!

He's such a little turkey. I know he CAN walk because he'll do it if he doesn't know he's not being held on to. But as soon as he realizes it, he sits down!

Ian: I want to watch Cars.
Me: Ian, I don't know where your Cars DVD is.
Ian: I think the Easter Bunny took it.
Me: Really? Where?
Ian: To Santa!
Me: Why did he do that?
Ian: Because Santa is really old.

Zoo Day, Horray!

I'm a little behind, but better late than never! On April 23rd, we took Ian and Sean to the Milwaukee Zoo and met with Tita Laure and Sierra there!

The kids were so well behaved and had so much fun! Ian liked the lions and the fish the most. Sean and Sierra also really liked the fish! Good thing we're going to the Shedd in a few weeks!

Here are a few pictures from throughout the day!