We greeted our ONE YEAR OLD the morning of his birthday with balloons, as we sang "Happy Birthday!" He was confused, but loved playing with the balloons. Brennan had his one year photos that afternoon, where he tried his first helping of cake! He loved it!
We held his birthday party at our house the following Saturday. It was such a wonderful day! We had a great group of friends and family that helped us celebrate. Brennan was a bit shy with the crowd, but he did pretty good.
He loved playing with all of his new toys, as we opened them!
We played badminton, ladder-golf, and bean bag toss.
We waited a little too long to do the cake, and Brennan was so ready for his nap. He didn't want anything to do with his cake.
We decorated the house in blue and green.
Year in Review
Brennan has gained 13 lbs and grew 9" over the year.
He has 7 teeth. He didn't have any teething troubles. We didn't even know he was teething, until I peeked in his mouth.
He can crawl, pull himself up, and walk along furniture. He is also really great at going up stairs.
Brennan is on a perfect schedule. He wakes up at 7:30am, naps at 9am, 1pm, 5pm, and goes to bed at 8:30pm EVERYDAY. We attribute his happiness to this schedule. He doesn't cry or fight going into his crib. We feel VERY fortunate to have such an easy going infant.
He is still nursing, eating pureed food, and trying some finger foods.
Brennan hasn't experienced any separation anxiety. He loves to people watch and just take everything in.
He hasn't been sick once, yet! He's so healthy and happy!
Brennan has had three haircuts (in our kitchen) since he was born. He sits pretty well and I've been able to do them by myself so far.
Brennan's love for Xander is suddenly becoming apparent. Brennan loves to give Xander his toys. He'll crawl up to the couch that Xander's laying on, and pulls himself up to pet him and laugh at him. Xander is the only dog that Brennan likes, though. He gets very nervous and scared around other dogs.
Brennan "talks" and babbles a ton. We don't think he associates any words with what they are yet. He'll say "momma" and "dada", but not
to us. One of his favorite words is "yeah." It's so cute, he'll say "YEAH!" at just the right moment. The other day he was eating toast and peanut butter and he looked a little distressed. I asked, "Are you ok?" and he looked and me and says, "Yeah" as he nodded his head.
Brennan prefers soft noises and subtle movements over loud noises and aggressive movements. He is much more likely to laugh at you whispering to him, rather than you making loud noises. He thinks a little eye squint is hilarious verses an exaggerated silly face. He pays attention to little details.
Brennan does not like when his food is gone. He would eat and eat... and eat if we let him. A typical breakfast for him is 4oz of breast milk, a whole apple, a whole banana, and ground oatmeal. No matter how much he eats, he whines when you rinse out his bowl. Ryan says Brennan eats more than him, and he really does at some meals! He also doesn't like having his face wiped. Sometimes you can trick him into thinking it's a game, and he'll giggle. He usually hates being put into his car seat. Once we start driving, he's fine though. He's just starting to get upset when you tell him no (although we try to avoid saying "no" as much as possible.) He really dislikes diaper changes now, too! He will wiggle and whine the entire time. All that he wants to do is flip onto his stomach and crawl away.
Brennan has brought us so much laughter and joy this year! We can't express how lucky we feel to have such a happy, beautiful son.
