Hooray! Your now 1!
And what a great year it has been.
Your now walking with more confidence. Stiffly and cautiously you put one foot in front of the other, hand clenched into fists and pressed to your side offering balance. Sometimes your concentration wavers and you break into a dance routine. Flapping your arms around and flicking your hips from side to side, we call it your "Peter Garret" dance. You have also mastered the art of walking and holding onto your toys or eating, such a clever boy! Just in the last few days you are able to get into a standing position without holding on to anything.
Your showing signs of being a determined little fella. If something isn't going your way or being taken off you, you certainly let it be down that you are not impressed. Although its great that you are so assertive, it is quite entertaining how one second you can be absolutely heartbroken and screaming only to go completely quiet and happy with a contraband item. My keys and phone are the silencers at the moment, guaranteed instant happiness.
And what a great year it has been.
Your now walking with more confidence. Stiffly and cautiously you put one foot in front of the other, hand clenched into fists and pressed to your side offering balance. Sometimes your concentration wavers and you break into a dance routine. Flapping your arms around and flicking your hips from side to side, we call it your "Peter Garret" dance. You have also mastered the art of walking and holding onto your toys or eating, such a clever boy! Just in the last few days you are able to get into a standing position without holding on to anything.
Your showing signs of being a determined little fella. If something isn't going your way or being taken off you, you certainly let it be down that you are not impressed. Although its great that you are so assertive, it is quite entertaining how one second you can be absolutely heartbroken and screaming only to go completely quiet and happy with a contraband item. My keys and phone are the silencers at the moment, guaranteed instant happiness.
Your absolute favourite toy at the moment is the stacking rings. You spend ages putting them all on, dumping them off and starting again. It's so cute to watch you hold each ring and bang it around on the stand trying so hard to get it through the hole. Your little mind knows what it wants to do, but your hands are sometimes clumsy. Once all rings are on, you sit back triumphionatily and give yourelf a congratualtey clap.
You are going through a "velcro" phase at the moment. You constantly want to be near or on me. It's cute and all, but geez I'm not that much fun, am I? I do enjoy the snuggles though, and I guess I did request a Mummy's boy. My fault.
You are starting to chatter in your own little language. We spend our first few moments together in the morning copying each other. You always wake up so happy of a morning and the exact same way every day. You little body squirms, then you raise your head and have a quick peek around. Your head goes back to the bed and you scrunch it in to the mattress as you raise you bum into the air (usually giggling at the same time!) Once your routine stretch is out of the way you immediately go over to the bedside table to get either the Air con remote or to fiddle with Dad's alarm clock. Every morning is the same.
Oh and yes....you spend nearly every night in Mummy and Daddy's bed. You still enjoy your overnight snack from Mum, and Mum is too much of a softy to deny you. You love cuddling up to Daddy or Mummy, even better if you can have a hand touching both of us.
You are still loving "Mummy's" milk. Having a morning, lunch (sometimes) and bedtime feed, and of course the overnights. Of a night when Daddy says it's milk time you get so excited and start making a cute little half giggle/half cry noise. Daddy puts you on the other side of the room so Mummy can watch you stagger so excitedly over to her. Your feeds now are so quick, I often wonder how long we will enjoy this time together. We have done so well to make it this far, but I hope we get a little longer.
You absolutely adore your big sister. When ever you see her your whole face lights up and your body shakes with excitement. You follow her around eager to get any form of attention from her. You are at your happiest when you and Grace are chasing each other up and down the hall or around the lounge room. It's so cute watching you both exhaust yourself, then collapse into a giggling mass on the floor. Watching the 2 of you interact is one of my favourite pass time, I could watch you both for hours. Grace is showing remarkable patience with you and some of your "ways". When she is sitting down watching a favourite TV program, you are constantly at the TV either turning it up full blast or flicking between the channels. You regularly check for our reaction then go straight back to giggling and pushing buttons.
~~Kisses with Mummy (and slipping in the tongue!)~~
Your kisses are just divine and one of our favourite moments together. You open your little mouth up nice and wide, whispering 'ahhhhhh' as you come in close. I kiss you with my lips together, you kiss me with your mouth wide open, then lay your head on my shoulder for a cuddle. These moments are when my whole world stops and it is just us, it is not often that you cuddle into me so still. I treasure these times.
Xavier, the last year has just flown by and yet you have learnt so much. You have grown from my dependant newborn and into a walking, talking, confidant toddler. I have often just sat back and watched you over the last year, hoping that you wouldn't grow so fast but also excited about seeing your personality shine through. You have bought so much love, happiness and life into our family. You have fitted in so well.
We all love you so much, you are our little spark. A breath of fresh air that adds shine to our life every day.
Happy 1st birthday my beautiful boy!
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