one year

[your fave place to play]

[your wild hair]

Nolan-

You are one year old today! I can't even believe it. Is it really time for me to start thinking about baby number three? Flip. You have made me a tad gun shy little boy! I need to regain my sanity a little and have a few nights of uninterrupted sleep.

You finally stopped nursing last week and since then you have slept through the night 3 or 4 times. Thank you. I was beginning to lose hope, but really losing hope in no one but myself. I hate that I am such a sucker! You would cry and I would jump out of bed to rescue you, every single night. It was so much easier for me to swoop you up and cuddle/nurse you in my bed.

Now that we are done nursing you still wake occasionally and I still bring you into bed with me. Now it's strictly cuddling and I am okay with that. You just don't sleep well little man! You wake to every little noise. You could be dead asleep in the car (and SO ready for a nap) and you wake the MINUTE we turn the car off. You still get rocked to sleep but nowadays if you wake when we lay you down, you get to cry it out. You scream an awful, hurt little scream but you eventually get over it. You are more mad than anything.

Nolan, you are super fun. You make super funny noises and faces. When you don't have shirt on, you walk around the house slapping your belly. You constantly say 'yaaaaaa-ya' to every question we ask you. It is down right hilarious. You are always searching for bare skin to blow raspberries on. You also find different surfaces in the house to blow on until they make the raspberry noise that you love. You will try something and move onto something else until you find a spot that works. You also pinch, bite and give indian burns. You really are a physical boy and you really do hurt us! Between the pinching and pulling hair you have us all yelling "ouch!" many times a day. It's mostly funny but sometimes it kills me!

You are a pro walker, you book it everywhere you go. You constantly try to run into the street or go somewhere you aren't supposed to. Like the stairs at Mema's house. You very much like to push the boundaries while laughing and smiling about it. Makes me a titch nervous! You are super strong willed, way more than your brother. Yikety yikes!!

You are extremely loving. You give bear hugs and sloppy kisses often. You are very into physical contact, you need it. You are a tried and true Momma's boy. You very much prefer me over Daddy.

You are starting to throw fits by the front door when someone comes in or goes out and doesn't let you outside. You have also started bringing me your shoes like Griff used to do. You are obsessed with Dog's. You love them. Mema and Pepa's dog, Bear, is your best buddy. You two love each other! When we drive to Mema's house and you know we are close, you start squealing and saying "bearbearbearbearbear" over and over again. It is the sweetest thing to hear! Every dog you see is named Bear.

Nolan, No-no, Nones, No-nie, Nolo, Manolo, we love you. You have made our family feel so complete! You are the sweetest, funniest little man. You eye's are so sweet and your thighs are out of control chubby. You make us all so happy. Happy First Birthday!


[being cute and blowing raspberries]