Birthdays Take Two...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!!!! Now this is the exciting one!! I can't believe David is already 1...this time last year I had been in labor for almost two days and finally after pushing for an hour we got our wonderful beautiful baby boy. But he's not so much a baby any more. Kind of sad really, but exciting at the same time because it's so fascinating to watch him learn new things every day. I can't wait to see what this next year will bring!!

This was our little birthday gift to him...72 balloons!! We piled them all into a corner and turned it into a little balloon pit...you know, like a ball pit just with balloons. He loved it!! He got a little scared though when he fell down and couldn't see us but he quickly got over it. Now he just runs around the apartment kicking and throwing the balloons everywhere!! I'm excited about his little birthday party this weekend. It should be really fun...I can't wait!!

In other news...

I just wanted to post that David is purely walking now...he has been for about 2 weeks now. It was like the day after I posted that he was walking a little bit that he decided to go all the way! He's definitely a pro now!! The only time he crawls now is to get to a piece of furniture to pull himself up so he can keep walking (he hasn't figured out how to stand up by himself just yet, but I'm sure it's not that far away)!

Birthdays Take One...

Today is my birthday...not that I'm very excited about it...I'm just turning 24. Next year it will be 25, and I'll be quarter of a century old. So there's really nothing exciting about 24. Plus, my birthday gets overshadowed by David's. Now I know how Brandon feels all the time since his birthday is so close to Christmas. But it's been a good day, I guess. Yesterday was better though. We went down to Idaho Falls and went shopping (Brandon went a little crazy I think), but that we his gift to me. I was able to get three things of anything I wanted. I got two pairs of shoes and a diffuser for my hair. Then we came back to Rexburg and ate at Frontier Pies and then went out for ice cream with Molly and Brandon Pfeiffer. It was sooo much fun. But we kept David up too late so he's been a little cranky today. And speaking of David...he's turning 1 in just three days!!!! I can't believe it! It's gone by so fast...it's a little sad. He's learning so much, it's almost difficult to keep up with him! Well, I'll write a little later on David's birthday and how his birthday party turns out. It should be a blast!! I just wanted to write something to remember this very memorable day... ;)

Our Little Genius!

Last night, David was really fussy and Brandon and I couldn't figure out what the problem was when suddenly he picked up his sippy cup and threw it into my lap! I asked him if he was thirsty and wanted juice and he just started crying harder (which is what he does when he knows he's about to get juice). So, I went and got him some and he laid on the floor and drank the entire thing and then was a smiley happy boy. It's great that he is figuring out how to communicate with us!

Later that evening, Brandon had taken out one of the safety plugs for the outlets so he could plug in his computer. Well, David picked up the safety plug and tried to put it back into the spot where it was! He's so smart!!

He also knows baby faces...and he loves them! I can't wait to have another baby to see how he acts around him/her. He absolutely loves babies!! I will feed him out of the Gerber baby food jars and he loves to point to the Gerber baby on the label. Then the other day, he pulled my hand in (the one holding the jar) and gave the baby a kiss! It was soo cute!! I just know he's going to be a great big brother!

In other news...David is walking!! Well, kind of. He can walk in between furniture and in between me and Brandon, but we really can't get him to walk long distances by himself. The one time he did was a church and he saw a baby girl walking all by herself. I think he was trying to show her that he could do it too. He'll get there eventually...maybe before his 1st birthday...which is in like 2 weeks!!! If we have a party for him, I would like him to be able to keep up with his cousins!

Well, in other news (non-David news), we got new living room furniture!! A new couch, loveseat, and recliner...are you ready for this?...all for $160!!! They are in great shape and I feel bad for only paying that little to the guy because they look so great. He really could have asked for more...but his loss is our gain!! :) Unfortunately, we can't fit everything in our little apartment so we're going to give one of the pieces away to our friends, the Pfeiffers, who are moving here this week!! So excited!!! :) We have to rearrange everything again because the couch is bigger than our last one so it won't fit where we had the last one...so more spring cleaning for us!

Almost there...

It's really hard to believe that my little boy is almost 11 months old...just three more days, and then only a month before he turns one! This year has flown by so fast. Sometimes, it still hard to believe we even have a child or are even thinking about having another one. We have certainly gotten lucky with David though. I could not have asked for a more lovable child. He fits his name...David means "beloved." That is definitely him! He's so happy all the time it's hard for us to not be happy around him (although there are times). This past week he has been sick. First he had a really bad head cold where I was using the bulb to suck out all the snot like ever half an hour or so. I felt really bad for our upstairs neighbors because he hated this and let his feelings be known...and let me tell you, this boy has a strong pair of lungs on him, but after I was done and I calmed him down he went right back to being happy, smiley, and talking. Then after he beat the cold, the very same day he got diarrhea. I think I changed about 4 or 5 diapers in one hour that night. His bum was so red! I felt so bad for him because it didn't help to put anything on him because he was just going again in the next 10 minutes so I would be wiping it off. He would scream while I was changing him but as soon as I snapped the last button and sat him up, he was fine. I don't think another person would have known he was sick unless they changed him or wiped his nose.

He also loves to smile! There aren't many times when he's not smiling, and when he isn't all you have to do is make a funny face at him or even just smile at him and he's smiling right back at you. He's got the best smile too...and laugh. We just love to make him laugh! He has definitely been a blessing in our lives!! :)