Happy birthday, baby boy!

I really cannot believe it's been a year already (on Aug. 12)! I love this little boy to pieces, and I wonder if he gets tired of me kissing him all day long! :) He is a huge Mama's boy, which is new to me, as Isabella has never been much of a Mama's girl, she's all about her daddy. He's always learning new things, and I wonder if he'll be an early talker like Isabella. He's already following in her footsteps, as he says some words, and has been slow in his physical milestones like her (they both didn't start crawling until 9 and a half months, and she didn't start walking until 14 and a half months). He speed crawls all over the place, and is not one bit close to walking. He has said MaMa and DaDa for a long time now (6 months), although of course he had no idea what MaMa and DaDa meant back then, but I'm pretty sure he does now. He also says All Done ("Ahhh Da"), bye bye ("ba ba" while he waves), and no no. I can officially say that his first sentence was "No no Da Da" to Monte last week! I had just told him no no, and I guess he was trying to pass the blame! He loves to imitate, he especially loves to imitate whatever his sister is doing. She loves to act like a puppy, and so you will often times find Jaymes crawling around, panting like a puppy! He and his sister are best buds (I realize that is subject to change at some point!) she is such a good sister to him, and always looking out for him. She is also a huge help to me when it comes to taking care of him. She doesn't like to be away from him, and is always asking me when he's going to get up whenever he is napping. He is still a great sleeper, and is just now finally graduating from baby food to some table food, now that his choking issues are starting to resolve.

He has his 12 month checkup on Friday. He did just get weighed two weeks ago because of his choking/ eating issues, so I do know that he weighs a little over 19 pounds. He's in mostly 6-9 month clothes (shirts and shorts), but wears 12 month for pants, and I'm not sure how long he is, but he seems tall.

We hosted two parties for each of our families this past weekend, along with my brothers wife and their 4 kids staying with us for a few days. It is safe to say that he had a great first birthday, which was farm themed.

Grandma brought a DQ ice cream cake for his party on Saturday, yum!





Digging into the presents.






Awesome fire truck from the grandparents.

I made the cake for his party with my family on Sunday.

Let me at it!

All of my parents' grandkids were here, even my tiny, brand new nephew!

More presents!

Silly cousins, pretending to be flowers.

Enjoying the beautiful day! I decided I love having a kid with a summer birthday!

Enjoying the water park the next day.