Jacob @ 1 Year Old!

There is no possible way my little baby is already a whole year old! It seems like just yesterday he came into our lives & changed our family forever. He is so sweet and silly and smart.

I mean, come on-- look at that face! 

Jacob loves all kinds of boy things-- he loves to smash things, hit things with hammers or sticks, throw things, drive his cars & trucks around, and he really likes dirt. Every time we play outside he makes his way to the sandbox, where he immediately begins to throw the dirt around.

He also likes chasing balls around, and will go to great lengths to get them when they disappear under the furniture!

He has had a rough couple weeks with teething & a little cold, and had some pretty fussy days where he just wanted to be held, and even then he had to be moving around while being held. Dinner time is usually the worst. If he sees food, he wants to eat NOW!

And he LOVES to eat. This boy will eat anything and everything I put on his tray. And quickly. If he can put it in his mouth, it's gone within seconds. He eats grown-up portions of peas & carrots, he eats chicken & ham, hot dogs, any kind of fruit, bowls-full of Cheerios, and even stranger things like avocados, candied yams, and meatballs. And yet he doesn't seem to be getting a whole lot bigger. He's been about the same weight for a few months now, as he's always on the move.

We were recently gifted a walker toy and he is in LOVE with the idea that he can stand upright and get around. The first time he got so excited he got ahead of himself and kept falling, but since then, he runs it ALL OVER the room, standing up on two feet. He still doesn't cruise a lot around tables or other furniture, but he can pull up on anything and definitely will be walking soon.

He will only sit still at night when he's ready for bed for just a few minutes to hear one or two short books. Those he will listen to intently, but otherwise he won't be still for anything except eating. He's always on the go. He often doesn't sleep well at night, waking up sometimes two or three times, just to sit up in the crib and cry. I put his paci in and he'll lay back down to sleep again, but then he's usually up and ready to play by 5:30 or 6 in the morning. Often I can put him downstairs in his pack 'n play and he'll sleep another hour or so. He doesn't really like sleeping much in the car anymore, either, which makes for interesting nap times on the days when we're out & about!