A Whole Year!

I can not believe it. But it's true. A year has gone by since Baby J joined our little family. And I don't remember what life was like before he was here!

This was our first time celebrating two birthdays in two days and it was a little rough! Mostly because Mark worked 70+ hours of overtime during the last couple weeks and we had a big primary activity the morning of Jonas' birthday that kept me busy. But we had a great day celebrating Jonas! We had my sisters (minus Amy as she just had a surgery) and their families over for a bbq which they mostly contributed to. I swear I don't know what I would do without my sisters. They are the single reason we don't live anywhere else! Our party was mostly for Jonas but we celebrated Saydi's birthday too and she enjoyed playing in the pool with all her cousins. Beware of the onslaught of pictures below.

I saw this cute basketball cake on pinterest and thought I could replicate it on cupcakes and do a cute ball theme. Um, fail. But Jonas didn't care. =)

 I love the look on his face. "What in the world is this for?"

 "Am I doing this right?"

 "Never mind, I figured it out."

 "Give me more woman!"

 "Look how adorable I am, mom."

"Aaaand I'm done."

 Saydi loved her presents from her Aunties and they were so good to her and Jonas.

 Jonas had a slow start. He thinks everything is better if it is tasted first. So we had to wait for him to decide it didn't taste good.

 Weston is the official present opening helper. He doesn't mind!

 Cute jammies from Aunt Bea.

 Some fun boats from Aunt Miss.

 And this soft soccer ball from Aunt Say that he loves to chew on.

 We got him this hat that he looks so blasted cute in. Unfortunately he figured out how to pull the chin strap off after about ten seconds.

Jonas had his one year wbv today and he is 19 lbs. and 30 inches. He is tall and skinny! He has really bad eczema but other than that he is doing great. Some other things about Jonas that I don't want to forget are:
-He loves to play chase. All you have to do is say, "I'm gonna get you" and he will take off running and laughing.
-He knows something fun comes after three. Usually tickling. So counting makes him start to smile and giggle too.
-He is a master walker. He never crawls at all anymore and can even go from grass to cement with no problems.
-He says "mama" and "dada" but yesterday I am pretty sure he started saying "ball" too. Time will tell.
-He is officially off his bottle and drinks his milk from his sippy just fine.
-He goes to bed around 7 and sleeps until 6:30 or 7 and takes one or two naps that are one to two hours long each. It is so worth all the hard work it took to get him on such a good schedule!
-He eats pretty much anything but will occasionally be picky about potatoes.
-When he wants more food he claps his hands.
-He adores his brother and sister. Nothing makes him laugh as hard as wrestling with Weston does.
-He is for sure a mama's boy but he loves his daddy too! He is not so keen on other people, even when they are at our own house. He is kind of anti-social which I don't love since I am so much the opposite but I am sure he will out grow it like Weston and Saydi did.
-He answers to all of his nicknames: Buster, J, Jones, Jonesy, and Baby J.
We love you so much Jonas! I can not imagine what our family would be like without you!