Daddy took me to the doctor today for my one year checkup.  I am 28 lbs 6 oz.  Still off the charts, but my parents thought I'd be 30 lbs, so I surprised them.  I had to get some shots this time but Daddy was quite impressed.  I barely even acknowledged the shot.  What I didn't like was being forced to be on my back.  I'm a free spirit and I need to have my freedom.  Mommy was surprised because I was in the best mood ever today.  I guess I react opposite of my brother after shots.  Mommy and I played cars today.  She would roll a car to me and I'd pick it up and say "Yay!" and then throw it back to her.  Then she would say, "Ready..." and I would lift my hands to the sky and then she'd roll the car to me, which I would in turn throw back at..I mean...to her.  I enjoyed this game a lot.  Then we got to go on a nice long walk to Chili's where daddy showed up.

Mommy was gone over the weekend in California so I got to play a lot with Daddy and the grandparents.  Daddy even got to see me walk my first steps!!  It wasn't much but it was a start.  Mommy has noticed that I've been trying hard lately to stand up without holding on to anything, so I'll get it eventually.  Other than that things are same old same old around here.  I'll try to keep up my good boy behavior, but no promises.

Love,

David

Well, I'm a whole year old today (plus 12 hours).  Mommy's already got me drinking out of a sippy cup, eating real food, and drinking whole milk.  Mmm..mmm.  Adam has been singing me happy birthday for a whole month now so it was no shocker when he came into my room with Mommy this morning and started singing.  Of course my favorite part of the song is when we get to clap at the end and say "Yay!"  So, now mommy tells me the pressure is on to start walking.  I really don't see the point.  But, mommy insists because she says I'm getting too heavy.  I can't help it that I'm big boned!  At least I go up the stairs by myself now, so that makes Mommy happy.  Well, I'm looking forward to my big party on Saturday.  Hope to see some of you there!

David

Well, I'm about one week away from hitting the big "0-1."  I can't believe the last 12 months have flown by so fast.  I've gone from an all liquid diet to eating my brothers leftovers and then some.  There has even been talk of taking my bottles away soon.  What is up with that!  As revenge, I found some old pacifiers lying around and I have now taken to comforting myself with a pacifier in my mouth.  I feel that it shaves 4 months off my age and keeps me looking younger. 

We went to Grandma and Grandpa's in MN this weekend for a birthday pre-celebration. I got to see a lot of the MN family and enjoyed everyone's company. I got some cool clothes that actually fit and are appropriate for the fall weather that is now upon us.  I also got an airplane and books (which Adam snatched away fairly quickly).  While at the grandparents my favorite thing to do was to follow the dog around saying "Arf! Arf!"  I just chased the dog around ALL weekend.  Then I would sit in the middle of the floor with my cheerios and pour them on the floor and laugh while the dog ran around and ate them.  Mommy and Daddy kept talking about what a hard trip this was going to be because I can be a "bull in a china shop" (as they like to say).  But, I have been nothing but an angel this whole trip.  I didn't get into any of grandma's stuff and only tried to eat the dog food once.  Mostly I'd play in the grandma bin and again chase that silly dog around. 

Well, that's it for now.  Arf!  Arf! (aka Bye!  Bye!)

David