It can't be....

This darling little baby (and I do say baby for a reason!) is a big old ONE year old!!! I am really not liking this - no, not one little bit!! He is my baby!! He has been such a fabulous baby and has just melted my heart! He has such a sweet spirit about him. He has been a super cuddly little guy and I pray that as he gets older that he will continue to be.

I don't like the fact that he is starting to act like a boy instead of a baby! He walks everywhere now. He says some words. He eats a lot (can ya tell?). He goes down the tube slide at the park by himself on his tummy - face first! And just this week, he figured out how to throw his arms up and twist and contort out of my hands so he can get free and go where he wants....usually the stairs! He climbs stairs like a champ, but thinks that he can either walk down them holding onto the railing, or that he can just go down on his tummy - face first!! So far (knock on wood) there have been no major crashes, and I hope we don't have any!

His birthday celebration on Thursday was small - just us! He opened a few presents and then got to dig into his first birthday cake!! Yes, I realize it kind of a looks like a big mound of poo, but it tasted yummy! (if you have time, read that link from my sister. Guess us Clay girls have a talent for poo-looking treats!) I didn't have time to make a fancy-scmancy cake - so...that's what he got! Does he really care though - uh, no.

Totally love this last picture....taken by Zach at the end of his poo cake fun!

I think another reason that I had a hard time was because it was only a year ago that I was seeing this little tiny face! Only 365 days and now look how big he is!!

It also didn't help my longing to keep him little by seeing pictures of another darling little new baby!! I am a proud aunt this week! Parker's birthday was shared with his new cousin, Weston Ross Buckwalter! This is my older sister's 3rd (she has twin 4 year olds)! Kamyrn and Carson look like they are in heaven - especially Kam!! He is absolutely darling and looks so sweet! I am in love with his hair! I get to go see him in a couple weeks!! SO excited!

A couple days later, on the 20th, I had another little nephew born! This time it was Chris's younger sister, Kimberly (who also happens to share a birthday with Parker!). She has 4 little girls and just had her first little boy! He is a doll and if only I wasn't so technologically challenged, then I could figure out how to copy her pictures from my email and post them as well. Kim and Tyler have darling kids and I am so excited that they finally have a little man!

Good job on the babies, Mindi and Kim! And Happy Birthday to my baby....my one year old baby!!