Mexico

I'm so behind on the blog!

Dave and I went to the Riviera Maya in June with 2 great couples.  We had the best time!  It was so nice to enjoy some relaxed adult time with friends!

Leo's Walking!

Love. Love. Love these beginning walking toddles. Way to go Leo!

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Maya had a great first trip to the dentist! She even let them paint on the fluoride. They said she has perfect spacing between her teeth so there's no need to floss (the pediatrician was right that you want that big gap between their front teeth in infancy)!

So proud of her!




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Leo as a 1 Year Old

Leo turned 1 on May 25th! He's grown so much and loves to be an active participant in whatever is going on around him.  If Maya is given food, he wants (ok demands) something too.  He'll hold out his hand  until he's been given something as well.  He has quite a temper and when he gets mad he throws things- so watch out!

Leo you:

• clap
• sign "more"
• sign "up"
• sign "all done" loosely
• climb everything
• have 8 teeth with molars coming in
• have had 3 haircuts already!
• have no interest in walking 

You can say:

• Doggy
• Daddy
• momma
• Maya
• ball
• hi
• yea
• that (means you want "that")

Your favorite toys are:

• Balls
• Cars
• Your monkey bucket toy
• Balls
• Balls
• Dancing elephant
• Did I mention balls?
• Anything your sister is currently playing with

12 month stats:

• height - 31 inches (about 90%)
• weight - 18.56 lbs (about 10%)  we need to fatten you up little guy!

We can't wait to see how you change this year!

Fun!

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Leo's First Birthday!

We threw a bigger bash than usual for Leo's birthday!  Leo's grandparents were visiting from Florida, which was really nice, so we invited more family to join us to celebrate Leo!

I selected a Transportation theme because...I thought it would be fun :)  We had a beautiful but hot day so we kept everything outside.  It ended up being a bit hotter than we anticipated so many of our pictures are in the shade of our garage!  The kids played in a baby pool turned ball pit and a play yard with cars and balls inside, drove Maya's Batgirl Jeep, and rode around in the other cars and bikes.  The adults played Can Jam, which if you haven't played, is a really fun game!

These shows Leo's month by month pictures.  I did the same for Maya here

Wegmans made a great construction theme cake with a free "smash cupcake" and I made a dump cake and put it in a sand toy dump truck!

This little man LOVED his cake!

"YUMMY"

I can't begin to express how nice and helpful it was to have Dave's parents here!

Happy Birthday little buddy!!  

Leo is 11 Months old (ok now almost 12 months)

Leo!  You just won't stay an infant!

Leo is 11 months old, I can't believe he's almost a year.  He's fast, insanely fast.  Whenever I put him down anywhere people comment on how fast and agile he is.  That being said, he still has absolutely zero interest in walking, using walking toys, walking with our assistance- nope, he.won't.have.any.of.it.  Although he's not walking, he's into EVERYTHING.  I can't take my eyes off of him for a minute.  He loves to explore and see how things work. He seems to learn how things work quickly.  Balls, push toys, and cars are his favorite toys at the moment! However, he won't stay with any one activity for more than a few seconds.  He also just loves to be outside- as he always has!  He also continues to go crazy for bath time! Leo has a temper and can get really angry at times- we're working on this.

He's talking a bit- he says:
dada
Maya
hey
yea
ball

He did not want to sit still for his pictures this month, and I'm bummed I didn't get a single good one. No Maya photo bombs this month because she was still asleep!

"No, no, you're the cutest!"

"Mom, haven't I made it clear the last 10 months that I dislike this hat?"