Has It Really Been a Year?

The nurse at our birthing class gave us a great idea. She told us to take a picture with our baby and a select stuffed animal so you can chart his growth. Its like putting a ruler or a coin next to some object in a picture. You can't really tell how big something is unless you compare it to a known object. When we received this cute bear at the hospital from Cassie Murphy I knew that had to be the object. So far we have taken a picture with Korb and his teddy every month (except one because we were moving and the bear was in storage, oops). Here is our little boy throughout this past year. We are so grateful for his spirit in our home. And although I have spent many a restless night and have baby food stains on my clothes, I would never give up this chance to watch him grow.

September

October

November

December

February

March

April

May
June
July
August

We had a wonderful birthday party with friends and family at our house. There is a definite benefit to living close to family. They are more than willing to travel a little bit to celebrate Korban turning one (and I think to get free food). Korb, of course, was spoiled and got way too many gifts. Lots of toys and clothes. But the highlight of the whole evening was the cake. I loved decorating it. It was the cutest purple hippo I ever made. I spent many hours on it and it was very rewarding to watch Korban jump in and mush it around.
If you look closely you will see that there is at least an inch of frosting all over it. Korb loved licking it off his fingers.



Korb started for the Whopper eyeballs but there was so much frosting and cake in his fingers that he had to wipe his hands off. You would think the blanket would suffice. No, Korb chose to wipe his hands off on his butt. You can kind of see where his arm could reach.


Time for a bath. I am glad I didn't have to touch that messy kid at this point. Jason was eager to do the bathing.