Jaxon's First Birthday

This week has been very difficult for me. The realization that my little fat man will be turning 1 tomorrow is hard to accept. I look at him every day how he is growing, discovering and learning. He makes me laugh like no one else can...and the best part is he isn't even trying.

Just the other day he came around the corner of the sofa with a small plastic teddy bear that belongs to one of Adriana's baby dolls. As he rounded the corner with this 4" bear in hand he had the biggest smile on his face as if he had struck gold. Marlin looked up at him and said "hello". Jaxon then held the bear up to his ear as if he was talking on the phone. We thus named this devise non other than the "teddyphone". Jaxon didn't think he was doing anything spectacular, but we were laughing.

He is mastering the art of walking more and more every day. He has learned that he can switch directions, fall down in the middle of a room and get back up. Some days he even thinks that he can run. He is obsessed with closing doors. This is ok until he closes himself in a room and then sits behind the door. Thus he starts crying and you can't open the door to get him. :-)

We are planning a celebration of the first year of this little man's life this coming weekend and with a name like Jaxon Nemo what would we be planning other than a Nemo party??? I just took Jaxon on Saturday for his one year pictures and for a few shots he wore his Nemo swim shorts. They are so stinking cute...I can't wait to share them with everyone.

I'm very grateful and feel extremely blessed to have these days. I know that all too soon they will fade away...and when the time comes I will be left with the wonderful memories of days gone by. Childhood is a wonderful time, but nothing can compare to motherhood. It's simply amazing.