Birthday catch-up.... Wyatt!!!

I feel bad that Wyatt didn't get to have a birthday party in September,

but he was too sick and was actually in the hospital on the day his party was supposed to be,

and the week after, and he spent the month recovering.

So we just never ended up doing a party for him.

But we did a few family things on the actual day of his first birthday,

so I thought I would post a couple of those pictures.

Yes, it was awhile ago (our grass is now covered with a foot and a half of snow).

Wyatt is such a sweet little boy. Here is his update for the baby book:

At 16 months....

He is very verbal. A couple of weeks ago I followed him around and wrote down 146 words!

He tells us "I love you" at least once an hour, and loves to give kisses and hugs.

He even tries to sign "I love you", which is basically him showing us the palm of his hand :)

He also says "All done. I stuck." when he wants out of his highchair.

He signs about 12-15 words.

He curls up on my shoulder in the sweetest way when he's cuddling.

He loves to sing songs, especially happy birthday!

He is a pretty musical kid, and loves to play instruments.

He sleeps with several stuffed animals, his favorites are: a "kitty cat", a "Tucker" cat, a toy baby named "baby", and lots of books.

His favorite book is a book called "babies", which he insists on sleeping with every night!

Wyatt mostly follows Josh and Claire around all day and plays with whatever they are playing with (much to their dismay). Actually, they are very sweet to him.

He has gotten much pickier with his eating, ever since he first tasted his birthday cake! Coincidence?? :)

But he still LOVES bananas, and m&m's... if he hears any wrapper crinkling he gets very excited and will say "M'n M'n M'n M'n M'n....!!" until you give him one.

He also does this with "Scooby Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie..." (scooby doo).

He goes up and down stairs by himself pretty well.

My heart stops every time he goes down.

He is very patient, and will sit in his stroller or highchair without complaint for quite a long time when we are out. You can tell he's a 3rd child and is used to waiting his turn!

He is still the biggest of all of our kids, and actually weighed exactly 20 pounds on his first birthday. Josh weighed 17 pounds and Claire 15 pounds respectively :)

His growing curve has changed though, and is closer to how Josh was at his age

... maybe slightly bigger.

His eyes are still bright blue, and his hair is reddish/strawberry!

So we have 3 different combos with our kids:

Josh = brown hair, green eyes

Claire = blond hair, brown eyes

Wyatt = strawberry blond hair, blue eyes

I usually make a cake for our kids, but on their actual birthday we usually

just buy cupcakes at the grocery store and then save the cool cake for the party.

Wyatt didn't know the difference though, and loved his cupcake!

It was a really nice day, so we spent most of the time playing outside.

Wyatt was pretty happy about all the walnuts on the ground at Claire's preschool,

thinking they were apples!

Lots of love from Josh and Claire :)

We love you Wyatt!!!

Happy birthday baby.