Brayden {11 & 12 Months}

Well, as usual I am  a little late posting this 11 month update so I am going to combine 11 & 12 month together.  Time just gets away from me. Being one year old should really have a post of its own but I did put together a post all about his first birthday here.

We officially have a walker in our house now. Brayden started walking the day after thanksgiving (Which would have made him about 10.5 months)  and has not stopped, in fact he practically runs at times. Its so cute to watch him walk all around the house, doing whatever he wants. Within the next week his two top teeth came through giving him a total of 4 teeth now. I just love seeing his little smile with all those teeth.

One year Stats...
19 lbs
29.5 in tall
Size 12 month clothes

Now that Brayden is ONE we have started him on whole milk and he is starting to eat a lot more food that we are eating instead of baby food. I can't tell if he loves the milk yet but I keep offering it to him with meals in hopes he will start drinking it more. He does really enjoy cheese and yogurt so I am not to worried if he does not get much milk right now.

Some of his favorite foods include...
Puffs
Cheese crunchies
Yogurt melts
Multi grain cheerios
Honey Kix
Pancakes
Scrambled eggs
Yogurt

Favorite Toys...
Hot wheels cars
John Deere Semi Trucks
Mega blocks
Thomas the Tank Engine riding toy

Loves...

Being able to walk ALL BY HIMSELF
Giving kisses
Waving
Eating big boy food
Being naked or in minimal clothing
Having books read to him
Chasing the dog, hiding from the dog and getting in dogs bed
Watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Jake and Neverland Pirates & Thomas

Hates...
Being cooped up inside, he wants to play outside so bad but its just been to cold.
When things do not go the way he wants them to, seems to get frustrated quickly.
Does not like being told "no"

A Big Milestone...Turning ONE

It's official, we now have a ONE YEAR old! It is starting to settle in with me that he really is ONE. We had such a great time celebrating this very special occasion. We had a very small party here at our house with close family and it was just perfect. Brayden gets very overwhelmed with large groups so we kept it small and in an environment that  we knew he would be comfortable in. It all worked out great and hen had a blast.

Picture highlights from the party below...

My handsome little birthday man

Mama started prepping form this party  just days before, which was chaotic so my note to self is start planning much sooner next year...like before the holidays. Anyway, everything turned out super cute. I wanted to make the party decorations, its something I have wanted to do for a long time and I really enjoyed making them. 

First Birthday Theme...Monkeys

Colors...Brown, Green, Orange and Blue

Date of party...Saturday January 5, 2013

Location... Our home

We started the party out with food, just some light appetizers, a few dips and of course a cheese and cracker tray. We ate and chatted and watched Brayden and my niece play before opening presents. After presents we moved onto cake which turned out to be not as cute as I had hoped it would be. He was fine until we started singing "Happy Birthday" then he started screaming and wanted absolutely nothing to do with the his smash cake. We even tried it again later without singing and he did not want cake at all, not even just a taste. Poor kid, we scared him I think.

Hand written First Birthday Chalkboard (LOVE how this turned out) I had a blast creating this, many more chalkboards to come for sure.

 I had so much fun creating this Birthday Banner using my Cricut, Way to cute!

 OF course we had cupcakes, its just not a party if you don't have them.

Family Picture with the Birthday Boy

Thank you all so much or stopping by and checking out Brayden's First Birthday Party. I am already thinking about his 2nd birthday, I think I am crazy to be thinking about that already. Parties are so much fun, I can't wait to plan more.