The joys of turning one...

Riley had his one year check up a couple of days after his birthday. He weighed in at 20 lbs 10 oz and was 18 3/4 in long. The doctor was very happy with his weight gain. Turning one turned out to be painful, Riley got 3 shots and then got to have his blood drawn. He was not the happiest boy, but he recovered quickly. Here is what Riley has been up to since the last update...

* He now has 4 teeth and two more that I think are going to break through any day now.

* He stands all on his own, but refuses to try walking solo. He will hold onto our fingers and walk around though.

* He finally says mama, but only when he wants something!

* A couple of months ago he discovered the stairs and now all he wants to do is go up them. All day, every day! We had to put up a make-shift baby gate that worked for about a week. Then Riley saw Tyler move it to go upstairs and that was the end of that. He now moves it aside whenever he wants to go up.

* He is no longer nursing. We made it to 11 1/2 months. I'm enjoying being free again, and Riley doesn't seem to miss it. He has also moved on from baby food. He thinks whatever we are eating he should be eating. Some of his favorites include: salmon, asparagus, bananas, blueberries, mangos, peas, tuna and beans. He pretty much eats everything we put on his high chair.

* He loves the pool, but he thinks he is too big for his floatie. He also thinks he can swim on his own. He literally fights to get out of my arms when I'm holding him, then he looks surprised when he goes under the water. He loves it though, and is all smiles when I pull him out.

* His favorite game is to go in the pantry and pull all the paper recycle out of the bin. When he's done doing that he takes one of my buckets of flour and pushes it around the house. It's not unusual to find flour, brown sugar or oatmeal by the front door! Thankfully he doesn't know how to open the buckets!

* He has discovered the fun of looking out windows and will sit patiently for 10 minutes or more waiting to see a car drive by. Every morning when he wakes up the first thing we do is stand by the window while Riley points things out to me.