I'm not ready....

Nope. I'm not ready. Mentally I am not ready to accept the fact that tomorrow my baby will be ONE. (Physically, yes we are ready and prepared for the big birthday bash on Saturday.) But really, I can not wrap my head around the fact that last year at this time I was on maternity leave waiting for our baby boy to arrive. And 1 year ago tonight was when we met our friends Travis and Celeste at The Pizza Ranch for dinner and THAT NIGHT was when my contractions started (making our scheduled induction unnecessary). Oh, and I really do think it was The Pizza Ranch that started it all.... Anyway, how can a year go by so quickly? It kinda makes me sad. And now, silly me, I went looking through our youtube videos and found this one, which I had taken on March 11 when Jeremiah was just 22 days old (and way back then I had not figured out how to post videos on the blog correctly).

And this picture?

I can barely look at it-- just look at that sweet newborn baby!

And this one? What am I doing to myself? I have to stop this!


Okay, just one more.


And now I have to stop.

How has this little baby turned into this little man?


Though it honestly does make me a bit sad that my baby is growing up, it is SO FUN to watch Jeremiah learn new things! So far his tricks include:

1. The "no no" finger wag.
2. Talking on the phone (and using any object for a phone... a bottle, one of Molly's toys, etc. He's pretty flexible about that).
3. What does a doggie say? And he responds with, "roo roo roo roo" or something like that.
4. What does a piggie say? And he responds with this crazy grunting sound that only he and his father know how to do (seriously, I have tried... and Adam has tried to teach me... I physically can't do it).
5. "Bbbmmmmm, bbbmmmm, bbbmmmm" is his truck, train, car sound (or even the sound he makes when he is pushing an old Cool Whip container around).
6. Saying "Buh." Which means "ball" and also "balloon."
7. Saying da-da-da-da-da A LOT.
8. Saying ma-ma-ma-ma-ma sometimes... when I ask him to say it, a lot of times he starts to and then it turns into smacking his lips? Not sure why.
9. Crawling REALLY fast!
10. Taking some steps! On Sunday we saw him take his first "official" steps from a dining room chair to the freezer. Adam also saw him walk all the way from the coffee table to the TV. But if we set him down and try to make him take a few steps between us, he thinks it's a joke and pulls his legs up or goes straight to his knees. Funny guy.

I'm sure there are more that I can't think of right now. Anyway, we have quite the weekend of celebrating ahead of us! Tomorrow Jeremiah will go to daycare with his "Birthday Boy" shirt on and will share his birthday treat of "dirt cups," which mommy will make tonight. And Grandma and Grandpa Wiers will arrive tomorrow night! Then Saturday, Auntie Abby will arrive and Grandpa and Grandma Wissink are coming for the day. And then in the evening we will have Jeremiah's party! So fun to celebrate with family and friends! I will be sure to post pictures of the festivities and Jeremiah enjoying his cake! :)