A Bundle of Joy... Our Sweet Baby Boy!

Our bundle of joy isn't exactly a little bundle or a baby but he is still sweet and brings so much joy!! My little baby has turned 1. I have to say it was bittersweet but this last year has been so much fun with him! We have no recollection of what our lives were like without him! He has learned so much and it has been fun watching him grow up and I'm excited to continue to watch him grow. I just wish the years to come would go a lot slower!
My sister in law has this really cute tradition that we have adopted (well, stolen really) where she decorates her kids doors for holidays and birthdays. So we decided to start that with Kohen as well.
We had breakfast in the morning and gave him a couple of presents to open. His favorite of course were the balloons, which became a new word for him that day. He calls them "boons". So funny.

After Kohen's nap we took him to the Zoo and he loved it! It was a perfect day, the temp was great, and Kohen was so excited to see everything. Since it was a little cooler that day the animals were so active so it was fun to be able to actually see them move. Kohen loved the monkeys, I'm pretty sure right now it's his favorite animal so I'm glad he could see them so active.





We wanted to let him get something from the gift shop since it was his birthday/first time at the Zoo so we were looking around and there wasn't really anything little kid friendly besides stuffed animals or books. So we kept showing him stuffed elephants or tigers and nothing really struck his fancy and then I found this huge monkey and it was on sale! So I brought it over to him and this was his reaction...

So that was it!

Then we headed home and had dinner and then grandparents came over for presents and cake and ice cream.
He was definitely spoiled.



It was such a fun day! We are so blessed to have this little guy in our family!

Kohen weighs in at 16lbs 6oz at 12 months. The things he can do are:
Make a monkey sound
Make a cow sound
Make a firetruck sound
Make a dinosaur sound (which was new after the zoo since they have dinosaurs there)
Make a tiger sound (also new since the zoo and sounds very similar to the dinosaur)
Make a horse sound
Says the word ball
Says Koda ("Doda")
Says the word balloon ("boon")
Says the word Banana ("Nana")
Knows who Jesus is and can say his name when he sees His picture
Knows and can say the color blue ("boo")
Says the word book ("boo" occasionally with the k on the end)
Can crawl up and down the stairs
Can walk on his own if he is pushing something
Loves to swim and will kick his legs to move

Even though he is a little on the small side, the doctor was very impressed at his vocabulary and says he is beyond what kids normally are at his age. He is a very fast learner and its so fun to see!