The Bugbee Bunch: I AM ONE YEAR OLD!!!

Yes, it is true....our little man turned ONE year old today!! WOW!! Happy birthday Braden!!

How fast that year did fly by!! :) It came with so much hard work, learning, joy, excitement, milestone achievements, laughter, tears, hugs, and kisses!! What a whirlwind!!

Chris got me some beautiful flowers to remember Braden's birth one year ago today. :)

They say that you really start to feel old when you have kids, and you watch their years just fly by. Numerous people have told me that you just look up one day and they are graduating high school, and all of a sudden you are in your 50's!! HA! B.c of all of those words of wisdom, we are really trying to treasure every moment that we have with Braden the best that we can. He has brought a certain "sparkle" to the family that we never knew was missing. And while he has really kept us on our toes, he has also brought us to our knees many nights to pray that he would continue to grow and thrive, and grow up to be the little man that God has planned out for him. :)

We are blessed beyond words...and overwhelmed that we have been able to raise this precious bundle. And honestly, we are thankful that we made it through the first year!! HA! :) That was true joy in and of itself! :) We learned that everything has a season...and that those seasons pass so quickly (although the hard ones like waking up every 2 hours seem to take longer). HA! :)
I never thought that I would love being a mom so much...or that I would even be able to do it very well!! But to watch Braden grow up and become such a special little guy has made everything worth it! :) We thank the Lord for blessing us with such a healthy and happy baby boy...and one that has far exceeded our expectations for how parenthood would be. :) We sure do love him to pieces. :)

We went to his one year well check today. I know, we are mean parents making him go to his doc appt on his actual bday!! :) He did awesome at his appt and here are the stats:
Weight-26 lbs (90th percentile)
Height-32 inches (95th percentile)
Head-90th percentile

He also had to get 4 shots today...ick!! Picture Chris helping to hold him down, and me on the side of the room trying not to look. :( He cried the HARDEST for sure on these....and it BROKE my heart. :( But now he has his chicken pox and his MMR...so that is good.

He is to the point now where his 18 month clothes still fit great around him but they are already starting to get a little too short in the length!! Goodness gracious son! :) Is it time to start moving to 24 month clothes already? LOL! :) He is such a tall boy! :)

The doctor said he looked great...and that she was sooo happy with his development so far. She asked if he said anything other than "Mama" and "Dada". "OH YES"...we said. :) So he just started spouting off words for her..and she was cracking up! He still has his favorites like "ball", "book", "bye bye", "hi", "wow", and "Lainey". But now he also says "night night", and tries to say "Braden" and a few others. And then he puts them together like "Bye Bye Dada". :) It is seriously so cute! :) So she was stoked about that, and she walked around with him a bit. She just wanted to see how close he was to walking. She said everything looked good, and that she thought he would be up and at 'em on his feet soon. :)

She also said that he has 4 teeth just sitting there waiting to pop through on the top. I am not sure what he will even look like with those extra 4 teeth as we have been staring at only two of them since he turned 9 months! :)

Couple more things about Mr B at one year:
1) Braden is down to taking one nap per day (from about 11:30-1:30), or somewhere right around there.
2) He has been off the bottle for a few weeks (which our doc was so excited about)...and he loves his sippy cups.
3) He is drinking whole milk well so far too. We just made a cold turkey transition and he took to it! :) We started giving him sippy cups of milk and he started drinking it up...so we said "HALLELUJAH!!" :)
4) He is crawling up on things now...so we have to be extra careful. :)
5) He is so close to walking...so we hope he makes that transition within the next month. He will walk around the front yard with me just holding one of my fingers.
6) He still LOVES being outside. It ranks on the top of his list for sure!
7) He LOVES cars and balls. Those are his two favorite toys by far!! He will play with them for very long periods of time.
8) He still LOVES water!! We have not introduced juice yet..and don't think there is really any reason to since milk and water are so yummy to him.
9) He is still a great eater..and loves to try new things. I don't think there is much that he really does not eat at this point. We pretty much feed him whatever we are eating, so he is not eating anything that is "baby" related anymore. :) Some of his favs are black beans, fish, avocados, oatmeal with cinammon, strawberries, yogurt, blueberries, bananas, sandwiches with cheese and turkey, and any kind of pasta. :) We tried eggs but he is not a huge fan of them just yet...we will give it a little more time. :)
10) He also loves to shake his head "NO"! :) Not sure this will be too beneficial in the near future. HA!

So all in all things are going so well...and we are excited to see what Braden does before his 15 month check up in Nov. :)

Just a couple of pics of our little man growing up over the past year. :)

First day of life... :)