Birthday Boy

We had an intimate little family birthday party for Peter.  We took him to the Children's Museum for his actual birthday and then the next day we opened presents and ate cake.  We were waiting for Peter to wake up from his nap to start the festivities and it was just killing Jane.  She couldn't stop touching the presents and getting as close as possible to the cupcakes.  I had to pull her away several times and then came back once to find her eating a cupcake.  She froze mid-bite when I found her but the look on her face said, "I couldn't help it".  I get it, Jane.  

Peter got a couple of "bump & go" trucks and two books, and Jane has been obsessed with them since.  Peter likes them too, but not as much as he like his cake.  He devoured his cupcake, smiling and laughing the whole time.

Peter at 1 year.

We keep thinking he's close to walking.  He's actually taken a step, bridging the gap between the ottoman and the couch, but then he goes days without wanting to try anything at all.  He LOVES to walk Jane's tricycle around and even does it one-handed sometimes.  He has gotten more use out of it so far than Jane has.  That's ok, she uses the trucks he got for Christmas more than he does too.

He's picked up pointing and it's become his primary form of communication these days.   The other day he pointed to his blanket, indicated to me he wanted to be picked up, pointed to the stairs, then his room, then his bed.  Message received.  He did that for 2 of his naps that day.

Peter love bath time.  He crawls around happily and tries to drink the water whenever I'm not watching.  He is completely unfazed by water splashing, spraying, or pouring on his head.  (That's quite a bit different than our little Jane.)

He has four teeth and a fifth one just cutting through now.

Peter is learning to handle disappointment and frustration.  He has more emotion than he knows what to do with and it spills out in little tantrums here and there.  It's pretty funny actually.  He's happily playing with something and then the next minute he's throwing himself on the floor pounding fists (classic) or crawling really fast right into a wall (he's done this a number of times and of course it only makes him angrier).

He makes a lot of noises and sounds, but nothing I would qualify as a first word yet.  I like it when he says "da" and I respond in kind and we each take turns getting louder and louder.  It usually ends in giggles.

Clementines are still a staple in Peter's diet, but he's finally expanded to a lot more foods. He's a pretty good eater now, especially since he can handle dairy now.  That helped a lot.

Peter is constantly climbing.  He particularly likes to climb up on the kid's picnic table and then back down again.  He hasn't fallen yet, but I suppose it's only a matter of time.