We have a one year old in the house again...and it's obvious!

Little Blue Truck party

New ride on toy

He likes his sweets!

Cousins and siblings who were here to share in the celebration of his first year

Luke Kirby Ridenour turned one year old on February 25.  People always say time flies but seriously...time.flies.  And I am eating my words yet again as I always said I would not baby the baby...yeah, eating my words!

Luke has been a joy to have around.  His siblings absolutely adore him and are usually very eager to help with anything and everything. I need to document that fact before we move too far into his second year of life because I can already see the winds of change around here.  Just as Mikey turned three and is starting to move out of that into-everything-always-bugging-someone-never-sit-still phase, Luke is there to fill in the gap!  He has begun climbing the stairs, dumping the trash cans, and chewing the lamp cords to name a few.  He is also into everything that gets left on the floor.  Look out big brothers and sister, there's a new toddler in town!  On the bright side he is (finally!) sleeping through the night most nights and getting easier to put down.  He is eating lots of table foods and drinking D milk (even if it is from a bottle and has to be warmed up!).  He is babbling a ton (often sounds like "Cawa") and I get a "mama" every now and then.  I'm his main gig right now...we're pretty tight!  He loves the ball popper toy, and LOVES his new musical ride on toy we got him for his birthday.  Luckily there is always someone willing to give him a push and he has done countless laps around the kitchen table.  He has started waving bye bye (arm straight out going up and down) and still enjoys clapping and making funny noises with his mouth that we imitate back and forth.  His new thing is wobbling his head when he is excited.  He smiles easily, loves to take a bath, and gives big open mouthed kisses.  His big brown eyes always melt my heart:)

We all love you little bubba!  We can't wait to see what your next year will hold and all the years after that.