A Love that Grows Stronger: Our ONE year old

In true form I'm a little late in posting this, but out baby boy is ONE!!! In a lot of ways I can't believe it's been a year, but in other ways I can't imagine what my life was without him so it seems that he's been with us forever.

When I think back to where we were 1 year ago, I truly feel that people are nuts when they say the pain of labor fades and you forget all about that. Well I strongly disagree. i still remember all the pains and endless feelings I had over those 25 hours of my life! But other than that, I remember the joy, panic, and excitement over finally having our little one.

Adam and I had wanted a baby for so long, and due to other circumstances in our lives we had to put those dreams on hold for a few years. But waiting to have kids was a necessary thing but also extremely worth the wait. I've never felt so fullfilled, and had so much joy in my life.

Lincoln truly is a blessing. He is so much fun, he is always happy and I often find myself just watching him. I could watch him for hours.

Milestones this month

He got his first haircut on his actual birthday
He is still only crawling, though he has taken a step or two here and there, he's just not interested in walking and I'm OK with that, keeps him a baby for longer
He stands a lot on his own.
He walks around things, mainly furniture.
He examines every toy and object for a few minutes before he plays with them
I bought him a new carseat for my dad's car, but we still use the pumpkin seat in my car (they are expensive things!)
He does great playing by himself, I'm often able to just set him down and he plays with his toys for a little while, so that I can get some things done around the house.
He is becoming a little bit of a picky eater. He will spit things out more and more but we keep trying
He LOVES banana's. I'm convinced they are his favorite
We've introduced him to goldfish and he likes those too, maybe a little too much
He still nurses twice a day. I really want to wean him but I'm afraid he is dehydrated so until he gets better at the sippy cup, we will continue to nurse
He went to his first PURDUE football game, it was a bit of a challenge but he had fun
He still sleeps between 10-14 hours at night
He will take anywhere from 20 minutes to 3 hour naps, depending on how early he gets up. but he needs at least a couple 20 minute naps to get him through the day
He loves bath time and I swear could spend his whole day in there
He thinks he helps me fold laundry by taking my already folded clothes and throwing them on the ground ;)