Felix is One

This guy had a birthday. He is one, and we are so happy. We celebrated by giving ourselves a pat on the back for getting him through his first year.

Things to know about Felix at one:

This kid really gets around. He took his first steps before he even turned 10 months. He perfected his walking over Christmas, so now he can really move. He is pretty fast. He can climb up and down (!) the stairs. He can climb off the couch by himself.

He loves electronics. One of the perks of walking, I guess, is that now he can walk around carrying remote control or an iPod. Sometimes its pretty hard to figure out where Felix left the remote control.

He has the most beautiful eyelashes. Seriously. He is still the cutest baby in the world.

He eats most everything, but he mostly likes meat. Give him a high chair tray full of different choices and he will always eat the meat first.  

Felix loves the hairdryer. It's so weird. I'll bring him into our room in the morning while Nate is drying his hair so that Felix can enjoy the hot air.

Felix has curly hair. I am so happy because I loved Beckett's curly hair, but now his hair is pretty straight. I think Felix's hair is even curlier than Beckett's was, so maybe we'll get to keep the curls.

Beckett is helping me write this post about Felix. I asked him what Felix does. His reply, "He not talks."And that's true. He does say "mama" and "da," but it's hard to know if he is actually referring to mom and dad. I think he actually has da down, but I'm not sure about mom. Although one day when I got him out of bed he said "mama" and clapped. It's never been repeated. Felix will respond to questions with baby talk. It's pretty cute.

Felix is into everything. My house is such a mess. Partly this is because I started teaching again and now instead of cleaning I work, but it's also because I can't clean while Felix is up. I can't do the dishes without his climbing onto the door and pulling all the dishes out of the dishwasher. Since I don't want to spend my Felix-free time cleaning, the house is a wreck.

Felix still has 8 teeth.

Felix sleeps all night! (Hooray!) From 8pm to 7am. He also takes two naps. He really is on a good schedule now. Finally.

Felix loves Beckett.

Felix is our little monkey. Nate made up a song that goes "Felix the little monkey." It was appropriate that we have monkey wrappers for his birthday cupcakes. True to form, he enjoyed his cake. (Beckett at one wouldn't touch his. Not much has changed there.)

We had a pretty quiet birthday celebration. I had to work on Felix's birthday, so the boys opened one of his presents. The next day we had cake.

Felix likes his new shoes. (Help from Beckett again.) Felix loves the outdoors.