He had a delightful little party last Sunday with good friends and good food. I served Cafe Rio style salads with rice, beans, carne asada, and tomatillo-ranch dressing. I also made fresh salsa and little tortilla bowls. It was delicious and well received by the birthday boy who especially loved the beans.
As is traditional, we sang "Happy Birthday" to our little guy and presented him with his very own cupcake. He loved the singing and did his little head-shake dance. He was fascinated by the candle and really wanted to touch the fire. I had to hurry and blow it out before he burned his little fingers. Our other boys have been uncertain about the cupcake and usually studied it for a while or hesitantly touched the icing before diving in. Not this kid. He grabbed it with both hands and started stuffing before I could even get a picture of the cupcake on his tray.
He liked the party hats and balloons but was very serious about the presents. He especially liked the books and toy puppy. He also got some new binkies (he wears those things out so fast), binky clips and some little boots. One of our friends brought the game Jenga as a family present. Our boys have enjoyed it, but can't quite seem to grasp that the idea is NOT to knock the tower down.
Here are some pictures from the party, I was told by the grown men in attendance that I could not post pictures of them in their party hats on my blog. Party poopers. It's okay, we'll just focus on the birthday boy.
Speaking of the birthday boy, I wanted to write a little bit about Tobias at age one.
He loves music. He can't resist a good beat and does his adorable head shaking dance.
He can't walk yet, but he cruises on and climbs everything. He also likes to go around the house on his hands and feet with his bum in the air. He giggles madly when he does this.
He says "mama" for mom or anytime he is feeling sad and wants comfort. He says "mo" for more and every once in a while he signs "finished". Most of the time, though, we know he is done because he tries to climb out of his highchair. He claps at the end of prayers in imitation of the sign for "amen". He recently started waving goodbye.
He has 6 teeth, which I think is a record for our kids at age one. He LOVES toothbrushes and toothpaste which we have to hide from in. He loves them almost as much as he loves self-inking stamps which he continues to find who-knows-where. A recent escapade left him looking like a member of the blue man group.
He loves to snuggle and wants to be held constantly. He usually will nap only when he is in someone's arms. If you set him down, he wakes up.
He has had five haircuts and could really use another one. He has an adorable cowlick on the back of his head that stands straight up no matter how many times you try to comb it or wet it down.
He adores the bathtub and water in general. His favorite activity is to stick all the foam letters to the bathroom tile. It's like magic.
He loves his brothers and thrills at their loudness and antics. They love him too and often include him in their pretend play. They also like to play "follow the leader" in which Tobias follows them all over the house like a little puppy. Who needs pets, right?
Tobias weighs 25 pounds and is in the 75th percentile for weight but only the 50th for height. We can't get enough of his baby fat. He is truly a delight in every way, except when he's not which happens sometimes. Sometimes he is very emotional and dramatic. We call it "dramatic rolling and posing" when he throws a little T-Ricks tantrum.
Despite all of the things that I just mentioned, when our pediatrician asked Benjamin at Tobias' one-year check-up, "What is Tobias doing these days?" Benjamin replied, "Tobias just a baby. He don't do much."
We all had to laugh at that. Even if he doesn't "do much" we sure love this kid and can't believe that we've been blessed to have him in our family for a whole year. Happy Birthday little buddy.
Oh T-ricks, the cutest of the cute. Love his chub too. We miss you all.
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