Solomon turned the big O-N-E yesterday! I REALLY can't believe it. It's been such a fast year with so many changes. He's such a sweet little kiddo and we're so lucky to have him. We had his birthday party on Saturday. A lot of family and a few friends attended. All in all, I think we had about 35 people, so our house was super full, but it was a lot of fun. My mom and sister made the special monkey cake you see pictured and some extra special cupcakes.. just ask me later about the humor I found in those... :) Solomon raked in tons of good clothes and toys. It was so fun to open fun stuff like toys and little clothes. Plus, he got some money for his college fund which we all know is the best.. at least it will be in 18 years when it costs an unimaginable amount for college. Let's just hope he gets a huge scholarship! Also, that's my nephew, Sam, playing Happy Birthday on the fiddle. It was such a treat. :) I'll post some video and other pictures once we get them loaded.
A couple of the other pictures are from our photo shoot last week. Alex took some photos of Solomon and a quick family picture as well. Solomon was so sleepy so we felt so lucky to get a few good ones.
My friend Amy and her husband Jeff stopped by last weekend as well to drop off a gift for Solomon since they couldn't come to the party. Their little girl Natalie is the one on the couch next to Solomon. It was cute to see them side-by-side. I like how their feet are touching and Solomon's gut is sticking out!
Things I've learned this year:
- No first time parent ever has ANY earthly idea what they're in for before his or her child is born.
- You spend half of your time as a new parent trying to get your child to sleep at night and as a result you get very little sleep.
- Sleep is a cornerstone to my sanity, therefore explaining why I felt insane and outside of myself for most of the first four months of Solomon's life.
- I used to waste a lot of time doing something, although I'm not sure what because now I get almost everything done, more or less, that I did before and take care of another person.
- Boogers, poop, pee and puke are bodily fluids/solids that aren't as gross as I used to think.
- I'm officially an adult.
- A baby's giggle is almost the sweetest thing in the world.
- A sleeping baby is even sweeter.
- Solomon's little face is the sweetest and that makes me very, very lucky.
4 comments:
Very cute Kelly! Sorry I did not get to call you over the weekend. We had a busy one. I still need to send Solomon's b-day gift. I can't believe how fast time flies! Give the little Monkey a kiss for me. Is he a thumb sucker?
Oh my gosh, Kelly, it's been a YEAR already? wow, this time last year you were more sleep deprived than you could ever previously imagine. Well, actually that's after a few weeks, right? The first 1-2 days I remember being pretty peaceful w/ lots of infant sleep. WOW, a year!!! Congrats on getting through it and ditto to what Cherie said - give him a lil hug from your Boston friend!
Happy (belated) birthday, little guy! I'm also sorry I haven't returned your call. We have been running around. I hope he had a fabulous time at the party. It looks like it was so fun, and I love the monkey theme! That cake is awesome. I wish we could've come down. Anyhoo...love the 9 things you've learned this past year. So true...I'm already reliving the sleep deprivation thing over again...you kinda forget how traumatic it is to be a zombie...but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Cleo slept from 8:30-5:30 last night! Yahoo! Now I've jinxed it...
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I forgot to mention how cute the cake is! Love it. I want it for my cake in Nov. :)
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