The Olson Odyssey: 12 months or in other words.....1 YEAR OLD!

Connor Charles turned 1 year old on February 4th! We SURVIVED! We made it through the first year! I must say that this little nugget made it easy on us. Never did I know an easier baby. You hardly ever fussed and when you did, you could easily be soothed. Sometimes, I would literally forget you were there because you never made a peep! You were a great sleeper early on. You slept through the night at 10 weeks! To this day, you NEVER and I mean NEVER wake up in the middle of night....not even when you are sick! You just love to rack:) Your sweet baby blues melt my heart. Your laugh cracks me up and you are always laughing at your big bro (except when he is jacking you). You haven't taken your first steps yet, but take your time...you have your whole life! You are definitely starting to get a little fisty when you don't get your way. I like to see a little fight in you kid! You gotta stick up for yourself! You LOVE playing outside. You want to be out there all the time. Since you are still crawling you are basically dirty all the time....oh well! Boys should be dirty, right? You also can seriously bust a move! Any time there is a beat, you are shaking your bootay! Even when I am singing you Jesus Loves Me at night with the lights out you are trying to dance! We have heard you say mama, dada, yaya, but you don't say them very much. You do say GG very clearly because her voice is recorded on your teddy bear which you LOVE and point at every time you wake up from your nap. When you drop something you say "UH" but not the "OH"....it's so cute! You LOVE your blankie. As soon as you see it and grab it, your thumb goes in your mouth and you are cuddle bug. You don't love reading books. You mostly just bat it away and want to open and close it over and over again. You love to take baths with your bro and you speed down the hallway in your naked glory to climb in. We went to your 1 year Dr. Appt and you are my little peanut! You are 30 inches (40%) and 19 lbs 2 ozs (15%). But you are healthy and that is all this mama cares about! I have had so much fun with you this year Connor! I love watching you grow and learn and discover the world around you. I promise to teach you everything I know and I am sure you will teach me things too! We make a good team, you and I! We had a little photo shoot before your party and Meg got some great shots! Happy birthday my little man. I love you.

Cutie patootie!