Happy Birthday Ryan!

Ryan turned one last month. I can't believe it's already been a year. Here is my cute, smiley, boy.
He spent the day relaxing and hanging out, staring at the fan among other things.
We actually had his party the night before. I made up these quick invites
And made this cake. This one took way less time than JJ's first cake. In fact, it was such a positive experience that I might do it more often.
He loved his balloons
But he was not so into his presents. JJ ended up opening all the gifts.
He was really happy in this picture.
Was slightly concerned when we started singing Happy Birthday.
JJ blew out the candle.
And this is honest to goodness the messiest he got. He loved the cake, but kept it clean.
At 1 year old, he just barely made the 20 lb mark, so we could turn his seat around. He's pretty tall at 30 inches. He needs 9-12 month pants for the length, but I have to safety pin them because they fall down.

He's walking a little bit more and feeling more confident, but I wouldn't call him a walker yet. He loves to play with hair, especially mine. He idolizes his big brother and wants to do everything JJ does. He makes silly faces all the time and is really good at imitating sounds he hears and making funny noises with his mouth and tongue. Sometimes he just cracks himself up with the noises he can make. He loves Baby Einstein still, loves animals, especially dogs, and reading. His favorite book right now is The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

His vocabulary is growing, which has reduced the screaming a little, but not nearly enough. Just like his brother, I tried to teach sign language, but he just learns the word instead. Appropriately, most of his words surround food. Yogurt, cracker, milk, juice, drink, cheese, cake (for pancake), dig, out, ball, bath, dog, duck, truck, balloon, dada, yes, light, and stairs.