His 1st year...

Isaac's 1st birthday is approaching much faster than I can hardly even stand. At the end of the week we will be celebrating the last 1st birthday of our children. Oh say it isn't so! Truly I feel so very blessed to have healthy, happy children that have hit all of their milestones without any problems. What a great blessing to have them here beside me to celebrate their birthdays- I don't discount that at all. Still, I find myself a little melancholy at the thought of Isaac already being one. They grow and change so quickly...our time with them is so short in comparison to their life and all that they will experience and do. I pray that the time we do have with them will prepare them to be God's workers, to love others, and to know that they are loved. We will have family in this weekend and I don't want to miss documenting the things on my mind so I am going to do this a little early. If you know me then you know picking out pictures to showcase is SOOO hard for me to do but here is a month by month picture review of my precious almost 1 year old! What joy he has brought to our lives.

On our way to the hospital...last family of 4 picture!

1st family of 5 picture-he was brand new and Ben and Lizzie

couldn't keep their hands off their new baby brother!



Sweet little man weighed 8lbs 1oz and was 201/2 inches long

Month 1- looking around, smiling and cooing

Month 2- getting stronger and loving tummy time.

Month 3- He loved laughing and talking! He was rolling from front

to back by now. This was a fun day at the splash pad.

Month 4- Hanging out with his big bro :) full-out belly laughs, playing with toys,

looking at books, 1st time to bible class, eating cereal...lots of 1st's!

Month 5- Trying lots of new foods, everything goes in his mouth, pops

his paci in and out, talking all the time, sits with a pillow behind him...

and my favorite, he started reaching for me!

Month 6- rocks on his knees, plays with toys, say momma and bubba,

loves church class, and sits up alone.

Month 7- talking all the time..dada, momma, bubba, and lots of

squeals. He loved to play with Ben and Lizzie and laugh with them.

Month 8- Exploring everything, starting to crawl, everything in the

mouth, daddy gave him his 1st bite of fudge :)

Month 9- Really crawling now, eating some real foods,

playing and interacting with anyone nearby, he loves to

swing and play at the park.

Month 10- So much fun, experienced his 1st snow,

loves to play with balls, boxes, and toys..this

is when I really started having to watch him getting into things-or

at least try to prevent it :)

Month 11- so playful, sweet, and cuddly! Walking along anything

he can pull himself up on, eating anything he can find...including

non-edible items, drinking milk, drinking out of the toilet, talking like

 crazy. He loves for his brother and sister to hide from him and jump out.

It scares him to death but he absolutely cracks up laughing afterwards~

Month 12- standing up without help, talking a few guided steps, so

happy and fun. Still eating everything and still a cuddler. He points to

everything and tries to repeat what your saying. Uses sign language to

communicate if we aren't getting what he is trying to say :) Stopped nursing on

his own.Can make it up the stairs and loves to play in the bedrooms up there.

Most recent family of 5 picture :)

Happy 1st birthday my sweet Isaac Lucas!