Malachi - ONE YEAR!

Weight

Birth: 8 lbs 5 oz

6 months: 19.9 lbs

12 months: 24.5lbs

 

Length

Birth: 23 in

6 months: 27.3 in

12 months: 31.5 in

 

Diapers

Size 4

 

Clothes

12 or 12-18 months, but starting to out grow your 12 month outfits

 

Eating

We cut a bottle and feeding this month.

Now you eat at 6:30, breakfast, 10:30, lunch, 3:30, dinner and 6:30.

You also get 2 snacks a day

You take 6 oz bottles at daycare

You LOVE table food

 

Sleep

You're still a great sleeper

 

Likes

Water

Dominick – you always brighten right up when you see him

grabbing faces and hair

giving kisses (you’ll grab my face and just kiss so hard)

playing with hot wheels cars (much to Dominick's dismay)

balls

being held

MEAL TIME

standing up (assisted)

Dislikes

Being buckled in the carseat

Being held while sleeping

Grass

Being hungry/seeing food and not getting some IMMEDIATELY

Malachi,

YOUR ONE YEAR OLD! This past year has gone by so fast and it's truly been so magical. The beginning of the month we had your 1 year pictures made. They didn't go much better than our holiday pictures, but you did smile a little bit more.
Due to being so sick and having so many and so consistent ear infections we finally scheduled you for tubes on 23 Jan. You got another ear infection about a week in advance, but the actual procedure went spectacular. We were one of the early surgeries so we got there bright and early and you did wonderful. It seemed almost to the day after you got the tubes you started hearing noises differently or for the first time. Your personality really started to blossom after this. We are so thankful we made the decision to do this.

You are such a great eater and LOVE food. I waited to wean you until after your surgery, but up until then I really was only nursing you at bed time. You did so great with whole milk, table food and snacks. I'm a big believer in weaning right at one or a little bit before. I don't know if believer is the right word, but I'm always ready at that time. Also, at one I take away the pacifier and you did just fine with that too. Sometimes it's harder (bedtime), but you've done awesome without it.

You got your first haircut on the 3rd of February in Michigan! We took a quick trip to MI to celebrate your FIRST birthday with family. I planned a lumberjack theme birthday party and we loved all the details. You were very interested in your birthday cake, but you ate so slowly!

On your first birthday we celebrated with LOTS of snow that cancelled school and closed the base, donuts for breakfast and a trip to the aquarium. You loved seeing all the fish and spending the day with us. Also, a few days later we had your second birthday party at Kids Are Tops for our Ohio friends. You had such a great time and so did your friends.

I just cannot believe you are already one year old! This past year has flew by. Some days it seems like I just had you and we were welcoming you into our family, but most days it feels like you've been around forever. It's hard to remember what life was like before you. You are a dream come true. Such a momma's boy, but boy, do you love your brother and daddy something fierce!