Jacob is a year old, so hard to believe! The little guy is such a part of my soul at this point, I'm just lost - but in a good way. All those cliche'/cheesy things you hear parents say is so true. His one year appt was today and it went good. He's 32" tall (98%) and 27.5 lbs (95%). We were nervous about switching to milk and he got his first taste of whole milk today - so far so good. No welps. I fed him a bottle of his formula as we were waiting for the doctor to see us -- could that really have been his last bottle?? Kind of sad -- but at the same time, we will be getting a raise by not having to buy anymore liquid gold/formula!! He did make some "this is yucky" faces, but kept drinking it out of his sippy cup and putting him down to sleep without a bottle didn't cause any issues. Could it be that easy for us?? (must not jinx) Our big boy still wakes up once a night for a feeding - doc says it's still normal because of his size and activity level. I feel in my mommy heart that he's right - he's genuinely hungry, and that's what I'm here for. But if the Goose is ever drafted to the NFL  - he better pay momma back! And so speaking of a year - it's been a year since I had a baby. I remember when I was pregnant someone told me to give myself a year before even trying on my pre-pregnancy jeans. And I thought, "whatever, I'll be a triathalon winner by then and fitting into my skinny jeans." So here it is a year after and no triathalons, biathalons or athalons. And the jeans? Well, let's just say things are better and they no longer cause physical pain.... but I really wish I had taken that girls' advice and not put so many expectations on things. Yes there are those girls that are blessed with genes that make them lose all the weight 2 weeks after giving birth and there are those women that can actually survive on a piece of toast all day --- but I think next time around, I'm going to give it a year before taking inventory on the ... uhm..... excess damage.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving/Jacob's birthday in Austin with my dad/Trish, my sister/Keith and the girls. Jacob did really well and loved the turkey. I'll post pics later.

Here's a few things that he's been doing:

- I haven't been good at documenting his progress, but he's walking everywhere now. Been walking for a while, but it was selective. Now he prefers it..

- Loves the fake cough. We were in Target the other day and he heard someone cough, which he saw as an opportunity to demo his fake cough.

- Eating so much right now. All of a sudden he started doing great with his table food - hope it stays.

- Likes to give "fives" if you put your hand out. Only low fives though.

- Loves peek-a-boo. Sometimes he forgets to remove the blankey from his head because he starts laughing so hard.

- If I say "want to read a book?" - he'll immediately sit in my lap, it's so cute.

I know I'm forgetting some.