One Year Old

Pennington turned one year old today. It is amazing how fast the first year goes by. Over the last month Pennington began walking and even sometimes running. He has mastered how to sign dog and all done. He started sleeping through the night fairly consistently. When I say sleeping through the night I mean going to bed between 8 or 9 pm and not waking up until after 6am. He points at what we wants now. He is eating fairly well. We have to be careful sometimes to give him breads, vegetables and meats before fruits otherwise he will only want to eat the fruit. He currently loves grapes, veggie chicken nuggets, watermelon, strawberry banana smoothies, string cheese, and fried rice. Pennington loves going to the park. He isn't afraid to climb up onto the play sets or even go down the slide by himself. The other day at Cassia Park he actually went head first down a slide. The good thing was that the slide wasn't very steep. He is also starting to understand how to throw and kick a ball. He can wave bye-bye and best of all he can blow kisses.

Over the next month we are going to focus on introducing his new baby sister into his life. One of my goals is to get Pennington off the bottle as soon as possible. I am happy to say that yesterday was the last day Pennington had a bottle. Getting your child off a bottle can be very hard for some families but for us it seems as though it is going to go relatively smoothly. He has been basically weening himself off the bottle over the last month or so. I have been told by lots of people that now isn't the time to get him off the pacifier because he is going to need something to comfort himself when I have to give his sister attention. I think it is going to be a challenge for us in the future to get Pennington off the pacifier because he has become really attached to it lately.

Overall Pennington has been a wonderful little baby. He hardly got sick and he didn't cry very much at all. For the most part he was a very happy baby that loved being around people. Thank you my little Pennington for being such a wonderful baby. Mommy and Daddy love you very much.