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Golden Birthday

Sean celebrated his 1st birthday on February 1st.  Because we were on an airplane plane to Disney World that day, we celebrated his birthday (along with Makayla's) on the Sunday before we left.

One of Sean's favorite foods is macaroni and cheese, so his birthday dinner was easy to make and all of the kids liked it.
 After dinner, we opened presents.  He likes things that light up and make noise.  So we got him a little bear that sings and wiggles its ears.  We also got him new pacifiers.  I think he is our first baby since Emily that loves "binkies".  Usually by the time our babies hit one year I have broken them of the binkie habit, but Sean is a little tougher.  I don't like kids to be sucking on a pacifier when they should be talking.  I have tried to make the rule that he can only have his binkie at bed time or in the car, but I haven't been great at enforcing it.
 Birthday cake was after presents.  He liked the cake enough to eat some, but he especially loved the homemade fudge frosting and whip cream on top.



 Sean is a sweet boy and we love having him in our family.  I'm bracing myself for toddlerhood.  Just this week he has gotten much more vocal during our nightly scripture study.  He is soo loud lately that I have had to break my binkie rule and plug him up so we can hear Rick read the scriptures.  His noises are happy and cute, so it is hard to not just let him be the center of attention and make everybody laugh.

Sean LOVES playing in the bathroom.  We try to keep the bathroom doors closed, but with a big, busy family, sometimes we forget and he sneaks on in.  Luckily, he isn't into playing in the toilet too much (unless the lid is left open).  His favorite thing to do is pull all of the toilet paper off the roll.  I was working on a lesson for Primary when I heard some noises in the bathroom.  By the time I realized the noises were from Sean and not somebody else, this is what I found:
 It didn't take him long to pull all of the toilet paper off a newly replaced double roll.  It took me a while to wind it all back up.
I think all of our kids are cute, but one-year olds are sometimes just too cute for words.  Sean was really excited about the ice cream truck from Grandma Mergenthaler.  After a week, he still loves it (and so does Andrew).




Comments

Anjee said…
Oh...Sean is so cute. I am happy that Kelsee will have a cousin close to her age. We sure do miss you and each time I look at your blog it seems time has gone by quicker and the kids are all getting so big. It seems just yesterday we were celebrating Emily's 1st birthday. Then in the blink of an eye she is almost 12. Am I starting to sound OLD? ugh. Happy birthday Sean. Can't wait to meet you in person.
February 21, 2011 at 12:19 AM
Chelsey said…
I hope you don't have 3 comments from me. I'm really only trying to post one. I agree that one year olds are so cute...and lots of work. Jake is just starting to leave that lots of work stage...of course, he did spill grape juice on the carpet today so maybe not so much.
February 21, 2011 at 6:46 PM
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