John Turns 1!

The world's favorite ginger turned ONE on Sunday!  To say we love this little man is an understatement.  John Garrison is absolutely a ferocious animal these days, and it's wildly cute.  He loves on his mama so much that Pete and I are convinced he'd crawl back inside me if he could.  He finds just about anything funny that you'd like for him to find funny, so he's a great audience!  And he and Susannah adore each other still, which makes me melt often throughout the day.  We can't believe it's been a year!

And as for his 1-year checkup, John KILLED IT.  All of his percentiles went up to just above average, but the truly impressive jump was his weight, which went from 27th percentile 3 months ago to 59th percentile on Monday.  Our pediatrician asked me, "So, what are you feeding him?  Steak??"  And I replied, "Yep!"  The boy eats everything we eat, and consumes more than Susannah at each meal.  And still nurses.  He's not messing around.

Here are some more fun birthday pics!

The great decorator!

Helping me ice John's cake and our cake

Singing "Happy Birthday" to our boy!  He's a little confused.

Sus got to lick the candle, and John was all like, "What the...?"

All business.

"Oh hey, Sus, I'm covered in icing and up to nothing..."

"...I'm gonna getchya!"

"Cake for EVERYBODY!"

Checking out his birthday present!

Here's a video of the smash cake for those of you who don't find it disgusting:

And here's a video of John sitting in the super fun chair that the Cutchins got him.  This is the first time he's even sat, and he was content right there for quite a while!