Celebrations

We've had a few reasons to celebrate over the past few days!  On Sunday, we celebrated Bryant's grandmother's 81st birthday!  I went into labor after her 80th birthday party last year and had Miller the next day, which will make it easy to remember how old Betty Jo is from now on!  Margaret cooked a delicious dinner and we ended the night with gifts and a to-die-for carrot cake.  Yum.  I think it is so special that Miller and Betty Jo's birthdays are so close.

On Miller's birthday, we tried to do a little celebrating even though we'll have his actual party this weekend.  We're saving cake for Saturday, so I decided to spice up one of Miller's traditional favorites and make him a very special...drum roll please... birthday banana.

He was not interested in me singing to him or the flaming stick that I wouldn't let him touch.  He just wanted the banana.

After lunch we headed to the pediatrician for Miller's one year check-up.  Everything is looking good!  He weighs 21.4 pounds and is 29 inches long (both are around the 25th percentile).  The not so fun part was that he had to get a finger stick and three shots.  Boo.  Bad planning on my part.  He was a real trooper though and only cried when the nurse stuck him.  He was perfectly happy after that!

Later in the day, Kendall, Hunter, and Hays stopped by to wish Miller a happy birthday {and let the mommies do a clothes swap ;) }.

When Bryant got home, we decided to give him his first birthday present and couldn't wait to see him tear into it.  

Again, not interested.

After a little persuasion and acting on our part, he got into it.

He played with it for about twenty minutes which was a good sign that he liked it.  Be sure to check back for pics from the real celebration later!