Happy, Happy Birthday Armin!

I cannot believe our little guy is actually one years old!  Where does the time go, and why does it have to go so fast!  I really want Armin to stay little for as long as possible!  Although at his one year check up yesterday Dr. Wade said he was tall and skinny, so the chances of him staying small are slim to none!  We celebrated his birthday last night with Grandma Puzey, Grandma Debbie, Uncle Buck, Auntie Arren, Gilbert and Lily!  He was so happy to be the centre of attention, when we sang happy birthday to him his face had a look of complete awe, and then he broke into a huge smile!  After the song was done he clapped his hands!  For dinner we had spaghetti, he was so cute eating it, if he happened to get a noodle that was a long he slurped it into his mouth.  Calum too was cute eating his spaghetti, he couldn't quite get it to his mouth without all the noodles falling off his fork, so he devised a way to do it with as little mess as possible, or so he thought!  Armin's cake was really nothing fancy, the third child syndrome came into effect!  I just ran out of time, but it did turn out really cute and besides he liked to eat it no matter how it looked!  He was so dainty eating his cake, using only his thumb and pointer finder to pick up pieces and put them in his mouth, at one point he even tried to eat it simply by using only his mouth!

Presents were fun, typical one year old style...he was more interested in the packaging!  The gift we gave him was actually picked out by Calum, primarily with himself in mind, a ride on Mater toy!  Arren's family gave him a mega blocks Pirate Ship that he really seems to like, but it also really frustrates him.  There is a cannon on it and when you push the lever on the back the cannon ball shoots out, well, Armin can get the ball in but hasn't figured out how to get it out, he makes an annoyed grunting sound until someone comes to help him!  After all his gifts were open Calum says, "Armin you share me?"  I thought it was really cute how he asked, a few months ago he would have probably just pushed Armin away!  When Calum sat on the Mater toy he was so angry because it wouldn't move when he pushed the buttons!  Once he realized he had to manually move the car himself he had lots more fun!

Armin was desperately trying to take steps without any help!  The push toy Grandma Debbie got him seemed to give him the needed confidence!

Just like Emry, Armin loves Elmo!

It was a really fun night, and I am so thankful for Armin, he has been such an easy baby, and always so happy!  Emry and Calum were easy babies too, and they were also happy.  There is just something about Armin, maybe being the third child he has to just go along with everything, he is so easy going!  I look forward to what the next year will bring for Armin and for the rest of our family!