I am a handful!

Just like the title of this post states I am a handful.  I turned one year old and have become a bit crazy.  I have decided that when mom goes to work my main job is to trash the entire house.  I am aiming to wear my dad down completely so he has no more energy ever again.  Then, mom comes home to a messy house, a worn out dad, and she takes over.  The other day I took all the money out of my dad's wallet and spread it all over the house.  I even found a 100 dollar bill and was holding it threatening to rip it up.  I have been doing this all with a smile on my face! 
Last week I got my one year shots and things have gone pretty downhill from there.  My two front teeth are trying to come in and it hurts a lot.  My parents are trying to help me but I still feel the need to get up a couple of times a night. 
I have been saying "mama"  a lot more and that makes her feel good!  I have been able to say dada for a while now and mom felt a bit ignored.  I love both my parents because they are the greatest.  My dad takes great care of me during the day and he even gave me pesto sauce to eat the other day.  It was an accident because dad thought it was frozen pureed peas but it was actually pesto.  I smelled like garlic for days and boy did I have some tummy troubles. I don't think he will make that mistake again. 

Birthday Week

This has been the craziest and funnest week of my life!  First, I got to ride on an airplane and spend a week with my parents on vacation which was amazing.  Then, the day after we got back I got to go to the Stepping Stones Halloween carnival where I dressed up as a Ketchup Packet.  I was so cute!  Then, Tuesday it was my birthday.  I wasn't really sure what all the fuss was about but my parents were sure excited.  Everyone kept saying that they couldn't believe I was one.  I can believe it.  I have grown a lot this year.  I went from 7.5 pounds to 20 pounds and I have grown about ten inches.  I am huge!  My mom made a funfetti cake and my dad took me to lunch just the two of us.  I got to eat my cake with my friends at Stepping Stones.  They were really excited that they got to eat cake too.  One of my friends wolfed his cake down.  I was a little slower about realizing that it was food but once I got going I really enjoyed it.  Thursday was Halloween and that was such a fun day.  My grandparents came to Lawrence and we went to Mass St. to trick or treat.  I was a leprechaun and I got to say I was super cute.  My dad wore a clown outfit that you could blow up.  He was dancing all over Mass St. like a street performer.  My grandpa kept saying that now he knows where I get my hambone personality from.  It is definitely my dad.  My mom would rather no one look at her but dad loves attention.  So do I!  The more people to talk to the better.  It blows my mom's mind that I have never really had separation or stranger anxiety.  She said that she just keeps waiting for the day that I freak out when she leaves me but that day hasn't come yet. Saturday was the best day of all though.  My parents gave me a wonderful first birthday party!  I had so many friends and family come to see me and watch me eat cake.  My mom's friend Sarah made an awesome Frankenstein cake and then she made me my own pumpkin shaped and flavored cake that I could smash all over the place.  I had such a fun time.  I was so worn out when I got home that I had to wait til I took a nap to even look at all of my presents.  People were so nice to bring me things.  My parents joke that they will need to move now because of all the toys! 
So many people too fun pictures of me at my party that I will share.  It has been a great week and I can't wait for this next year.  I am sure that I am going to learn so much.