First Birthday!

This last Friday (the 16th), my little boy turned 1 year old! Crazy how fast they grow up!

Some of the things Quinn has accomplished over the past year (roughly from newest to oldest):

~ Standing up in middle of floor by himself
~ Walking
~ Climbing up stairs - fast!
~ Climbing down stairs - sometimes~ Words: Mama, Dada, baba (bottle), more, night night, and various other jibber jabbers
~ Tells me when he wants to go to sleep (lays head down on my lap)
~ Talking on the phone
~ Teasing Daddy (and just about everyone else)
~ Growling
~ Standing up using my legs
~ Walking along furniture
~ Holding his own bottle
~ Crawling
~ Getting up on hands and knees
~ Playing peek a boo by himself
~ Laughing
~ Being the darndest cutest little boy on earth!

In the McNeff family, it is tradition to have a spaghetti dinner on the first birthday, allowing the kid to feed themself, getting as utterly messy as possible. Unfortunately, Josh forgot to request that evening off of work. Luckily, he was able to switch shifts with someone, changing his schedule from 2-11 to 10-7. But that would also mean missing dinner, since the party was at 7. So we had spaghetti when he came home for lunch break.

BEFORE

AFTER

He was more interested in painting with it than eating it. But he seemed to enjoy himself
Mommy? I got a bit messy...
We had family come over for cake and ice cream. Here are some highlights from his fun day:

Opening presents (Quinn had just opened a couple books from Josh and me, and then he got a card from Grandpa and Grandma Cis. He wanted more presents instead lol)

All the kids playing with Quinn's new toys
The cake I made for my baby boy. Isn't it cute!? He loves puppies
Quinn eating the cake. Mmmm!
Dude, you guys gotta try this! It's amazing!