Eric's milestone's and major events of his first year...

OK, I wanted to do this before his birthday, but I have no idea where the time went! So, I've dug out last year's calendar, with what I hope to have written down Eric's milestones and any major events. I'm not including appoinments or when he spit up/pulled out his n-g tube, that would take way too long!

2007

March 30 - born at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH. Tranfered to Cincinnati's Children's Hospital Medical Center. Weighed 4lbs. 7oz. and was 17" long.
April 2 - surgery to repair omphalacele.
April 8 - first Easter.
May 13 - mama's first Mother's Day, although she didn't know she was a mama yet!
May 19 - met his future parents, AKA me and Paul!
May 21 - mama spent the night at hospital.
May 23 - came home! Weighed 7lbs. 3oz. First time out of the hospital. Met grandma and grandpa.
May 25 - mama and daddy's 5th Anniversary. Met mama's cousin, Michele.
May 26 - first party. Lizzy's graduation party. Met many relatives!
May 27 - first cookout at grandma and grandpa's house. Met cousin Hope (Holly and Mark too!)
May 28 - first Memorial Day
June 1 - first time in a restraunt, Garzelli's.
June 15 - met "Grandma and Grandpa" Sellati at LaRosa's.
June 17 - daddy's first Father's Day
June 18 - 8 lbs. 10 oz.
June 22 -25 - first family reunion at Lake Hope.
June 26 - giggled in sleep.
June 28 - 8lbs. 10.5oz.
June 29 - court date for birth father's parental rights termination.
July 4 - first 4th of July. Cookout at grandma andgrandpa's.
July 8 - baby shower at mama's cousin's Karen's house.
July 16 - 10lbs. 5oz.
July 22 - Avery's 1st Birthday Party.
July 26 - noticed a kitty for the first time, Monster.
July 29 - Aunt Kate's 44th birthday.
July 31 - Monster Kitty's 4th birthday.
August 10 - met Pa Paw, Aunt Connie, Aunt BB, Cousin Hailey (and her boyfriend John) and Cousin Alex. They came for a short visit from VA.
August 11 - watched the family play mini-golf.
August 19 - great Uncle Phil's 70th Birthday party.
August 26 - Cousin Nate's 2nd Birthday party.
August 31 - Uncle Mike's 43rd birthday.
September 3 - Kalamazoo Kitty's 8th birthday.
September 4 - first laugh.
September 8 - HOA cookout.
September 9 - APOP picnic. Grandpa's 73rd birthday.
September 11 - surgery for double hernia repair, circumcision, g-tube and nissen placement.
September 28 - Fall-o-ween at Coney Island with mama and Grandma.
October 1 - 13lbs. 4.5oz.
October 4 - Uncle Rick's 45th birthday.
October 8 - 13lbs. 10oz.
October 20 - pumpkin patch. Helped mama and daddy with the Cincinnati Bengal cornmaze.
October 25 - 14lbs. 2oz.
October 31 - first Halloween. Baby Yoda!
November 4 - Baptism
November 13 - 15lbs. 2oz.
November 18 - Uncle David's 47th birthday.
November 22 - first Thanksgiving.
December 1 - 1st tooth, lower left central incisor.
December 2 - daddy's 43rd birthday. Starting to sit, almost.
December 4 - cut down first Christmas tree (grandma's too!)
December 5 - first snow.
December 6 - first visit with Santa Claus.
December 10 - 16lbs. 15oz.
December 11 - rolled over, back to front.
December 14-16 - first long trip, to VA. Christmas with Daddy's family. Met great Aunt Vanasa and Uncle Kelly.
December 17 - 2nd tooth, lower right central incisor.
December 20 - adoption finalized! Officially a Mama and Daddy's boy! Met Uncle Mike and Cousin Pip.
December 28 - 18lbs., 27"
December 25 - first Christmas.
December 31 - first New Year's Eve. Out to eat with family.

2008

January 1 - first New Year's Day
January 4 - surgery for cleft palate repair.
January 18 - 18lbs. 11oz.
January 23 - mama's 39th birthday.
January 27 - birthday party at great Aunt Barb's. Met Baby Cousin Drew.
February 3 - first Super Bowl party.
February 6 - noticed a "little extra arm" while taking a bath. A wee wee!
February 13 - waved "Hi"
February 14 - first Valentine's Day.
February 24 - tooth #3, top right central incisor. First APOP Chili Cookoff. Met former Bengal David Fulcher.
February 28 - tooth #4, top left central incisor.
March 16 - crawled forward about a foot and a half to get apple at grandma's.
March 17 - really starting to crawl.
March 18 - Lucifer Kitty's 6th birthday.
March 23 - 2nd Easter. Not too many people have two Easter's before their 1st birthday!
March 28 - clapped in sleep. Aunt Connie and Pa Paw came for birthday party.
March 29 - 1st Birthday Party. First time clapped (awake).
March 30 - 1st Birthday...Fun to be One!
March 31 - 21lbs. 8.5oz., 29 1/4"

Eric's First Birthday Party...March 29, 2008

I have been terrible! Or just too busy to do this. Maybe both. I had wanted to record Eric's milestones and major events before his birthday...NOT! Since his birthday was 3 days ago. I can't believe my baby is one already! I guess I'll have to come back to that.


Anyway, Eric turned one on Sunday, March 30th. We had a party for him Saturday, mostly family and a couple of friends. Maybe about 30 people total. He did well. By the time we had our LaRosa's pizza and he had opened most of the gifts he had had it. He didn't really take a nap before the party like I had hoped he would. He did have a decent one earlier, but the poor little guy was tired. He did decide to rejoin the party, with the few guests that were left, for a short time about an hour later. Then Uncle David had to get him up right before he left with Grandma. Mama would have left the whinny baby in bed so he could go back to sleep.







It was a Winnie the Pooh theme...plates, napkins, table cloth for the drink table, party hats (only a few of us wore them), candle for his cake, stuffed Baby's First Birthday Classic Pooh, bib and Mama decorated a Pooh cake for her boy. Plus there were other 1st birthday items, balloons and streamers.

Here he is with Cousin Hope...

And now, the birthday cupcake..."Let's see what is this stuff? I'm in my highchair, so it's a good chance that it's food, which means it's something that could go in my mouth, I better be careful!"

He finally decided it wasn't too bad. I did put a bit in his mouth, that's when he gagged, but he put his thumb in his mouth shortly after that. Then he pretty much had enough. It was funny because everyone was watching him and being so quiet. We laughed when he finally pick it up, dumped it and took the paper off. And cheered when he played with the icing and put some in his mouth. One of these days he'll be eating and then loving his birthday cake! We just have to take any food he takes by mouth as a victory and a step toward him eating orally. One day he'll be eating us out of house and home!

And finally, a picture of Eric checking out one of the many toys he received...