First Birthday Party

Well, this is a little overdue, but I wasn't ready to accept that my baby is one now! I just can't believe that we've had him for a year this Friday. For those of you who don't know that story, or just need a good cry, check back at the end of this week and I will blog our story and my memories of when we got Sawyer. : )
Well, for those of you who are interested in what this big boy is doing, and for my records here is what he is up to lately.
Walking - Sawyer took his first steps on December 3rd, but didn't start walking really well until a few days before Christmas. Now he walks/runs all over the house with the occassional spill, but he picks himself back up and keeps on going. He still hasn't mastered the art of standing up by himself, but I have no doubt that it's coming soon.
Talking - Sawyer babbles a lot, but the only words he will actually say are Mama and Dada. Dada is by far his favorite word. If Ian leaves for work before Sawyer gets up in the morning he babbles about Dada all morning long! It is so cute and I love that he loves his Daddy so much! Sawyer will sign "all done" regularly. "Please" and "more" are pretty sporadic, so we're working on those along with "Thank you".
Favorites - Sawyer's favorite things right now include, in no particular order: Whit (our black lab), Daddy and Mommy, anything with wheels, and tupperware/bowls that he can turn into drums. Sawyer also loves to dance to music and clap. I'll try to get a video up of that soon!
Food - Sawyer LOVES food! I don't know that we've found anything that this child doesn't like. He eats whatever we eat for dinner, including meats. I definitely can't complain about the way my child eats!
Sleep - Sawyer sleeps 12-14 hours a night and still takes 2 naps a day that are 2 hours each. What can I say? This boy loves to sleep!

Here are a few pictures from Sawyer's birthday party. We had so much fun and can't thank our friends and family enough for helping us celebrate!

Eating his cake! With as wild and active as our child is, we thought he would be a great cake smoosher, but he didn't! He would just stick his hand in, get a taste, and do it again!

Aunt D and Grandaddy let Sawyer play with the bunch of balloons that were on the table. He thought it was the best and you could hear him laughing over and over! Thanks for holding him up so long, Aunt D!

Kaitlyn Dean and Karis came to the party and showed Sawyer how to play with his new Mega blocks!

Uncle Josh got Sawyer his first Atlanta Braves hat! In case you don't know, we are HUGE baseball fans, and despite their performance over the last few years, we are also big Braves fans! He looks so cute and will actually wear his hat!

Kaley was our big helper for the day! She helped Aunt Danielle organize all the presents after Sawyer opened them. Thanks, Kaley!

This picture is one of many where Sawyer is eating the wrapping paper or tissue paper. I spent most of our present time pulling it out of his mouth. : )

Fun time with wrapping paper! He loved to tearing it all up!

More and more presents! Sawyer got lots of wonderful new stuff between his birthday party and Christmas!

Because Sawyer loves our dog, and dogs in general, so much, we decided to do a puppy themed party! Mom and I made the cakes and the cupcakes and decorated them ourselves. I was very happy with how they turned out!

A shot of the spread with our puppy plates and paw print napkins!

Thanks to Aunt Danielle who let us use her house and to Aunt Carla for taking pictures with her wonderful camera! Y'all are great and we appreciate you!