Davie Turns One

I wish I had written more of Davie's stats down for this one year post. Even though this post is being posted over 6 months late I know his grandparents are still dying to see these pictures because they are adorable :) 

At one Davie has no teeth. Just look at that gummy smile! Because of Davie's excessive spitting up his first year I easily made it to a year nursing him. 

It was one of the only forms of nutrition that I knew he would always take and it was everything he needed. I thought I would feel more inclined to stop after his birthday but I didn't. I was determined to make sure he could get as much food as he could. 

He can walk like a pro, he could have been walking around 9 months but every time we made him try he would fall to his bottom on purpose as a sign of rebellion. 

Look at him go!

The few days leading up to his birthday we pushed super hard to get him to put his 1 little finger up so maybe he would do it the day of his birthday when we got his pictures done. 

And of course he didn't really do it the whole photo session... ok he did it ONCE. But maybe he was going for the "only once" theme for his first birthday. 

You can see the mischief in his eyes in this picture "what? I'm just bending my pointer finger" He did this a million times during the session which of course got us excited every time that he might actually show us his whole pointer. 

Such a stinker. I know he likes to wind me up.

 Davie is still not attached to anyone (well except for Daddy) or anything. This is both good and bad. He got the ring stacker for Christmas and he plays with it pretty good. I love that I had the same toy when I was little.

  He has no favorite blanket or toy, the closest to attachment he gets is focusing on new toys for the first week after he gets them (that's not to say he gets new toys every week). 

He also LOVES to carry around David's reflex hammer and pound on anyone he can.

He is a true Warden and loves him some Diet A&W. 

Wrong side buddy.

I love these one! I was going to pick out my favorites and send them out to family as Valentines day cards, but it didn't happen.

He pondered the hearts for like two seconds...

Then all he wanted to do was drop them on the ground.

Here he is looking up after dropping the heart.

Whoops!

He's leaning over to see if he can reach it.

Davie is actually on our kitchen table in these two but the light from behind turned out so good.

Here is Davie in some of his BYU apparel he got for Christmas. I was so sad because the hat was so CUTE but it was already on the small side. It said 12 months but I think it should have said 6-12.

Baby Pucker

Another one of his ADORABLE all gum smiles.

And of course him being cute but also trying to take off the hat. It took me a good 10 minutes to distract him enough to leave the hat on just so we could take pictures.

The photographer brought this really cute plane with her and Davie was so excited by it.

And last but not least there were a couple of us together. I really wish David could have been in them too but he has had a busy school schedule all year. 

Actually letting me cuddle him a little.

Davie does great with picture poses like these because he loves being put up high.

That is Davie's one year photo shoot!

ONE YEAR!

My baby turned a year old today! And I can't believe it. 

Obviously he loved the birthday hat (sarcasm sign). I couldn't get him to wear it without breaking down like a crazy baby or ripping it off his head, he is so determined! I like the three pictures below because they are in sequential order and he was being adorable. He LOVED eating that cake. He didn't end up going to bed until like 10pm due to talking on the phone with various family members, so I'm sure the extra sugar helped with that.

Davie had a great first birthday! I bought an ice cream cake because David doesn't like cake (mostly the frosting) and I wasn't about to finish off the rest of a cake, the other 5 of 6 cupcakes or even the other 3 of a 4 pack of cupcakes. The only time Davie didn't enjoy his cake was at the very end when his hands started getting too cold, haha then he was like hey! my hands are numb I'm done!

Earlier in the day we went to the dollar store and got a bunch of balloons for him since they are inexpensive and hours of fun for the little guy. 

Haha and I tied them to his stacking rings because he kept losing them to the ceiling.

Davie waiting for the gal at the bakery to write happy birthday on his cake, which she did a GREAT job and fit a lot onto such a small cake! I was so very pleased. I watched my friend's little girl for the evening until about dinner time so Davie had someone to play with on his birthday.  

We only got him two presents since he already has so many toys that he doesn't really play with. A set of old school alphabet blocks and a brand new rubber ducky. His last ducky started to get water trapped in it so I just chucked it, this time I put a little bit of hot glue on the hole at the bottom of the ducky so hopefully this time we won't get a moldy duck. yick!

He obviously had no idea what was going on but I did and it was so crazy to be celebrating his first birthday already. We love him so much and he brings so much joy and happiness to our lives. We love you little Davie Royal Warden the 5th!

Resolute

Last year I didn't really sit down and give myself resolutions. Two reasons #1- I was about to have a baby in less than a month and #2- I was in the middle of studying for the 20 credits I could only receive through what is called CLEP testing. All you need to know about CLEP is that it is like testing out of 10 classes and each class has 9 completely unrelated and random questions. 

Needless to say I was a little busy. This year upon reflection of my biggest problems and anxiety I realized that I the number one thing that could have saved me a LOT of stress (like basically all of it) was time management. So this year my one and only goal is to use my time wisely and get more done. I do better if I have one goal that can be considered more all inclusive that way I can add or subtract from the smaller goals within it without feel in guilty or like I am abandoning my original goal. Basically my goal works like this, at the end of the day if I can sit down and ask myself "did I used my time wisely?". If the answer is yes, great, if not then I can look at what I want to improve on for the next day. 

This last year I have really began to notice how much anxiety I give myself by not planning very well. Typically everything ends well but I know I can relieve my life of a lot of unpleasantness by managing my time better. And there you have it, my new New Year's resolution. Oh and part of than plan involves not blogging as much. Part of not blogging as much means getting posts that are completely disjointed like this-

The other day David gave Davie a banana, he just peeled it a little and handed it over to the little guy. I was so proud because Davie just chowed it down! He is really starting to learn how to eat things by taking bites (still no teeth so he is a bit of a slow learner). 

This is my new phone background, seriously he could NOT get ANY more adorable. Every time I look at this picture my heart just melts, he is soooo beautiful and I love him so much!!!!!

Sooooo Little Time

This semester is going to be my toughest one yet and I am beginning to think I may never really catch up on blogging. I serioulsy have been having anxiety when I think about all the classes I have right now, 16 credits is a LOT! I am trying my best to play it cool but my list of "to do" items seems like it just keeps getting longer with no slow down or end in sight. Not only that but having Davie around makes me feel like I am ADD because every ten minutes I need to pick him up, feed him, change him, love him etc. Just check him out the other night at dinner, what a goof!

Here he is smashin' his head, having a grand old time.

You can see his dad's hand, the bowl and the spoon for his dinner but obviously (just like usual) he is too busy playing.

Where's the baby?!

There he is! (Yes he was playing peek-a-boo with us and it was ADORABLE).

David and I have a goal this month, in an effort to save money and help him continue to lose weight, we are proclaiming January as "no eating out" month. I can't lie we LOVE to eat out, myself especially, I mean what is better than NOT cooking or cleaning :) Not to mention I love me some coke. Thankfully we are going strong and trying to keep just enough fun foods around the house to keep ourselves from giving in. Minus the coke and I am proud to say I am 100% coke free since January 4th. This isn't a huge thing for me because we don't normally keep it around the house but when we eat out I drink LOTS of it. Thankfully I don't suffer from headaches like some people but it does keep me awake at night which for me that is BAD, BAD, BAD!! Anyways if you are looking for something to get addicted to try this stuff at your local Costco store.

 Believe me when I say this- it's amazing (like crack) and I am not typically a popcorn fan at all OR a mixed popcorn fan besides. Did I mention that I am honestly looking to buy a cheap camera to use until mine gets back? I don't think I can live without one that long especially when Davie's big first is so close!

Tragedy

So there is nothing like your camera breaking right when you are about to experience the lights at temple square for the first time. And I mean literally.

We were about to cross the street from City Creek mall to go to the temple when I pulled out my camera, turned it on, it's lens popped out but the battery said it was dead (a dead battery makes me sooooo ANGRY!). Normally this is no big but the lens wouldn't retract and even after I charged the battery it refused to go in. 

So somewhere right now my camera is in a shop being fixed, possibly by underage children in China, because it turns out that it was not the only one of it's kind to have a lens that refused to close.... Meanwhile I went through the entirety of Christmas camera-less (OH MY GOSH!).

 I'm still surprised I never cried, I think I was just sooooo incredibly disappointed that I literally couldn't cry. This means that my baby's first Christmas was documented by other people's cameras and our cell phones. These are the best pictures from the temple lights we have.

So on top of the fact that I am trying to get my house put back together, I am taking 16 credits, and I am behind on blogging, I now have no camera. Did I mention Davie's first birthday is in ten days?? Yea, no stress.