December 23, 2015 "First Birthday!!"

Happy 1st Birthday!!!

I can hardly believe our sweet, Baby Rayden is one year old! He has brought so much joy to our lives. He brightens each and every day with his constant smile and happy demeanor. He truly is a blessing sent straight from God above!

*Weight: 21.4 lbs (54th percentile)
   -only gaining .2 lbs this month!! 

*Length: 30 in. (57th Percentile) 

*Head Circumference: 46.5 cm. 

Rayden has six teeth now! He can eat just about anything we give him! I'm thrilled to say he has stopped grinding his teeth. That drove me crazy.

Rayden loves looking at books. 

In the short video clip you can see that Rayden started waving bye bye. He began at the beginning of this month, now he even tries to verbally say it! (pardon all the drool!)
                                                                                                                                                            

What a wonderful Birthday Surprise! Although Rayden cannot pull himself up or stand alone yet, he CAN stand up if I hold his feet straight for him. He uses his own muscles. I can feel him pushing on his feet while I hold them straight. He is getting stronger each and every day.

                              Rayden loves his Dawn-Dawn!!

                     

Since Rayden's birthday is so close to Christmas we celebrated with family and friends in October (sneak-a-peak day). We did have a special birthday dinner with family today though and plan to have a birthday breakfast with family from Alabama after Christmas. (3 celebrations!)