I'm ONE! --by Shepard

I'm ONE YEAR OLD TODAY! Mommy and Daddy have been making a fuss all week. And I think my Grandma and Nana and Pops and some of my friends are coming over on Saturday.
I like being one except sometimes when they don't know that I want something I have to scream until they figure it out. But I am working on words. I do "bye-bye" really good. And I know the sign for "all done" and usually say "DA!" emphatically when they keep putting cheerios on my tray. My favorite foods are broccoli, blueberries, pizza and graham crackers. Oh and yogurt. I want to eat four yogurts every day. I only get one. I am getting pretty good at walking. I think once I get this no one will be able to keep up with me 'cause I'm fast as lightning. I love to speed down the hall and try to get in all the doors. I can reach them, but there are these weird covers on the knobs that only grown-ups can work. But I'm watching and I will be able to open them soon.
I watch everything. I want to know how everything works....what's inside...what it tastes like...or what noises it will make. I am an explorer. When I grow up I will be able to go outside and run really fast and that makes me happy. I got a car already and can steer it. Mommy made a video about it. There is so much that I have learned all this year and so many great people I have met. It's been a great year. Thank you all for watching me grow and cheering us on.
Mommy made us a video so we can see how little I was and then all the things I have learned. I hope you like it. Here it is.





As soon as we get back from the doctor today I will tell you how tall I am and how much I weigh. Mommy says "heavy."

*UPDATE at 11 am*
OK. I am 32" tall, so I have grown 2.5" in three months! I am in the 96th percentile for height and am 21.5 lbs. so I'm in the 30th percentile for weight. Long and lean. My head is 45 cm. The doctor said I am very healthy and then they stuck my legs and it really hurt for a few minutes. Mommy said it was quick little bee stings and tried to buzz like a bee. I think it was the nurse. She looks nice, but I didn't like that tray she had at all. My blood is very healthy from all the broccoli I eat. Gotta go and do my nap!