The Craziness that is The Eby Family: Miles Turns 1!!!

It's official, no more babies :( At least not until my babies start having babies, and I hope we have a looooong time before that happens! ;-)

I'm definitely ready to be moving into the toddler phase, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't going to miss having a baby. I may not miss the long nights, the feedings, the puking, the real "joys" of the first year, BUT I DO LOVE BABIES! And its such a short phase - in the grand scheme of things that is, not necessarily in the way that the1st year feels like an eternity when you haven't slept or showered for days and you wonder if you can make it. That first year can be a killer, but now that its over I see how fast it really went and how much I'll miss the good parts. I love the snuggling and rocking and holding and squeezing I get to do, that's what I'll miss. The time when they WANT to be held instead of just looking for what they can get into next :) When a smile on my face is the only thing that will put a smile on their face. All of these little things that they want for a full year and not just a fleeting moment like when they are toddlers, preschoolers, big kids, teenagers, and so on. When YOU are their WHOLE world. But its time to say goodbye to that and move on to the next phase.

And as much as I love babies, the toddler years are pretty cool too. The amazing faces of a toddler! They show EVERY emotion on their faces, they haven't learned to edit or hide any thing from the world yet. Everything is new for them and it is SO AMAZING to watch. I have commented through my previous 3 toddler experiences how I would love to know the exact moment that amazing display of emotion for all to see goes away because I don't want to miss it. Yet it seems inevitable that you wake up and find your toddlers have become big kids and just don't see the same amazing faces as often. So one more chance now for me with Miles to see the emotion and delight plastered across his face for all to see :)

Anyway, enough of my on and on about babies and toddlers and blah, blah, blah. This was supposed to be about Miles and his big day :) So Miles turned one last Friday. Chris had to leave early for work that morning and I didn't get home until late the night before so it was a quiet day at home for the most part. I spent the day making our traditional birthday cake and running errands to get stuff for the birthday boy. Once Chris got home we had a nice family dinner that Miles chowed (as usual), opened presents, and ate cake. Miles LOVED the balloons I brought home for him and seemed pretty happy with the other gifts. We even had a hard time pulling him away from a toy his Aunt Meredith sent when it was cake time. Once we got him to the cake he seemed a bit unsure, after all this was his first cake experience. But once Chris gave him a taste, he was on board!

A very low key day, but I think he enjoyed it and knew it was a special day for him :) Here are some pictures for the Birthday Boy! (I tried to put some videos up, but it wouldn't let me for some reason)