Happy Birthday Graham!

Graham, we can't believe you're 1! What a crazy, joyous, exhausting, plentiful, adjusting, year we've had with you! You are such a funny little baby. You like to eat a million berries, throw balls, crawl at lighting speed, take things apart, wrestle in you brother's bunkbed, knock down castles, rip magazines, pull down all the DVD's, take knobs off of dressers, your Johnny Giraffe, snuggle your Mommy, say "Ut-hmm," charge up and down staircases, pour sand, splash water, crawl through grass, take nature walks, only drink out of a specific kind of bottle, the song "Yay-Boo", clapping your hands.

You are very very active. Every time we drop you off in a nursery program they tell me that you are "so busy for your age." You are constantly climbing and moving. You figure out how to do things quickly and do them a million times. You are not afraid of any physical feat and you think you can do anything.

You are so adventurous, You scrapped all of the skin off your chin throwing yourself down slides head first and going up and down tall play structure steps. You don't mind getting hurt. You cry hard and feel better fast.

You can be very thoughtful and pensive. You have a depth and sweetness about you that make me surprised that you are so tough and rowdy. You are contented and happy most of the time. 

You love a game - putting on hats and glasses and pulling them off, rolling balls, peek-a-boo, silly songs, anything interactive. You love your favorite people in your family and are nervous of being left with strangers. 

You are so playful and love to giggle your deep laugh.

As adventurous as you are, you need Mommy close by, You are always crawling over to Mommy and begging to be held and carried around. You would be held all day if Mommy could do it. You point at where you want Mommy to take you and your sounds are very communicative about what you want and how you feel. 

We couldn't love you more if we tried little Graham Barrett. We are so glad you are 1 today. We want to keep you forever.