Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Dear Sawyer,

I just booked a location for your first birthday party because you are somehow turning 1 year old in a few months . . . wha? This year is going by so fast and you are growing so big and you are acquiring so many new traits every week! Your most recent ones:

-You have outgrown your 9-months-sized clothing and currently fit into 12-months clothes.

-You can crawl pretty quickly now, so Daddy had to install a baby gate in the doorway of your room.

-When I come into your room while you are playing on the floor, you immediately crawl over to me, grab my legs and pull yourself up.

-You wave goodbye to people when they are leaving the house.

-You recognize your pediatrician as that big man who gives you the painful shots, so you start to panic and whimper as soon as you see him enter the exam room.

-You can stand up on your own for a few seconds.

-You like baths so much that you cry when I take you out of them.

-You like me so much that you cry when I leave the room.

-I often sing "If You're Happy And You Know It" to you and make you clap your hands at the right spots in the song. Today, you clapped at the right spots all on your own!

Love,
Mom