12 month update

I know I'm 10 days past Coleman's 1st birthday...but we've been super busy with vacations, Coleman's birthday, a visit to my parents house, and now things are starting to settle back down. So here is the 12 month update...

Coleman took his first bike ride and seemed to like it. We didn't get a big reaction of loving it or hating it...but he seems to enjoy it. He has the cutest little helmet to wear and we usually try and shove a few toys in there for him to play with. My favorite spot to bike ride to is the shop right down the road from our house =) We've taken a couple trips already!! We let Coleman try some ice cream and when he wasn't allowed to have anymore he threw a fit....we just laughed.

 Here's Coleman loving the plastic spoon from the ice cream shop

Coleman knows how to play peek-a-boo. Sometimes he'll play with me in the car using a blanket...but he loves to play by hiding behind a wall or door.

He also learned how to do "itsy bitsy spider" by moving his hands in a twisting motion. It's very cute. And just the past weekend he learned the motions to "down came the rain" as well as "washed the spider out". Now we just need to put them all together!

We also had Coleman's first haircut this month...check out THIS post to see how it went!

Another adorable trick mastered this past month is "Where's your tongue?". The picture says enough...

And finally....the biggest accomplishment this month is that we officially have a WALKER! Coleman was taking a few steps here and there...but on June 27th, he officially began walking! We were in Gatlinburg, TN on vacation and when we arrived to the condo (after many hours in the car) while unpacking Coleman decided to take his first long set of steps. He's been on the go ever since and is beginning to go faster each day! This past weekend he figured out how to get up to a standing position from sitting on the floor without using anything to help him up.

Not the best picture...but I promise...he can walk!

He's growing up so fast I'm trying to take in each moment with my precious baby boy. It's hard to believe that a year ago we were doing this....and now here we are with an adorable little boy with a spunky personality who is learning more everyday and bringing more joy to our lives that we could have ever imagined.

These two pictures were both taken on July 3. One last year 2010 and one this year 2011.