The Barbers: One year

We made it! A year ago John's 1 year birthday seemed like lightyears away and that we would never survive off of such little sleep. The thought of never sleeping again and having a crying infant was just..... too much. But John made the whole thing incredibly easy. He has challenged us in ways we never thought possible and at the same time brought such inexplicable joy to our lives. It's a very odd feeling now when we have the house all to ourselves and John is away for the night at Granny & Grandpas. We rounded out year one on the cusp of a double ear infection and the last week has been survival mode. But we're happily on the other side and about to go to our 1 year well check tomorrow.

In the last month we've gotten a new helmet, started to point at things, saying WORDS (of course only ones that mom & dad understand ;) ), and he even did a little bit of walking riiiiight before getting sick. He's regressed in the walking phase but I think once everything clears up he'll be rip roaring ready to go! We also had his birthday party which was so much fun and he had a great time eating the cake I made him. It was a lot of fun to have our friends and family over to celebrate.

We also had an arrival of a niece, Genevieve Kate Barber. We are so excited to go meet her soon!

And now.... here's a few (ok fine, a LOT) photos of John in the last month!