Bye bye, Baby Eddie!

Hello, big guy! Eddie got his big boy carseat. So far it is fun to play with.


The box isn't bad, either!

Milk Man

Eddie's father is not the milk man. However, Eddie must have a connection with the milk man because he loves his product. He started drinking whole milk on Monday. I didn't know how it would go. I just gave him some cold in a sippy cup, as an experiment. He drank it all and wanted more. When given the option between his water cup and his milk cup, he chooses milk every time! He is my little milk man!

The problem is (and now I am going to rant, which wasn't the purpose of my post)that milk is expensive in Georgia. I don't know if they don't have cows here or what. When we moved here milk was $3.40. Once in awhile you could find it on sale at a gas station for $2.99. That never occurs anymore. There is this brand here that is in a golden-colored container (you can't even see the milk!) that has always been $4.79--for a gallon of milk! Well, now the normal milk is $3.99, and the golden milk is $5.79!!!! Going to the cheap grocery store (the place where you bag your own groceries; it is great--really it is!), you get to buy milk for $3.50. I guess the good news is whole milk and skim milk cost the same amount at all stores. I rant about this all the time to my friend that lives here. She moved here from Florida, and she is so happy because milk is so cheap here!!!!! What does milk cost where you live?

Birthday Boy

Eddie picked out this "hot purple" teddy bear himself. He saw it at the store when we were shopping for his birthday. He held it the whole time we were there, continuously burying his face in its belly and smiling in pure delight. How could we not get it for him?! The night before his birthday, after he was asleep, I put it in his booster seat for him to find the next morning. He was so happy to see it in his chair. Now every time he sees it, he crawls to it and lays on it. That is what he is doing in this picture. It is really sweet!


Throughout the day I put different presents out for him to discover and unwrap. He had just found this gift and was trying to figure out how to get into it.



He opened his blocks and stacked them. He has played with blocks before, but this is the first time he has tried to stack them himself!


Another first that happened to occur on his birthday was he pushed his car along the floor.


He liked the horse on his new book.


We didn't do his cake until last night. He was interested in the burning candle. As you can see, he got into the frosting right away!



At first he was hesitant to pick up his cupcake and eat. He kept pointing at it and at the frosting all over his fingers. Eventually he went for it, though. Ben got some great photos.


Really digging in!


And loving it!



And, in true Eddie fashion, his cake eating experience couldn't be complete if he didn't share it with his Mommy!

It was a great day!

Eddie's First Year

A year in pictures



July 28, 2006



August 13, 2006
post-Atlanta move-E's first smile caught on camera




September 30, 2006



Edison's first Halloween



early in November



early in December, first time in stroller




January 12, 2007-first time at park



February 6, 2007



March 23, 2007


April 5, 2007



May 26, 2007



June 2, 2007

Proof that he grew from a baby to a little boy. I still can't help but ask where my baby went. What an honor to have been a part of every minute of his life thus far. How I love him!

Eddie's First Birthday Cake

Since Eddie really likes teddy bears, I made him a a teddy bear cake. I wouldn't expect someone to want to spend money on it, but I am pretty pleased with how it turned out! It was really special to make my baby a birthday cake. I can't believe I have had him a whole year!!!

Eddie's First Fourth

Eddie enjoyed feeding himself watermelon at our ward picnic.


He really is lounging here (he is leaning back on one of his arms) while he is eating. He is watching a volleyball game. He loved that ball until it almost hit him! When it first started coming our way, he got so excited he started to clap. Then it got really close and he jumped. It was so funny!



We were nervous to "go to" the fireworks, not knowing how E would react to the sound. We planned to watch them from the car. As were driving to find a spot, they began. We pulled over in a parking lot, got out, and watched from there. The view was slightly obstructed, but we still got a really good show. Other people stopped and joined us. We were so close that the noise was really loud. It didn't seem to bother Eddie, though. He kept looking behind us to see what was back there (the noise was echoing). He was tired, so he didn't react much. He pointed when they were really glittery. He half smiled once. He danced to the noise a couple of times. It was really fun and will be a sweet memory.







Ready to go to bed!

Early Birthday Gifts

Eddie received his first birthday present on Saturday. It was an adorable knitted frog from Ben's school friends. I know I have mentioned how Eddie loves stuffed animals. When he pulled this one out of the bag, he immediately gave it a big hug! Usually he hugs them by bringing them to the crook of his neck with one hand. This one he envelops in a big hug with both arms. He even sleeps with it now. He will wrap one arm around it in bed. It is really sweet!


Yesterday he received a birthday package from my mom. His gift was wrapped in dog wrapping paper. He would point to a dog and say "af". He can bark! Isn't that cute?!?


He also loved the packing peanuts! Mmmm...yum, yum!!

One Tooth

Eddie is finally getting a tooth! If you look closely at his upper gum, you'll see his right tooth is coming in. They both are, actually, but the right one is a lot faster. I am so excited for him, although I am going to miss his gummy grin!

Classroom Blues

I have been feeling a little melancholy this week. Today was the official last day of school. I can't believe I have been away for a whole year. I feel like I just walked out of my classroom. Like I pushed pause, but I could hit play at any moment. Talking to a fellow teacher made me realize that things have gone forward without me. My classroom is no longer mine. I missed a whole group of kids. They started their first year of school and ended it, and I wasn't there. Someone else hugged them. Someone else listened to their stories. Someone else worried about them. Someone else took them to the zoo. Someone else sharpened their pencils. Someone else made their little graduation caps. Someone else will miss them.

I used to miss teaching every day. I used to dream about it most nights. I used to feel really sad. It is easier now. The teacher schedule got overshadowed by the mommy routine. I have so much fun playing with, loving, and caring for Eddie that my heart has been full, my mind has been busy, and my body tired. I wouldn't change what I do every day for anything. Yet I can't shake the classroom blues.

I am so blessed to have had a job that was more than a job--it was a part of me. And now I am blessed to be Eddie's mom!

SuperEd

Eddie has got a great smile for flying in the air in Daddy's arms! His face is looking more and more like the face of a little boy! Where did my baby go?

Balloon Ghost

Eddie went to his first birthday party on Saturday. His friend, Alex, turned two. Eddie loved the balloons the best. We tied this one to his wrist. He loved to have us hand it to him so he could let it go. For his birthday we are definitely giving him helium balloons!


I don't know if this picture demonstrates it as well as I thought it would, but it is very hard to take pictures of Edison. His skin is so white that he ends up looking like Casper in a lot of his pictures. When the picture is small enough, his nose is virtually nonexistent. Note: his sippy cup hooked into his overalls on accident when he went from crawling position to getting up on his knees.

Make-Up Work

It seems kind of lame at this point, but I was enjoying posting the daily pics of Edison. I am going to post the days I missed. Just for fun! It will also show some of the fun things we did with my family while they were here.


This picture was from last Wednesday (June 13). Eddie has been spending a lot of time sitting on his knees. I am amazed that it is comfortable to him. He looks cute. In this picture we are at my brother's house (the one that lives near Savannah, GA).


On Thursday, June 14, Eddie went miniature golfing for the first time. He loved eating the ball every time I wasn't using it. At first he was nice about giving it back to me when I needed it. Eventually, he wasn't keen on that!


Eddie's feet in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, June 15. He loved having the water splash over his legs! Maybe I will post the video later.


This picture demonstrates a lot of things-Eddie's love for his baby songs dvd, his newfound love for teddy bears, and his first experience at being possessive. Eddie was standing at the tv, dancing to the music. Kyle, his two-year-old cousin you can see in the corner of the photo, went up to join him. As soon as Kyle had his hands up on the tv stand, Eddie swatted them away and went right back to dancing! He is growing up!


Reading his first newspaper at Six Flags on Monday. Notice the print smudge on his nose! Luckily none of our limbs were severed while we were there!


So sleepy on our way to lunch on Tuesday. I see Eddie do this many times a day, but to those of you who are fans from afar may like to see how sweet he is when he is tired!

On Thursday I took Eddie swimming for the first time. He sat in a baby floatey thing in the water. He loved kicking his legs in it (and having me kick them for him). He also loved watching his ball pop up out of the water after I dunked it under. It was hard to get pics of these things, though, as Ben wasn't with us. Here he is playing with a bucket on the steps.

Enough for now.

Dust Bunnies

My family is coming to visit for a week. They will land in Atlanta in less than three hours. Since I only dust sporadically, I figured this might be a good opportunity. Eddie was very keen on the duster, so I gave it to him. He was sincerely very helpful at dusting the bottom of the computer desk. As you can see here, he left nothing undusted (not even the inside of the printer!). Afterwards he went on to dust all the clean laundry, the couch, his books, the tv, and even me! It looks like he has his first official chore.

Banana Baby

It looks like Ben's fear that eating a banana in public may make him look like a monkey is actually coming true for his son. Eddie loves his bananas, and he seems almost monkey-like as he scarfs the whole banana down in one sitting. He will eat banana pieces but prefers taking bites off the banana. He pushes the banana as far back in his mouth as it will go before biting off a huge piece. I had a hard time selecting which picture to post-the one where he is smiling huge as he holds the banana, the one where he is smooshing banana in his fist, the one where he is trying to share his banana with the camera. I finally went for the one that showcases him trying to swallow the big banana bite. His eyes get big. He puts his chin to his chest. He purses his lips. He reaches out for me just in case this is the time he is unsuccessful at getting it down. And then the banana slides down his throat. His big monkey cheeks shrink back to normal size, and he is on to the next bite.

Daily Pictures

As Eddie gets older, I have noticed that I take less pictures of him. Rather than getting out the camera almost every day, I get it out several times a month. He does such cute things every day. I don't want to miss the action. For the month of June, I have set a goal to take a picture of Edison every day. I haven't quite made it, but I have done better. Now I have pictures of him doing the things he does every day, like play in the dishwasher. Seeing how this blog has become (or, I guess, always was) dedicated to pictures of Edison, I might as well perpetuate the problem by posting some of the cute daily pictures. It will help you, family and friends, see what Eddie is doing and how he is changing. Of course, I would like to post a picture every day, but we all know that won't happen. I do quite often have ideas of blogs I could write, but blogging never seems to be my top priority. Maybe some day...



But for today, here is Eddie "eating" his first tomato. He loved it so much he gave us one of his famous "scrunchy-face smiles" (he starting smiling like this when he was eight months old; I am not sure where he got it, but we love it!).