One Year of Griffy

Don't mind the fact that this post is way delayed...but back in December we celebrated our sweet ONE year old! Griffy's first year went by so fast. He's grown into such a sweet, sweet spirit. He's also developed and learned things in general so fast at this stage! He was right on the border of full out walking at a year - he'd walk with our hands or take a couple steps on his own. Within a week or two of passing a year, he was full out walking around the house. Some other things he'd learned to do or could do around a year were:

As far as likes/dislikes, Griffy:

-LOVES his mama. He is a mama's boy and I will gladly take every second of it. His mama is pretty enamored with him too.
-LOVES playing in any type of water. I have a feeling we will have a "fish" when it comes to the water one day.
-LOVES to be outside. He really is not fazed by the cold or any type of weather. He would much prefer to be outside all day every day - which has been true for him from the beginning but we continue to see him fall more in love with it every day.
-Doesn't love sleeping...unless it involves cuddling with us 😅 He has gone through more sleep regressions than I can count. We just try to remind ourselves how thankful we are to have this little one to want us so much.

We celebrated our sweet boy's first birthday BIG!

The day before Griffy's first birthday we had a party with family + friends at the Interurban Depot in Downtown Plainfield. It's this sweet little old train station that is now used for events. It is a really easy space to decorate - because it is absolutely gorgeous (lots of natural light and tall, old window with all brick walls). But I also still had fun making all the decor for Griff's party. We went with a national parks/camping theme. I got some of the decor second hand from my cousin's friend who had used the same theme for her little and then made some more decor of my own. I also tried my hand at making Griffy's cake - and he was a big fan!

The next day, on Griffy's birthday, we left for Griffy's first trip to Disney - talk about the best first birthday ever! In another post I'll talk more about our trip but to say Griffy had a blast is an understatement. And we loved it too. We were definitely more tired this trip having a toddler in tow but it was so magical getting to see Griffy experience everything for the first time.

We are so thankful for the year we had with Griff and have loved watching him grow - and to wrap it up with a sweet party and the best trip with our little family was icing on the cake. Here's to another year of Griff and more time spent together watching him grow 💗