Well this time last year Jenny and I were going through hell and she was pretty much sure he was never coming out. We were waiting anxiously and in Jenny's case - painfully to see our son for the first time and hear what his voice would sound like.
What a difference a year makes. Turns out our son sounds like a bear. He has taken to walking around the house growling like a hungry grizzly. He is happy as can be but for some reason has taken to growling. I don't know where he even picked this up, as he never watches TV and hasn't been around any dogs...or bears.
Our buddy Mike constantly shows up with gifts noisier than the last one. Psychotic cellphones, maracas, baby pianos and a drum set. I am a little worried to see what he is going to show up with today. Drai of course loves anything that makes lots of noise and is in seventh heaven as each new gift is introduced. Papa sent him a dog that you pull around as it barks. He has already figured out how to swing said barking dog around the room with the prowess and battle cunning of a knight. We will probably be in the market for a new TV quite quickly. Thanks Papa. My dad has been picking out some really cool babies clothes lately too. We are impressed.
Drai has gone down for his nap and then we are going to take him out for lunch and to pick up some party supplies for his birthday party this weekend. It will pretty much be an adult party because most of the students we know have tests next week and the kids his own age bore him. He is definitely more happy hanging out with the kids that are about a year older than him and when you see them play together, you would never guess he was a year younger. We are going to have some party games though which will center around him. I think it will be pretty funny. He really likes all of our friends and they spoil him rotten so he will have a good time. I will post videos of it next week.
He went in for his check up last week and his height is average for his age but he is a kilogram less than the average one year old. The doctor wasn't concerned though because she works in our building and knows he has been on the go non-stop for the last five months. We walk past her clinic daily. Last week, he actually walked over two city blocks and was completely furious when I put him into the stroller to walk down the busy street. Drai is insanely stubborn. Which is definitely going to be trouble when he is older.
We constantly find spatulas and spoons in our bedroom. So, we put these childproof seals on the kitchen drawers to keep him out of them. He was not impressed when he found we had stopped him from doing one of his favorite hobbies. Ie. Open the kitchen drawers and throw everything on the floor. So last night, while I was at work, Jenny said she was watching him try to figure out how to get in. He couldn't. Which really pissed him off. So after some bear growling and closer inspection, he finally just grabbed onto the drawer put all his weight behind it and pulled as hard as he could until he tore the entire childproof lock off. He then went happily back to work destroying the kitchen. I can't say enough how freakishly strong this kid is.
So yea, one year and one destroyed house later, we have our little bundle of joy who as I have said before is the human equivalent to the Flintstones' Bam Bam. He is a happy, smart and healthy little boy and deeply loved. A year ago, we were waiting to meet him. Today we sit here wondering how we had ever lived without him.
Happy First Birthday Draidan!
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