Elijah is one

Oh my, this year has flown by and my little Elijah Reed is turning one. And I will say what every other mother before me has said, the time flew by.
Elijah Reed has brought so much joy into our lives. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think we are the luckiest parents in the entire world.
-At one Elijah weighs 28 pounds 6 ounces and is a little over 31 inches tall.
-He has been walking for 6 weeks. Since he started walking he tries to hard to keep up with his cousins.
-There still isn't a food that he hates. He is a very good eater.
-He has completely given up his bottle and only uses a sippy cup.
-His favorite sippy cup is any cup that someone else has. His poor cousins have to guard their cups.
-He is currently obsessed with with a piggy bank toy. He loves putting the fake coins in the slot. He also loves opening and closing the side of the piggy bank and get the money out.-Going along with the above, he loves putting things in other things and opening and closing. He loves doors.
-He is starting to like carrying cars around with him. It's pretty cute.
-He makes sitting through sacrament meeting next to impossible. He wants to walk up to the stand.
-I've read at this age you need to "redirect" his attention. If I try this method he is more hellbent on his original idea. He is a very determined boy.
-He favorite book is The Five Little Pumpkins.
-He won't watch tv. We claim he watches wheel of fortune with us and he kinda does.
-He loves to go with you to the bathroom. He's insistent on helping you. He will stand there with his hand on your leg and stare at you.
-He is becoming a momma's boy. He loves to be held.
-He's learning a little bit about stranger danger and will act shy.
-He is obsessed with phones, IPods, computers, etc. I don't care for this obsession.
-He has 6 teeth!
-He generally sleeps through the night. He wakes up but puts himself back to sleep within minutes so I don't have to get out of bed.
-He goes to bed around 7 and wakes up between 6 or 7.

I can hardly believe how my life has changed in the last year. It's been an amazing experience watching him grow and watching him learn. Not every day is perfect, most days aren't. But they have all been worth it. I'm grateful for the opportunity to be a mom and I'm so glad we were lucky enough to get Elijah. He is my baby, my boogie bear, my little man, my boy, the boy and everything else to me.
Here is to celebrating a lifetime of birthdays to the little guy who made this lady a mom.