We have a one year old!

Our little baby is growing up! It is hard to think that just a little over a year ago we were waiting to meet Ryker and now we can't imagine life without him. It is amazing how he fits into our lives so well. He gives us so much to look forward to. He is currently toddling all over the place, and can say mom, mama, dada, kitty, meow, hi, hello, and all kinds of other words we can't understand yet. He doesnt really care too much for shoes but is getting used to them. He loves our broom, swiffer, and vacuum, although I don't know why because I don't use them that much. Maybe he is telling me we need a cleaner house. Haha. He loves to play talk on our phones and will walk all over the house with it up to his ear babbling away. He gets super excited when it actually rings. He doesn't like to eat anything he can't feed himself. He has recently started loving cheese sticks. He loves stuffed animals lately and will hug and kiss them, it is so sweet. He has had a few play dates with his grandparents and he has had a lot of fun. He gets to go watch Tanner play baseball all the time and claps whenever they do something good. He no longer likes his swing and tries to wiggle out of it all the time. He has graduated to a big boy carseat and likes it a lot better. He makes the funniest giggle from his throat that he has ever since he was just little and it is so cute that he still does it. I think he did it before he even smiled. We have given him his first real hair cut while he was sleeping, just his bangs and his hair around his ears, and he can see now. Jk. I love his long hair but it was growing into his eyes. He got to go to the zoo for tr first time and liked it but seemed to like watching the other people there more. Another thing he likes is to find any cord, charger cord, vacuum cord, etc. and drape it around his neck and walk around the room. If you take it away, he gets very mad. We are not sure why but always have to watch him super carefully. Maybe it's because he had the umbilical cord around his neck. Just joking. Here are some pics from the last month.