First Steps

Hi Friend & Family - I am finally starting to catch up with my posts on what I've been up to.  This post is a special one.  On May 14th, I took my first steps!  Mommy was a little worried that she would be away on her trip to China and that she would miss seeing me walk.  Well, I hope she knows that I wouldn't let her miss this!  I had been gearing up to walk, but I wasn't quite ready.  I was exploring our staircase and was hanging onto the side of the bannister.  I saw Mommy, turned around and walked over to her!  It was SOOOOO cool.  I couldn't believe it!  I spent my whole weekend practicing walking with Mommy and Daddy.  They were so proud of me.

Here is a little video of my first steps.

So that means that I am officially a TODDLER!!!!!!!!!

I'm ONE!

Hi Everyone!  I turned 365 Days Old on May 1st!  I am officially ONE!  It has been an amazing year.  I have the best family.  Mommy, Daddy, Derby and Putter love me so much.  We do everything together and I'm so lucky we are a family.

We had the BEST birthday party!  We LOVE breakfast, so we served lots of yummy breakfast food.  Mommy and Daddy even set up a waffle station.  Everyone liked it.  They were so yummy!  We also made it a pajama party.  So we could all relax and be comfortable.  We had a small party with a few friends and family.  We also had a special guest:  A balloon maker!  She could make anything out of balloons. She made me a Duck (my favorite animal) and Curious George.  Everyone enjoyed their special balloons.  It was a wonderful day and I was so glad to share it with everyone even though I wasn't feeling so well.

Here are a few pictures of everyone enjoying our balloon maker!  We had ladybug corsages, fish, crowns, swords, cars, crabs and more!  She was amazing!

We also had an amazing birthday cake.  I wasn't sure what to do with it, so I gave it a pat and took a lick of the icing.  It was really yummy.  I just liked the monkey on the cake.  (oooh, oooh, ahhh, ahhh, ahh)

A few more photos of my friends that were awake and asleep.  Birthday party noise is the perfect white noise! 

Thanks to everyong making me feel special on my birthday.  I am so glad to be here in the world with all of you.  I can't wait to share so many more memories with all of you.

Love always,
Clive Benjamin

Happy Birthday, Nana!

Hi Nana - I am so sorry this is late, but I wanted you to have this as proof that I was thinking of you on your birthday.  We have had a lot going on and Mommy has just been so busy. 

I love you very much.

Happy Birthday, Nana!