Who's a big boy now?

Jackson is now 1! We wore him out at Seven Peaks water park on his birthday. His favorite was the lazy river. I thought it would be a nice relaxing time, but he spent most the time leaning over the tube, sticking his face in the water, and blowing bubbles. He’d die laughing anytime we went under the little waterfalls, and loved the little kids pool. James and I both commented it was the happiest day he’s ever had…meaning, we had never seen him so happy for such a long time. The “big boys” of course had to do the water slides, but I was content with the wave pool. We barely even made it out of the parking lot that night before Jackson was out. We finished off the day trying out our new camping stove at the park and having pudding cake.

What does being 1 mean?

> it means turning the car seat around but now, driving is even more miserable! His shrieking is right there by our ears, he can throw toys at us easier, and seems to drop things on purpose, just so we’ll pick them up!
> it means smarter but now, he’s managed to escape his high chair twice this week! Once he just started laughing when he hit the ground, and the second, a drawer was open and he cut his mouth up pretty bad. I was a little worried about all the blood and swelling, but one more otter pop later and he was a happy boy!
>It means he now LOVES to pull himself up on anything! But seeing as he can’t even take one step by himself, he takes of charging and has lots of bumps on his head. Not even counting the high chair incident, we’ve had 2 other big falls this past week.
>It means a LOT more talking! He says “dada” all the time, “hi”, and since Matt was here “Maaa”. He really is such a vocal, social little boy! The doctor said he’s a little behind on his motor skills (normal crawling, walking, etc) but he was way off the charts on his social and fine motor skills (picking things up, turning pages, eating, etc).
> It means diaper changing is ridiculous. Not only does it reek, but he screams anytime you try to pin him down. The bishops’s daughter just babysat, and when I asked her how it went she said “Wow, he’s very….energetic”. I asked if she had to change his diaper and she said, she tried, but couldn’t even get him down long enough so she gave up..guess it’s not just me!
> It means he gets cuter and cuter every day! We love our little boy!!