Baby CP is 1 Year Old!

Baby CP officially turned one year old a few weeks ago!  We decided to celebrate with a birthday party at Douglass Playground on Sunday.  The family was very busy preparing all kinds of delicious treats for the occasion.

Baby CP was dressed in his Pineapple best, but unfortunately, we were so busy entertaining guests that we didn't have a chance to take many photos.  (If you have any, please send them!)

We had no shortage of snacks, including cold sesame noodles, kimbap, prosciutto with melon, fruit salad, chips and homemade salsa. I prepared pina colada cupcakes and lemon basil shortbread shaped like...pineapples! We also had fresh squeezed lemonade and, of course, pineapple juice with soda water mixers.  The weather was great and the kiddos had a ton of fun at the playground.

I'm a bit behind on reporting recent developments.  Baby CP has a new tooth, bringing the total to 9, and he's got another one coming in on the top.  On his first birthday, he couldn't walk, but within a few days, I saw him take about two steps before sitting back down.  His nanny has been training him with daily exercises.

Yesterday, Baby CP starting walking farther to take about 6 steps.  He does it often, so I'm sure he is making the conscious effort to make those steps.

Baby CP can do the sign for "more" and he has a few other new tricks up his sleeve, like bouncing up and down when we tell him to dance and playing peek a boo with a blanket or hiding behind things.  He's also babbling a lot more, and it sounds like he is starting to say milk in Chinese sometimes.  We have started to mix some cow's milk in with his formula (about 3 ounces per 8 ounce bottle), and he seems to drink the combination just fine, but he doesn't like cow's milk straight.