Zoo Atlanta

Us with the Willie B. statue
Myers driving the bus at the playground.

Today we took Myers to Zoo Atlanta for the first time. It was really chilly, and some of the animals were not out due to the cold weather, but we had a good time anyway. It was so cold, we had to stop at the gift shop to buy a blanket to cover Myers with. I had just cleaned out my car this morning and had taken the two blankets that were in the car into the house to wash! This is why cleaning out your car is a bad thing!!!

Myers liked all of the animals, but was fascinated by the elephants and the naked mole rats. We went ahead and got a membership to the zoo, so we will get to go many times over the next year. Hopefully, next time it will be warmer!

Look at how I've grown!

This is me the day I left the hospital.
Look at me in my carseat now! I am 1 year and 1 week old.

What a difference a year makes...

Yummy cake!
The birthday cake that his Aunt Ginny made for him.

I can't believe Myers is one!

This time last year George and I were at Northside Hospital with this tiny little bundle of a baby and now we have a little boy. We were looking at pictures a few days ago of him in the hospital and he has grown so much. At birth, Myers weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz and now he is 22 lbs 8 oz! What a big difference! He is walking, talking and has this great little personality. He is his own little person now.

I can't believe how much I love this little guy. If it is even possible, I love him more now than I did that first time I held him in my arms!

Happy Birthday Myers! I can't wait to see what this new year brings!

Resolutions

I have been thinking about my New Year's Resolutions today. I thought that if I wrote them in a public place, I would be more likely to follow through. So here they are:

1. To eat more healthy, exercise more frequently, and lose weight.
2. To read Myers at least one book a day.
3. To read the Bible more often.

So there they are!

1st Birthday picture session

We went to Portrait Innovations for Myers 1st birthday photos today. They took so many great shots, but these are a few of my favorites!

I am one (well, almost)!
A family portrait

What a cutie!

Christmas!

Santa visited our house on Christmas Eve, but...
we already have the best gift ever!

Myers really enjoyed his first Christmas. After the 5pm service at church on Christmas Eve, we ate Chinese take out and then quickly fell asleep. Santa must have visited sometime during the night because he left some really great gifts.

We slept until about 8:00am. Then Myers got to play with his gifts from Santa. After quite a bit of playing we had breakfast together. After breakfast, we started unwrapping the other gifts. It took forever to unwrap gifts because Myers wanted to play with every gift until he got bored with it before he would even look at another gift!

At about 120:00 we were finally finished unwrapping gifts. After just a few minutes Honey and G-Daddy showed up with more gifts! They really spoiled us rotten! Myers played and played and played all day.

It was so nice to get to spend the day resting and relaxing with nowhere to go. We took a walk and played Mexican Train and just enjoyed a laid back Christmas.

We've got a walker!

Myers took his first unaided steps on Wednesday night at church. He can take a few steps on his own and then dives to the floor to crawl. Of course, crawling is so much faster, so it is still his preferred mode of transportation. He can also walk very fast when pushing his push toys around the house. He loves to do laps around the living room, kitchen, and dining room. This is a picture of Myers at Sharon and Ken's house on night when they babysat him the beginning of December.