The Herrick Family: He's 1!!!

A year ago today our little boy was born. What a joy this year has brought us! We cherish every moment with our little guy.

Dominic had his 12 month checkup today and he is now 29 inches long (more than half my height!)! He grew 3 inches in the last 3 months and is finally in the 25th % for his height! We are hoping that his daddy's genes are finally kicking in! He is also 21 lb 9 oz. Still very healthy!
Here are some things that Dominic is currently doing...

He is now crawling on hands and knees

He preferres walking along furniture and is fast too! He has let go and stood on his own about 5 times...he will be walking soon!!

He loves helping mommy with chores

He insists on feeding himself now. Mealtime is messy!

He loves the dishwasher. Thankfully this was after emptying a clean load!!

He loves music...dancing, the piano, the xylophone, etc (after his mommy!)

And he is obsessed with keyboards and electronics, chords, etc. (from his daddy!). Can you see the mischievous look in his eyes?

Here are a few pictures from a family party we had for him on Saturday. Dominic had a fun time and even enjoyed his cupcake (although it was made with whole wheat flour, wheat germ, applesauce and mashed bananas with organic baby yogurt as icing! I am not quite ready to give him sweets yet).

I found a picture of Dom and I at around a year. Who do you think Dominic looks more like?

Dom and I talked about it and think that he doesn't look more like one or the other just a good combination of both. But Dominic definitely does have his daddy's eyebrows and expression! HA!

I had fun going through his baby pictures and picking one out from every month.

Our little Christmas blessing

We were snowed in for our 5 day check up (necessary because he was so early and so tiny) and so we took him to the grocery store across the street to have him weighed!