Happy Birthday to my Boy!

I know I'm a little late in writing about Sully's birthday festivities, but here it is!  And when I say "festivities" I just mean that we had breakfast in bed, presents and cake.  It was just us and it was simple and sweet. He was a happy little guy getting so much EXTRA lovin' (if that's possible).  And I made it through the whole day without crying.  Until that night. But, now he's 1 and I survived!

If you've ever seen a cuter 1 year old boy digging into cake, let me know. 'Cause I'm pretty sure he's as cute as they get!! 

He didn't go CRAZY over the cake the way his sisters did, but it was interesting to him and he liked the attention we gave him whenever he would touch it.  I think he was more excited about the fact that he was entertaining us than he was into actually loving his cake.  Doesn't really matter though, I got some ADORABLE shots!

These were his last "month" pictures ever taken. Goodbye babyhood :(

His birthday breakfast was on his actual birthday and Shawn was on a business trip for it.  It was killing him to not be there so we face-timed him during it all.  That way he was able to get in on the action.

It's crazy how on the day he was born we were having a blizzard! I almost gave birth to him in the car on the way to the hospital because the snow was impossibly thick and so hard to drive in that night.  And then a year later we were celebrating him in the warm sunshine! It was a beautiful day.  Perfect for my boy!

The little man's gifts!

He's just so darling.  He is SO close to walking and I just know he will take his first steps next week when Shawn and I are in Honolulu.  It's killing me that I might miss it.  He WILL NOT take a step on his own as of now. We have 8 days (well, today is over so 7 now).  I don't think he will do it before we leave :'( I have been there for every single one of his (and his sisters') big mile-stones.  So PLEASE SULLY- PLEASE walk this week.  Just a couple of steps is all I ask!

As I said, we leave in a week and I have never left him overnight.... It's reaaaalllllly hard for me to think about leaving him. Not quite sure how I will do, but at least I'm going to the beach for a week, so hopefully I won't get too sad.... We are so excited- we've been saving up for this trip for a really long time and it's finally here!  So, I'll say it again- WALK THIS WEEK SULLIVAN!  And happy birthday once again baby boy.