The Next Adventure: Finnian's First Birthday and other Firsts!

We celebrated Finn's birthday on Sunday, August 19th, so that we could enjoy a family day instead of just a dinner party, which is all that would have happened on his actual birthday, the following Monday. Colin and I checked out the weather report and chose Sunday as the perfect day to visit the National Zoo. This would be Finn's first trip to a zoo, so we were kind of excited. As you can see by the pictures below, it rained...hard. Finn took it all in stride though, and splashed in the water and perhaps enjoyed the day a little more with the rain. He didn't seem too excited to see the animals. We did see the giant panda exhibit and were sorry to hear that Mei Xiang's baby died last week. It was only one week old, but we did see Mama bear when she was expecting.

The day after Finn's birthday, he had his one year check up. He weighs 21.02 pounds. We were so surprised that he didn't weigh more that the doctor weighed him a second and then a third time. He feels much heavier than he apparently is! He is in the 25th percentile for weight and 30th percentile for height at 29.5 inches long. He had 4 teeth on his birthday, two on the top and two more on the bottom. However, on September 5th, I noticed that he has two more teeth on either side of his top two teeth...so now he has six and is teething further back, perhaps he'll get molars next. He walks along furniture and will stand for a few seconds by himself, but has no interest in walking just yet. I'm ok with that as I have little interest in chasing him these days! Along with his usual checks came the vaccinations. I hate seeing him get those darned needles! Fortunately for me, Colin was there to wipe away Finn's tears and he never really has any serious reactions that cause much disruption.

The next week, Colin and I took Finn for his first haircut. We were nervous to get this done, but his hair was in his eyes, so it needed to get done. We took him to a children's salon (paid twice as much for his trim than Colin does for his buzz), but he really enjoyed the experience. He was full of smiles and there was so much going on, he had difficulty staying still during the cut.

It's hard to believe that Finn has been in this world for an entire year already, though I can't really remember what life was like before his arrival. What does the next year hold for this little guy? Well, probably the biggest change will be adjusting to having a baby sister, but we are pretty confident that he will take the new addition to our family into stride when she gets here.