So we had a pretty huge party for him to celebrate his one-year-oldness. People from near and far came to eat some cake and hang out, and it was a great time. We’ll post photos of it soon.

And there are more photos.  Always more photos.  Hundreds from this weekend alone with us and four aunts snapping away without the expense of film or flashcube.  A constant throughout Ted’s first year on earth has been a pretty thorough photographic history.  I wonder what it will be like for him to look back and see in such detail about what his early months were like.

Ted sticks his tongue out a lot (like in the photo below).  I suspect its because he didn’t have teeth there for a long time, but now has six to call his own.  We brush his teeth most every night.

Ted is already as computer literate as a one-year-old can be.  He knows that when his mom and I aren’t watching him, we’re doing something on a computer.  He’s curious and fearless about the whole thing.  In the photo below, Ted is running backup scripts on the AfterVictory.com mainframe, and running reports on our website traffic.  We figure the earlier we put him to work, the better.

But its not all technology with Ted.  His fancy new red wagon he got for his birthday (thanks northerners!) thankfully does not have high-speed internet access built in, and he also is more into books.  In this rare moment below, Ted actually sat on my lap for the span of nearly an entire book.

Kate and I realize we are crazy-lucky with Ted.  He’s just awesome.

Happy birthday, Ted!

p.s. – there’s a sleeping aunt in one of these pics, see if you can find her.

On Tuesday, March 24th he took his first unassisted steps!  This last week of his first year has been very exciting for sure!  After taking those first steps he didn’t really want to do it any more.  Lots of videos of him about to take a step then getting down on all four and crawling over with a big smile.  Then on Saturday at the airport waiting for the aunties, Uncle Josh, and cousin Jack to arrive he walked quite a distance while totally distracted, looking at a brochure he was holding in both hands.