Our Baby Is One..and Walking! Sort of.

Today Aidan celebrated his first birthday. I am thrilled that he's a part of our family and the last year has been one of the happiest of my life. I'm sad that he's growing up, though. I was secretly a little bit glad that he's not as advanced as Jayson was at this age because I felt like I could hold onto his precious babydom a little longer. However, lately he has been showing signs that he would like to grow up some more and tonight he got up all by himself after we were all kneeling on the floor for family prayer and started walking! He has so much joy in everything he does..he laughed and laughed while he tried to keep his balance. I think he's like his dad in that he can't help but giggle a bit while he thinks about how clever he is for figuring it out. I love him and I am glad that he wants to grow and be independent...it just happens so fast!