Watch Me Grow: April 2010

Graham was invited to his FIRST birthday party for a little girl name Elaina. Her mom and I became pretty good friends through work (she is a patient of ours). The party was held at Gymboree in Lee Branch and it was the first time for both me and Graham there. I was excited for Graham when I received the invitation and couldn't wait to see him interact with other kids. I've heard great things about the place and that I should have Graham's birthday party there next and boy were they right. I'm definitely having Graham's 2nd birthday party there. Graham had so much fun and smiled pretty much the entire time there. We're still working on "playing" with other kids. He's kind of a loner right now because he hasn't been around kids. He will walk away from the kids if they get close to him.... I've talked to a friend who's a teacher and she said that was normal and we just have to work with him. Schedule playdates, mommy's day out.. etc. After the gym, we all headed into the a room where they set up a table and had every child sit around the table. Handed them juice boxes and gave them all birthday hats to wear. As I stood back to watch him sitting there with the other kids, I suddenly realized how much my son has grown... He's a little toddler!!! No longer my sweet tiny baby.... It was bitter sweet though, he was well behaved, didn't throw a fit like some of the children and just sat there quietly. Can't say I had anything to do with that, he's just a great kid! As he was sitting in that chair, I had remembered one of my birthday parties when I was little that he looked just like Gloria in one of the pictures my parents took. It was amazing to see the resemblance in the "Gwo" family. All in all, it was a very sucessful birthday party and we both had a great time there.

Here are a few pictures of him at the party.