My New Year's 1-year old!

Happy 2008, everyone! New Year's is bittersweet for us... it means that our little Connor is now 1 year old! He's still very much our baby, and yet now that he's walking a bit, eating almost everything that we do, and trying out his use of the English language we can almost - but not quite - classify him as a toddler.


Here his is opening his birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa M.
...and checking out his birthday present from his big brother, who was only too happy to help him open it!
Alright, now he has the hang of it!
Connor was kind of perplexed by the candle in the middle of the cake and didn't know what to do with it... ... but he totally has the hang of what to do with the cake! (Birthday cake, by the way, makes for an excellent New Year's Day dessert... I'm looking forward to this new tradition!)

Happy Birthday, Connor, we looking forward to sharing all of your new experiences in your second year of life!