One year older, and wiser, too

Sweet Baby James is now one year old.

 

Isn't his hair fantastic? After his first haircut, we are now showing off those curls. Other babies be jealous.

We celebrated his birthday last Saturday at a park in Bountiful with his twinner cousin Phin (born a few days before him). I really hope these two boy babies grow up to be good friends. They are so darn cute together.  Here is some of the Richards family that was there:
 

We stripped down the babies for their smash cakes. James's was my carrot cake I make from scratch. I made his a basketball in honor of one of his first words.  He knew what to do.

We can now fill in the blanks on his chart, because he had his one year checkup this week.

-He is 24 pounds 1 ounce, 31.75 inches long.
-He has 8 teeth and is not afraid to use them ("Mom! James BIT me!").
-He can now finally crawl on his hands and knees, pull to standing, and even stand for the splittest of seconds without holding on.
-Claps all the time, babbles and says "Maaaa!" for Mom and for Max.
-Loves his older brothers, loves to nurse on demand, and loves to sleep right by his mom and dad.

After the picnic, we went swimming at the rec center nearby. I first washed off all the carrot cake from his folds and hair with the cold water at the park, and baby James loudly squawked his displeasure. But he loved the warm pool water. And the older boys had a great time swimming with cousins and aunts and uncles.