A Year of Wells

As all good things do, this started off as a joke. Before Wells, TJ always talked about how we needed a kid to dress up on Halloween. Then Wells was born in December and we decided that Halloween was much too far away - we should dress him up for every holiday. Why not one each month? That turned into a secret calendar project for the grandparents' Christmas presents and for the last 9 months (we didn't think of it till March) I've been putting Wells in holiday themed outfits and attempting photo shoots for our Year of Wells calendar. 

January 1st - New Year's Day

February 14th - Valentine's Day

March 17th - St. Patrick's Day

April 1st - Easter 

May 5th - Cinco De Mayo

June 30th - Superman's Birthday

July 4th - Independence Day

August 12th - National Beach Day

September 2nd - Labor Day

October 31st - Halloween

November 28th - Thanksgiving

December 25th - Christmas

Hello handsome

He doesn't have to stand quite as high on his tip toes to see out the window these days.

Rocks

We've got a lovely garden with grass and toys, but he mostly just likes to hide round the back of the shed and play with (eat) the rocks.

Only one

Sometimes I forget this big fearless boy of mine just barely turned one and I send him down giant slides all by himself. In my defense...he wanted to? 

The other side of the cake smash

Cake Smash

No one had to explain to him how this part of his birthday was supposed to work. 

 

 

 

He's 1

He got the hang of presents eventually. Sort of. But its true what they say - kids just want the packaging. 

A perfect kind of day

Picnic lunch in the park. All this independent little boy wants to do is run around. He'd make sure to stop in every once in awhile to get fed, then he'd be right back off to do his own thing, as far away from us as possible. 

 

  

Wells with my two favorite things (and a family pic)

Just a friendly guy

His new favorite thing to do is wave at every car as they pass by. Probably the cutest thing you'll see today. 

hi cars from danielle campbell on Vimeo.

So in love

Wells shows his affection (to stuffed animals...other children...) by sitting on them. If he lays on you, that's when you know you're really in. Howard is a stowaway from our trip to England and he gets more kisses and snuggles than TJ and I combined. Actually we come in 3rd and 4th after Baxter (his other, smaller stuffed dog). We're trying not to take it personally.

  

He's off!