Growing a Human: The First Year

I can't quite believe that Archer is going to be ONE on Sunday. The past year seems to have absolutely flown by! It's amazing looking back at how he's changed from a sleepy little bundle to a raging nutter (and I'm feeling very broody as a result... AGH!). It's been a tough year of no sleep (to date he's still only slept through the night once!) but he is such a little wonder and a joy to be around! I thought I would share a few precious moments from his first year with you all on here... here goes! 

A Newborn Archer enjoying a sleepy swing. These days, despite me being pretty torn up from the birth, were so precious! I spent all day staring at my gorgeous new baby boy!

Archer's first bath-time at home. I used to hate bathing him on my own... I was always so scared I would drop him! Pressure's off now I can just plonk him in the tub and let him get on with it!

Another little snooze - if only he slept this much now! I remember the first few nights after he came home, he slept for 4 hours stretches at night. I thought we had the perfect baby who would be sleeping through the night in no time, oh how wrong I was...

JUST LOOK HOW TINY. He wasn't even that tiny. 8lbs14!

Ah the joys of changing a baby who can't crawl yet...

The boy has always loved TV. Lazy bones! 

OH and he's a huge poser. He loves posing for the camera and looking at photos / videos of himself!

Halloween 2014. I got him dressed up for Nursery. He was not impressed...

Bounce bounce bounce bounce... 

Weaning! I looked forward to giving him real food for so long, and then was really deflated when he just didn't seem to fussed by food. He didn't really take to finger food for a while either. In hindsight I really shouldn't have worried too much, he picked it up eventually!

I took photos of Archer with the toys he got given for Xmas to make Thank You cards! Again, happy little poser.. even with the studio lights on him!

The boy could sit! It took him a while, around 7 months I think. I think he learnt to crawl about 8 months. The weeks inbetween was the absolute sweet spot, he can sit and entertain himself, but can't escape and cause havok...

Family snaps when out in town. Of course NOW he won't look at the camera...

About 10 months, the boy is CRAZY. We got him an enormous play pen because our place at the moment is not very baby friendly (stone floor throughout) and I would definitely recommend. This thing is the size of a room in itself, and he's so much safer and happier!

Aw, cuddles and a big belly!

I'll have a few more snaps next week of the little man's b'day celebrations! 

xxx