Leo's First Birthday

Mike and I decided to take the day off and take the family to the Denver Aquarium for Leo's birthday.  Leo loves animals so we thought it would be better than spending an afternoon at the zoo in the sweltering 100 degree sun.  We had a great time and Leo loved the fish.  There was a huge fish that scared him as he sat by the glass.  Gwen ate her way through the aquarium and was at her own pace.  Leo walked away with a stuffed shark and Gwen got another bag of rocks (makes 3). 

It was a great day and it was so good to spend the morning with Leo while Gwen was at daycare.   He is such a happy and busy baby.  He climbs the stairs and gets into EVERYTHING.  It's amazing how stealth he is and how quick he can crawl.  He does love to pull himself up and cruise the furniture or us.  It was good for him to be able to play with his toys without Gwen bossing him around and telling him which toys he can and cannot play with (even if they are his toys).

I did ask Mike just now, what he thinks we should say about Leo.  His reply "he's a pain in the ass".  That doesn't surprise me much since he has had bouts of waking up at 5:00 am (even on weekends), screams like a little girl (seriously, it's a high pitch squeal), and constantly wants "uppies".  We can't carry around 24 lbs of baby all the time.  Luckily his cuteness over powers the PITA :-)