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No birthday cake for this guy. He still getting used to the texture of solid foods. As in doesn't like them much. That candle is stuck in a carton of Gerber Hawaiian Delight smoothie. He loved it.
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I'll bet you can guess who in the family liked Kian's toy the most. It wasn't Kian. It was his sisters.
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Well, we made it through Kian's first year. And we are relieved. Kian is doing so much better than Chris and I imagined he might, and we are so grateful for that. He also happens to be a very happy and easy baby, for which we are also grateful. A couple of days before his birthday, I gave him a haircut, and that helped him look a little more grown up.
Today we took him for his one year check-up, and these are the stats:
weight 15 lbs 4 oz (<5th percentile)
height 27.5 inches (25th percentile)
head 44 cm (10th percentile)