Interview with the One Year Old

Well friends, Anders is a baby no more. And despite being super busy driving his parents batty, he was willing to sit down and have a little conversation with me, his dear old mother, about his first year of life. I've added a few (cough, cough) pictures to enhance the interview and believe me when I tell you that what your about to see is the result of some pretty soul crushing restraint.

M: Welcome Anders. First of all, thank you for taking time out of your busy day to meet me with me. 
A: Happy to do anything for the woman who gave me life!
M: Oh? You could start sleeping in until 7.
A: Haha!
M: Let's get started. What are your favorite books?
A: Too many to name but currently all the Llama Llama books (he gets me), Seven Spunky Monkeys, How I Became a Pirate, and A Visitor for Bear

M: What's your favorite movie?
A: Puppies and Babies Playing Together Compilation on YouTube. Truly one of the greatest films of our time. It has gotten me through 2 haircuts and many a nail clipping. 

M: Who's your favorite person?
A: Mom
M: Who's your second favorite person?
A: Dad
M: Who's your third favorite person?
A: ....
M: ....?
A: Next question.



M: What were some of the best moments of your first year?
Whenever Sunny the cat came to play, going to the zoo, meeting my family, seeing dogs, etc.



M: What were the low points?
A: When my parents dropped a full bottle of Aveeno baby wash on my head when I was a few weeks old and I got a huge gash on my scalp. Also, shots.



M: Describe your perfect day
A: I wake up, eat a waffle for breakfast, read a billion books, then my dad chases me around the house, which is hilarious. We go to the dog park and maybe a tiny dog comes up and sniffs my feet? Then I watch the big kids play on the playground for a little bit. After that I eat a quesedilla for dinner and take an hour long bath, read 600,000 more books and then (if I must) go to bed.

M: What's your biggest pet peeve?
A: Diaper changes and outfit changes tie for first 

M: What's your greatest fear?
A: Lactose intolerance


M: What's your greatest achievement? 
A: My hair

M: What are your thoughts on nursing?
A: Nursing is for babies. I gave that up weeks ago.



M: Where do you see yourself in a year?
A: Great question. Probably still in diapers and a crib but I'm optimistic that I'll be in a forward facing car seat by then. I'd also love to get a little more time to explore the open refrigerator and someday I dream of unrolling an entire roll of toilet paper before my mom can catch me.

Thank you Anders! It's been a privilege and an honor to be your personal chef, wardrobe coordinator, trick pony, chauffeur and biographer this past year. Best of luck with year two!

NYE 2015

Adam and I are not usually big on New Years celebrations but this year one of our favorite comedians was performing downtown on NYE so we decided to pretend to be cool and stay out waaaaay past our bedtime. 

 

4th row from the back, baby!

 

The show was hilarious mostly. We had heard some of the bits on This American Life before but even those were funny all over again. We also realized that we prefer the PG-13 Mike of TAL to the R rated Mike of the live show but you can't win em all. 

Adam's co-resident Laura and her boyfriend Chris are fellow Birbig fans so we met up with them at the show and went out for dessert after. Since we were leaving the restaurant just a few minutes before midnight we decided to hit up the space needle to see what all the youths were up to. This afforded me the opportunity to take some really terrible pictures of the Space Needle fireworks. 

Gotta work on my iPhone photography in twenty fifteen. 

2014 was a great year. We started it off by welcoming a new baby into our family which, as any parent can tell you, brings the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. And that kind of set the tone for the whole year. Lots of sleepless nights, hard work days for both of us, and some sad goodbyes, but also some of the best moments of our lives watching our newborn become a baby and now a little boy! 2015, we're ready for you!