One-year-old Zeal Josiah

On May 24, Zeal Josiah turned one year old! As you can see from the pictures below, he's a mover, though he's just starting to get into pulling up and standing. In the two weeks since his birthday, he has gotten much stronger, but I think walking is still a while away. Thankfully, he's not too heavy!

Birthday cake: hummingbird cake with browned butter cream cheese frosting

 
Besides the facts on the chalkboard, here are some other tidbits about Zeal.
- He's our snuggliest baby yet and our most mischievous.
- He says mama and dada, and imitates nahnah (no-no).
- He and Whit share a room; they will often keep each other awake, laughing and shouting. They each find the other hilarious.
- There is a special sweetness between Zeal and Jubilee. They two have a similar look, a little different from Whitaker.
- Sneaky kid that he is, Zeal will often manage to get his hands on a book with paper pages. Amazingly, he has only torn one book (Edith Hamilton's Mythology) and it wasn't even a library book.
- He still army crawls everywhere. His army crawling is even and fast, so he doesn't see a reason to change!

And now, to the pictures. He wasn't so interested in the camera. :)

And for some comparison, here are Whitaker's birthday and one-year pictures. They are very different, these two brothers!