First Foods!

Toby has entered a new phase in the life of a baby: Food! He started rice cereal last weekend and loved it! And even better - it's helping him sleep better at night (at least so far, knock on wood)





We're sticking to cereal for now, but soon I hope to branch out into the world of homemade babyfood! It may be a few weeks yet - cereal is fairly easy to prepare and clean up, and this Mama loves her Easy Button!









Last weekend we all dressed up and went out to dinner with some of Curtis' coworkers. Since I don't dress up often anymore, we commemorated the occasion with a picture!




















This one I just entitle "The Look". Curtis likes to interpret this as "Not Another Picture?!?" but I like to believe my little one just LOVES having his photo taken. Let me have my delusions ;)





The house is coming along. The siding is on now and we both really like it. I can't wait until its finished and we can finally move in! I'm definitely looking foward to that day!












An Ode To Our Departed Neighbors:

You clomp, you tromp
You make our walls shake
All hours of the night
What a ruckus you make.

2am, 3am
Don't you ever sleep?
We hear singing and shouting,
In those odd hours you keep.

But now all is silence,
You've finally moved out!
I'm doing my happy dance,
That I'll miss you I doubt!


Lol, I hope no one else moves in before we leave! Or someone quiet. Knowing our luck they'll have a St. Bernard or some other gigantic animal!

Stay cool,
Chel

Picture Mania :)

Lex loves playing with Toby and as you can see, Toby loves it as well. I'm not real fond of "kisses" on the face, but when it makes Toby squeal it's hard to resist!



Toby loves his Exersaucer!!!



Here's Toby in his Bumbo seat - after a little spit-up incident, but the smile was so cute I had to post it!


We have a new highchair! We're not using it yet, but its here as soon as we need it. I also went a little nutso with my new camera so there are lots of new pictures to share!

Middle of the Month already

Wow, it seems like the 4th was just days ago! How time flies... There's not much going on here except the heat...when it's hot like this you just want to stay in the nice AC so we haven't gotten out much. Between that and gas prices, there's real incentive to stay home!

Toby is doing well. He "talks" all the time...to us, to his toys, to Lex. I swear there's times he's talking to the lights in the ceiling! He can be quite the chatterbox! He's teething like mad, but no teeth popping through yet. He wants to gnaw anything that fits in his mouth though. He loves to practice sitting up (propped, of course) and loves to roll on his side.

Here's a picture of him "sitting" today

He's such a cutie (I'm not biased at all!!!!)

It's late, I know, but I can't sleep and I'd rather play online than toss and turn, watching the clock numbers change. And Tobes will be up in an hour or so anyway so I might as well wait on him.

Hope you are all doing well! Love to you all,

Chel

My Big Boy!

We had our 4 month check up yesterday and the little giant (henceforth refered to as LG) weighed in at 18lbs, 1 oz and 27.5"!!! His weight is right on the curve where he's always been but his height really shot up. The funny thing is there really is no way to know yet how big he'll be...his growth could slow dramatically and he could end up being a rather short adult. But as far as babies go, he's a tall'un! Everything else looks good. Poor LG had his shots and cried and pouted, but he really did well with them overall...heck I'd be complaining if I had to go in for 4 shots at once! Ugh! He's pretty sleepy today, but that's how he was last time too.

The weather is steamy and hot here. We did get out for a walk this morning before it was too awful to leave. I love AC! LG is napping right now but I'm sure he'll be up again soon!

Chel

Little Swimmer

Or maybe not... We took Toby to the pool for the first time today and he wasn't particularly thrilled. But the water was on the cool side so that probably didn't help things along! We'll keep trying and see if we can get him used to the idea of a really deep bathtub!

We went shopping for a big boy carseat and a high chair today...and came home with neither. It can be so frustrating shopping for baby things...we knew what we wanted and no one carried them. So it's either change our mind or wait for things to come in. We're waiting on the car seat, but not sure which route to take with the high chair yet. Grrrrr. I think we're both just frustrated that we wasted an entire trip to Fayetteville with nothing to show but a tired, cranky baby. Oh well. Se la vie.

Chel

4 Months

Yesterday was Toby's 4 month birthday! Next week is our check up (and shots, yikes!) so we'll post stats then. C is working overtime this weekend so although it's Friday I'm home alone...with the Fourth and all this is making for a very strange week! We have gorgeous weather...cool, dry, and sunny! Not something we usually see much of in July down here...usually muggy is the more operative word.

Chel

Happy Belated Fourth of July!

I meant to post this yesterday but time got away from me with the water heater smoking and all...long story, but suffice it to say maitenence 'thinks' the problem is fixed and my utility closet smells like burnt plastic. Above is a picture of the Little Prince in his Fourth of July get-up; he's getting so big! He goes in next week for his 4 month check-up and shots and we'll get an update on exactly how big he is then. Tomorrow he turns 4 months...definitely not a "newborn" anymore!

Things are moving on our new house...this is a pic from last weekend. We picked out colors last week and I'll share when you can see them...that way if my judgement is completely off and it looks horrible no one has to know unless you come visit!

It's a beautiful day today although there is a chance of rain later...I can't believe we're into July already. The summer is moving along so quickly. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed the 4th!

Chel