Cutie-Patootie!

How could a mother not love this face? Such a cutie!!! Toby has been busy this week - rolling like crazy, learning to blow raspberries, and pushing up off his belly! Everything I told his pediatrician on Monday he couldn't do yet, lol! He did this after his 4 month appointment too!

By the way, the little man is 21 lbs, 4 ozs and 29.5 inches long! I can't believe how big he is! I started buying up on 18 month clothes this week - he'll be in them before long!

We've been super busy this week - great for eating up time when Curtis is gone. This week has literally flown by! One more to go and he'll be home. Hurray!

The weather is turning cooler - a little. Highs in the lower 80's, anyway! We've enjoyed it with a few trips to the park. Hope the fall is finding you all healthy and happy!

6 Month Pics

We took Toby's 6 month pics over the weekend and wanted to share! It's been pretty quiet around here and now my husband is gone again...I hope the time will go quickly! ENjoy the pics!



Chel

Happy Half Birthday Toby!

Today Toby is 6 months old - it is so hard to believe! He is celebrating by cutting through his first set of teeth! They are small, but they are definitely there!



















Here he is in his exersaucer earlier today...my big 6 month old!


















Last night he had peas for dinner - yummy! He really enjoyed them! Tonight I made peaches and rice for him, and he liked that too! I love making his baby food for him, and I think he likes it too! We've also had sweet potatoes and pears.

He's in his 3rd onesie of the day - spit up all over the first one, peed all over the second, and so far so good on the 3rd! We're planning to take his 6 month photos this weekend and his pediatrician appointment is next week.

Today was absolutely beautiful - fall is just around the corner. Toby and I went to the park with a friend of his and he enjoyed the swings a lot! I hope you all are having beautiful weather as well!

Love,

Chel

Happy baptism!

Toby was baptised yesterday morning at the early service at church!
Here is a better view of his outfit (I have no idea what's up with the weird expression on his face!):
He is really learning to sit up! He still falls backwards when he's tired of sitting but he can balance for pretty much as long as he wants to. We went to the NC Zoo this week - family pic! I actually got some great shots while we were there - I'll try to post some later!

And finally those baby blues...(check out those eyelashes!)

He turns 6 months tomorrow - I can't believe he is so old already! He just keeps growing and growing - at times I can't wait for him to start crawling and walking and talking...but at other times I just want to keep him little forever! He is such a sweetheart - unless he's being a stinker ;)

Sorry it's been a while since my last update...things have been crazy lately! I can't believe we're into September already...fall will be upon us before we know it! I'm looking foward to some fall weather, but at the same time another year is slowly drawing to a close...and soon it will be 2007...and then 2008...time just flies anymore. Is it too much to ask it to standstill for just a bit longer? I like being 25 - it's a good age!

Cheers!
Chel

Prune-Faces

Well we tried prunes this week, and although Toby kept opening for more, he made the funniest faces between bites! It was really too cute. And how could a mother not love this face?
It is incredibly hot and muggy here - August always is though. We are looking foward to a cooldown in September. Fall is more than welcome to make an early appearance!

I guess there's not too much else new here - just sticking close to the nice cool AC!

Love,
Chel

5 Months!

The T-Man is 5 months old today! Time flies by so quickly! We took pictures of him this morning and I thought we caught some good ones. The little man refused to smile much - guess his teeth are still hurting him :( I took some close-ups of his eyes and you can really see some green flecks in them - I'm really wondering whether they'll turn completely green or not. They've definitely been looking more green in the last couple weeks!





We stopped by the house today - my counters and cabinets are in! Yay! They look really nice! Things are progressing so fast - hooray!

Catch you later,
Chel

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