Sunday, December 31, 2006

December wrap-up

This Christmas season has been full of firsts for all of us! It was our first Christmas as parents, which made it our best Christmas so far! And our moms’ first Christmas as Mimi and Nonna (the Italian word for “grandma”)! Ty’s first tooth pushed through the day before Christmas eve, and the little stinker is now trying to chew on everything he can get his hands on…Corey’s pants, my shirt, our fingers…even our faces!!! He even chews on his sippy cup from which he’s supposed to be learning how to drink water! He’s so funny!

Another big event in our house is that Ty is learning to crawl! Over Christmas, he scooted forward for the first time! Well, it was only about an inch and, really, it was only his knees that moved forward–not his hands–but it still counts! It was his first scoot! Now he has progressed from rocking on his hands and knees to doing an “army” crawl (he pulls with his hands and drags his legs) across the living room floor! He can be very determined to move if he has the right motivation. He’s very interested in the drawer handles on the armoire, magazines, the t.v. remote, phones, anything with a tag, and oh yeah, sometimes toys too!

Here are a few pictures from Christmas time with our family…




Sunday, December 3, 2006

First Snow Fall

Well, after a week in the 70’s, we finally had our first snow fall! (I suppose that’s acceptable since it is December now!) It was Ty’s first time seeing snow and we weren’t sure how he would respond, but he was hilarious! We went outside for a family picture but we couldn’t get Ty to look up at the camera–he just stared and stared at the ground! He was mesmerized! We had two neighbors calling his name and shaking one of his toys but to no avail! It was so funny! I think we did catch a tiny smile (while he was looking down)–I think the poor kid was freezing! He was born in June so most of his life has been warm so far! Here he is, looking down at the snow and smiling!

Friday, December 1, 2006

Picture Post

I thought ya’ll might enjoy some recent pictures! These are a few of my favorites! (I think they’re worth a thousand words!)





Thanksgiving

I haven’t written in a while…to be honest, I forgot about our blog! But Thanksgiving was a lot of fun! Ty was the highlight, for sure! He met some new family members (well, he is new to them; they’re not new…) and got passed around! We would have taken lots of pictures but we forgot our digital camera. I couldn’t believe it! Luckily, disposable cameras still exist so we bought one and took lots of pictures. (After getting them developed though, I remembered why I love the “delete” option on my digital!) Let’s see…Ty is doing lots of new things! He’s five and a half months old now! He laughs when we tickle him (that’s mommy’s favorite thing), he rolls over both ways (but he still occassionally gets stuck on his back, like a turtle!), he’s eating mush (rice cereal, applesauce, bananas, peas, sweet potatoes, and sometimes carrots), and he loves to jump in his jumper! He said “dadadadada” and “blehblehblehblehbleh” a few times, and he is trying to scoot (but usually ends up going backwards!). He is starting to observe everything. My favorite thing he’s been doing is reaching up and touching my chin and face when I’m holding him! (Below, he’s touching daddy’s face). Oh, and he found his feet! He’s also a people person and very social! He always stops what he’s doing to listen to people talk and he’ll forgo a nap anytime so he can hang out! Sometimes when we’re out (shopping or running errands), I think he’ll fall asleep eventually, but I usually look down to see those eyes wide open–he is taking it all in!

Saturday, November 11, 2006

hanging out with the boys

Ty's thinking, "Damien, you are so intriguing."

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

little buddies

Laine is one of Ty's little friends. She is 6 weeks younger than Ty and lives right down the road. It's fun to watch them interact. We babysat Laine the other day and couldn't resist taking a few pictures of the two of them. Laine is on the left...Ty, the right.

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Four Months

I love when he looks up at me like this from his car seat...
crawling??? what's that?

a visit from our Terre Haute neighbors...their first time meeting Ty (I was largely pregnant the last time they saw me)...we're glad you came by, Bill and Anita!!! We miss you!