Baby Momma

I have no idea where I got those "granny nylons," but it looks like I was having a wild child day playing outside. I was probably 2 1/2 or 3 in this picture. I couldn't resist sharing...

Happy Easter!

Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Cousins

This is Jordan, the cutest and messiest two-year old I know. Here she has a cotton candy beard. Strangers kept stopping to comment on how cute and sticky she was! Mmmm cotton candy, a girl after my own heart!

Here they're having a romp in Ty's big boy bed. Note shirtless Jordan off to the side. She's not missing any of the fun!

Just the boys...Ty is so loving and patient with Robert. Well, except when he's "talking" too loud during one of Ty's movies. He'll learn...

We have been so blessed this year to get to spend so much time with my niece and nephew, Jordan and Ty, in Atlanta. My sister Lisa and I have tons of cousins, but we didn't get to see them much growing up, so we have no real connection to them now. Honestly, if we even saw some of them walking down the street, I bet we wouldn't even recognize them! I'm glad that Robert and his cousins will be much closer than we were with ours. They already love each other so much! Jordan says all the time, "I wuv baby Wobert." And when Robert gets fussy, Ty always comes up to him and whispers, "It's okay baby Robert, I'm here." How cute is that?!

Southern Tour--Atlanta

The zoo is so much fun!!!

I love barley teething biscuits!

Ma-Bop holding me at the Easter egg hunt at church!

My first visit to Chuck E. Cheese!

Robert and I are having a ball in Atlanta! We especially enjoyed our visit to the zoo yesterday with cousins and Aunt Lisa. Robert is growing up so fast these days, even since we've been vacationing. He has started to clap. He's got three teeth! He is eating teething biscuits. He can make Indian noises with is hand and mouth. He can "walk" when you hold his hands. Nope, he's still not crawling. But as you can see, he's busy growing in other ways. We've had a great Southern Tour, but we miss Daddy and our Nashotah family and are ready to head back up and wait anxiously for Spring.

Southern Tour--Charleston

First meeting with Mr. Belser, daddy's and mommy's favorite priest EVER!!!

All ready for church on Sunday, complete with knee socks and saddle shoes!

Swimming in the hot tub with Nona. Ahhh, a perfect 99 degrees!

Our beautiful view at the Edge of America!

Enjoying the view...


Robert and I had so much fun in Charleston! Thanks Nona and Pops for making it such a wonderful visit for us!!!

7 Months

I can't believe we're already well into Robert's seventh month. He's become a real "ham" as you can see in the pictures. He loves to pose for the camera, and we love taking his picture!

He's weighing in at a whopping 22 lbs. 12 oz. these days (as of last Thurs.). He's eating lots--green beans are the newest addition, and he loves them.

The most recent news is that he's got a little tooth "bump" on the top! There are no signs of anything on the bottom, yet. He's not big on letting me look in his mouth, so it's hard to tell. He doesn't seem to be too uncomfortable, but this may explain why he gets up so often at night. Let's hope so--at least then I know there's an end in sight! Come on toofers!

I can't really think of anything else that is new with him. He's still more interested in sitting up and playing with toys than laying on his stomach and/or crawling--no signs of that, yet. He's still a very laid back, happy boy. We love him more than we ever thought possible!!!!

Swimmer Extraordinaire!

Robert had his first swim class at the YMCA today. He's in the "shrimp" class. He absolutely LOVED it! The only part he didn't like was when they had to get out of the pool onto the side. They were learning to crawl out and jump in (with moms holding them of course). I guess he thought it was time to get out each time and got a little unhappy. But overall he loved the class. The teacher had us singing songs like "Hokey Pokey" and "Itsy Bitsy Spider" while doing movements with the babies. Then they worked on learning how to pull themselves up and out of the pool (obviously something they can't do yet by themselves, but it's never to early to introduce the idea). They worked on holding onto the edge of the pool and moving along the side. They also worked on 1, 2, 3 jump into the pool, the idea being that they wait to jump until it's time. They swam laps, on their fronts and backs. They played with balls. Robert splashed and kicked and laughed. He and his friend, Emma, smiled and laughed at each other. The class is a half hour, and the babies were completely tired out by the end. Emma fell asleep before we even got back to our cars, and Robert conked out in the car on the way home and is still asleep in his crib! I can't tell you what a joy the class was--for both of us! Hopefully we can get someone to take some pics of us in the pool next time.