Let the Countdown Begin!

I crawled up here by myself (and then I fell).

I snuck out onto the back porch.

I went berry picking!

My first pizza! Mommy made Grandpa Tom's crust and put lots of yummy veggies and Italian sausage on it. YUMMMMMY!

I'll wear the hat how I want, thank you very much!

Cousin Ty and Baby Wobert

I love balls!

Climb in, climb out, climb in, climb out...

Gotta have on a "do-rag" if you're gonna ride a "hog"!

4 generations!

Happy 4th of July! Great parade!

Cousin Jordan and Baby Wobit (an even shorter version of Wobert)


Wow! What a summer we're having. Sorry for not posting for such a long time. Robert and I had a great two week visit in Atlanta. Now we're back at Nashotah counting down for the big day--July 28--when Robert turns 1! We're having a party on Aug. 1 with 2 of the 4 other Nashotah babies all turning one (2 are gone for the summer). It's gonna be a blast!

In other Robert news, he's started to take a few steps here and there. I've tried to get it on video, but no such luck, yet. I'll post it when I can get him to cooperate.

Lately I've been working frantically to finish a photo book of Robert's first year on Shutterfly.com. I'll post a link to it when it's finished. It's turning out great, and I can't wait to show it off!

Hope everyone is well. We send our love!

Summer Fun

Robert and his buddy Aidan enjoying the dogs, who are glad to be behind glass.



Robert posing for the camera on his "corn popper" car.

Robert in his rummage sale, fixed up by Daddy swing. He loves it!

Robert eating his favorite food: pasta and sauce (and whatever else I snuck onto the tray)

We've been having a great summer so far. It's finally gotten warm, well actually downright hot, here. We've been playing with friends, swimming, and just hanging out. Robert is getting more and more fun by the minute. He's cruising around like a pro. He especially loves his car and chasing the dogs. They hate it. Well, every now and again Hazel will feel like playing, but most of the time Robert gets a bark or a snarl warning to leave them alone. No, it doesn't scare him. He thinks it's all part of the game!
He's definitely communicating these days. He tries all the signs that I introduce to him: eat, all done, dog, bird, ball, water. He doesn't have the coordination to get them all right, but he clearly tries them most of the time. He's really good at bird and does it whenever he even hears a bird outside. He also does eat really well. He tries to talk all the time, but all that ever comes out is variations of "uh duh." Sometimes it's loud, sometimes soft, sometimes separated by a long pause, like "uh...........(then really loudly) DUH!!!!" It's really funny, and Rob and I can't help but laugh, which of course makes him do it even more.
We are heading to Atlanta to visit with my family in a few days.

Lots of love to all!

First Pool Party

Robert had his first pool party the other day. I posted a video, so check it out over to the left under Our Videos. In the video he's showing off for his friend Adeline. She's laughing her head off so much that she's falling over. It really is the laughing because she's got lots of control normally and can even walk already! It was absolutely hilarious, and Robert knew it, too. What a ham!!!

10 Months Already?!

I can't believe my tiny (okay, he was never tiny) baby is 10 months old! He is changing so fast these days. It seems like every day he can do something new. Here are a few things that come to mind:
*He crawls very fast now, mostly using one foot and one knee.
*He pushes himself up to his feet but doesn't stand up, yet (makes kind of like a bridge).
*We figured out the other day that he can climb stairs (he was up four stairs when we realized where he was and what he was doing---we accidentally left the gate open).
*He can pull himself up to anything.
*He can now sign "eat" and "milk," though I think he thinks the sign for "milk" means "mommy"--great. It's interesting how he just all of a sudden started this, which is exactly what they said would happen.
*He eats by himself and WILL NOT take ANYTHING from a spoon (okay, so we haven't tried ice cream, yet).
*He can drink out of his sippy cup by himself.
*He can say "da" which means either "dog" or "daddy". You have to figure it out.
* He LOVES dogs and notices them everywhere.
I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff, but I had to get all of this down before I forgot it.
We just got back from a trip to Charleston, so check out the new video under our albums to the left.

Nine Month Stats

We just got back from Robert's nine month checkup. As we already suspected, Robert is thriving! He's 24 lbs. (23 lb. 15 1/2 oz. to be exact)! He's 30 in. tall.

He's able to do so much these days, and keeping me as busy as ever! He can crawl faster every day. I am finding that I can't leave him for very long by himself because he will soon be into something that he shouldn't be. We are slowly baby proofing the house as he shows us what needs to be removed--like the books on the bottom shelf, the portable heater (thank God we don't really need it these days), the magazine basket, the coffee table books (and soon the wooden trunk that we use as the coffee table), etc.

He's eating finger foods, now, and he delights in throwing them from his chair and then leaning over to see where they land. I'm still having fun making his foods and dreaming up ways to get him to eat them. I was proud of myself the other day because when he wouldn't let me feed him his nice squash and veggie puree, I put an egg yolk in it, microwaved it, and made him a little souffle! I cut it up and he ate it himself. I thought it was pretty creative of me!

He's certainly keeping me both physically and mentally busy each day. I find myself completely wiped out after a day of chasing him around and trying to anticipate accidents, making his food and trying to get him to eat more of it than he throws, keeping him clean, and generally loving him and making his days fun and exciting. It's all more than worth it at the end of the day when I nurse him to sleep and look at that little snoring angel in my arms. What a gift!

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!