One more!

I was looking through videos and found this one from last week when I gave him little baby poofs for the first time. He'd spit them out, we'd put them back in . . . it was pretty cute. He can pick them up, but they tend to stick to his hands and then he can't figure out how to transfer them to his mouth. We've also done Cheerios and little pieces of graham crackers. Still can't figure out the sippy cup though.

We're still here!

I'm sorry - I know I'm way behind. Let me tell you what we've been up to over the last 2 weeks:

JT's first Red's Game! We went with Mimi and Poppy and the Red's stunk. JT even tried his rally cap but it didn't work.

We went to the Lake and spent the night last weekend. JT went swimming in the lake for the first time, although he liked his float better in the living room than in the water.

Just in time for Father's Day JT started crawling and saying Dada. He got Jim a metal detector for Father's Day, here's hoping for found treasure and an eventual father/son hobby.

Poppy got a Father's Day/Birthday gift. You can see what that was on Flickr . . . the man isn't right.

We had our first swim lesson at the Y. We tried blowing bubbles and ended up with mouthfuls of water. We'll keep working on that. His favorite thing is splashing, but unfortunately that wasn't one of the skills we were suppose to be working on.

This weekend Toots stayed with Mimi and Poppy at the Lake. He was gone from Friday morning until tonight. Mom gave him a bath in the sink and apparently EVERYTHING got wet because of his splashing!

We missed him so badly but we got a bunch done in the yard. I think he grew while he was gone!

We got home tonight and he was crawling around the living room and into the kitchen, pulling himself up on things, knocking over his stacking blocks . . . this house was too quiet without him.

Here's a little clip of the last week or so.

Clean up in tub one!

Karen once told me that she had never felt more like a mom than the night she caught Andrew's vomit in her hands. Tonight as I hand scooped Toot's poop out of the tub I started to understand what she meant.

I tried with a plastic bag but that didn't work - how do you scoop poop out of a tub?

Louisville?

Toots babbles, we know this. He loves to hear himself talk. Sometimes he talks to you, sometimes to himself, other times he's singing. A couple of months ago a select few heard him say "Hi". Sometimes it was at the appropriate time, sometimes not. I think we shook it off as a coincidence and not really a first word.

Last week while at Mimi and Poppy's they swear (including Tata) that he said "That's crap" and "I'm done". I've never heard those phrases in his babble, but they also say he shimmied out of his rocker and held on and walked around it. Video proof people - just like Big Foot, I must see to believe.

Yesterday Tata was over and was talking on the phone as I was feeding Toots. She said something about going to Louisville. Clear as day (okay, well maybe a slightly overcast day) Toots repeated "Luirvle". We both turned to look at him, it was pretty clear he'd repeated her.
So, his first "official" word is going to be Louisville? Not dada or mama? Louisville? Yes, he's been there, once, for an afternoon. He was like 3 months old. It's a great town, but . . . Louisville?

Video Just In

Not really, I've been working on it for like an hour - yet somehow it's only a minute and a half clip. If my computer would have not died after each step . . . anyway.

Enjoy a snippet of Toots, he is a cutie!


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