Thursday, September 1, 2011

You Talking to Me?



I have always felt safe at home because we have an alarm on the house.  Additionally, we have always had the protection of our two ferocious dogs.  But now we have some extra help defending the castle.  Timothy has really perfected his tough guy look and I think he can pretty much take on anyone (just disregard the froggie paci that is upside down).

Bring it.

Monday, August 29, 2011

First Haircut

Timothy had his first haircut about a month ago, sorry for the late posting.  While I (Mark) wanted to wait, his hair was just getting too long for the hot and humid Richmond weather we've had this summer.  Sarah found this great place, Pigtails and Crewcuts, that does haircuts for little ones (plus nails for the next time cousins Maddie and Emily come to town).  Timothy did really well, he especially loved the police car seat he was in.  Amy and the two Alevia's came along to help document the moment.  I can't believe Timothy got his first haircut before his 2 & a half year old cousin Maddie.

 Awaiting the big moment

 Here we go, loving the police car

 Checking things out in the mirror

 Chop chop chop

 Look at all that hair they cut off

 How many people does it take to document a first haircut?

Lovin' the new do

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Meeting the Triplets

A few weeks ago Timothy got the chance to meet some more of his cousins and he had a blast spending time with the Lisa, Darryl and triplets. Happy 12th birthday ladies!!!






Monday, August 22, 2011

Food Time

Well we finally started Timothy on food about a month ago.  The first few days he wasn't very into it but he has certainly come around.  His diet now consists of milk, formula, rice cereal, apples, carrots (not a fan fave), bananas, sweet potatoes and avocados.  Next up are pears and maybe peaches.  Here are some snapshots from his first-ever feeding up at Grandma's house in Pennsylvania.

 Whoa dad, whoa!  You want to put that stuff in my mouth, are you nuts?

 Hmmm, interesting taste dad.

 Enough with this spoon, give me the whole bowl already.

 Yummo

What are you looking at?!?!?!?!?

Friday, August 19, 2011

Moving and Groving

This was taken nearly a week ago. He's much faster now! It's a weird one-footed-step-draw-one-leg crawl. Nevertheless we are quite proud. Enjoy.

Hershey Happiness

A few weeks ago we went up to visit Grandma Ayres and visit Hershey Park. We went to the Park with Aunt Amanda, Uncle Brad, Cousin Maddie and our friends Sandy, Chadd, and their kiddos Lyla and Noah. Timothy got to go on his first amusement park rides and played with Noah (while Maddie and Lyla had some girl time). Timothy really had a great time, and managed to stay awake the whole time too.





Hanging with Dad and the Hershey Kiss





Taking a break with Noah


Meeting Mr. Hershey Bar


Maddie riding in the caboose (where no adults are allowed)


Train time with Aunt Amanda and Dad


First ever amusement park ride, the carousel

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

Today is Grandma Kay's birthday and Timothy is delighted to send her a special birthday wish. Love ya Grandma!



Thursday, August 18, 2011

Morning Hair

The results of a bath before bed time and a night of crying it out, i.e. lots of fussing around in the crib.




This is Timothy's "S'up?" look


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

7 Months



Can you believe it.... 7 months already? We can't! We weren't too into the 7 month photo shoot as evidenced below ----so the monster shirt seems appropriate. Here are 7 things about our little man at 7 months

1. Crawling! He has started to crawl. It's kind of hit or miss. Sometimes he takes off and sometimes not so much, but he's moving.

2. Standing. He loves, loves, loves to stand. He's constantly pulling up on things and always reaching up for our hands so he can stand. Then once he gets to a stand he's so proud of himself. He can stand holding on to something for quite a long time.

3. Eating. We finally let him have some food. So far in addition to rice cereal, we've tried sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas and apples. The sweet potatoes and bananas were a hit, not too much else.

4. Sleeping. Now that teeth 3 and 4 have broken through and the teething pain has resided it's tough love time. We are only 3 nights into it (I guess this is more like 7 1/2 months what he's up to), but he seems to be doing okay.



5. Jingles. He loves to reach for Annie and Winston's jingles on their collars. It's somewhat problematic when they start to walk away because he usually topples over.

6. Between sizes. I was struggling with having all of his clothes out so I put away most of his 3-6 months clothes and got out all of his 6-9 months. He can still wear his 3-6 month one piece outfits that are shorts, so we do rely on those a lot. Unfortunately, he tends to swim in his 6-9 month clothes, especially the pjs. There are about 2 pairs of 6-9 months pjs that fit him, the rest are too big. This is especially problematic with the crying it out strategy because he fusses around and almost always ends up with both legs in one leg of his pjs.


7. Favorite toys. He really likes this race track/ race car toy that Mark's friends Drew, Meg and Sean got for him and he also likes this learning farm walker thing that we inherited from cousin Emily. Thanks everyone!













Wednesday, August 10, 2011

3 and 4

Timothy has been teething over the last week or so and has been really struggling with teeth 3 and 4 breaking through. Lots of night waking and some general unhappiness during the day. I think the 3rd has now broken through and we are waiting on the 4th. They are his two top teeth. He wanted to show everyone but we struggled a bit with the photoshoot.



















Feeling yucky -- this boy is not much of snuggler when he's awake so you can tell he didn't feel so hot.