Breakfast with Dad

This one is pretty self-explanatory.

Thomas and Bella

Thomas loves his Bella. And Bella is so good with her Thomas.

Here they are hanging out together...

This video was taken after a long walk, so Bella was good and tired (and her tongue was hanging out).

Crib Fun

How many games can you play in your crib?

1. You can play with your puppy dog!

2. You can play peek-a-boo with Mom!

3. You can jump around with Dad!

Zoro!

Look how Dad puts Thomas to sleep!

Crawling and Puffs

Two videos for your viewing pleasure! One of our boy crawling, and one of him enjoying his Puffs. Can you believe he'll be 8 months old this week?

Shorts!

In celebration of the warmer temps this week, we've gotten out the shorts for Thomas.
And no shoes either -- hooray for baby feet!!

In other news, Bella loves her new dog bed. It's a dog duvet from Molly Mutts. (It's stuffed with old textiles, so it's good for the environment and smells like home to puppy.)

Scooting

Thomas is soooo close to crawling! He now scoots around on all fours and his tummy -- sometimes heading backwards. Here he is enjoying some new toys sent by Grandma Peterson. That horse really tickled his fancy! Thanks, Grandma!

April!

We've had a great April so far! Rachel got to hang out with her little man all weekend...

Thomas is trying to figure out Puffs, little first finger foods. Bella also enjoys his Puff-flinging endeavors. Russell caught a few ZZZs with his boy while watching baseball on Sunday.

6 months old!

Thomas turned 6 months old this weekend! We're not sure how that happened. He's sitting up (mostly) unassisted, eating (almost) everything we give him, and even learning to play baseball!

Waffle shirts with dad...

Feeling froggy!

Learning how to keep his eye on the ball...

Jumperoo!

Many thanks to Erik and Lori for sending us their Jumperoo! Thomas LOVES it. Let the jumping begin!

Wedding Dress Redux

Instead of keeping my wedding dress preserved in a box in the closet in the hopes that strapless dresses are still in fashion by the time a daughter or granddaughter is married (yeah, right), I decided to get some use out of it. A friend-of-a-friend used the satin train to sew two baptism outfits, a boy's and a girl's. Thomas wore the boy's romper last week, and the girl's is just in case! Here is the sad state of my dress now, and the two adorable outfits. I think it's nice symbolism of the journey from bride to mother. If anyone would like the name of my friend, I highly recommend her! She does lovely work.

Dunked!

Our boy was baptized last weekend at Holy Trinity here in Philly. We had great fun all weekend with visiting family and friends. Thomas is blessed to have so many wonderful people in his life!

With godparents, Rob, Megan, and Erik!

He showed Grandma and Grandpa Miller how he can sit up now.

And he got to meet his cousin, Lexi! We think they'll be good friends.

Week in Review

We had some good laughs with Thomas this week!

And all that laughing really tuckered him out...

On a side note, Russell and Bella shared a little pasta on Saturday. Not sure what the dog whisperer would think of this...

February

This week...

Dad styled Thomas's hair!

Mom got to cuddle with a sleepy Thomas, who couldn't make it through Goodnight Moon.



And Thomas grew more in love with his exersaucer!

Goodnight Moon

Dancing with Dad

I took this video before the holidays, but it still melts my heart!

Catch Up

Okay, I slipped the last few days...but look what fun we've been having with Thomas!

Puppy Love

Thomas is discovering Bella...and Bella is discovering Thomas!

Cheating

Okay, I didn't get a photo of Thomas today (I'm already slipping!), but here is a pic I took last weekend of Thomas and Dad. It's a blurry photo, but look at Thomas sitting up! He is always trying to sit up now...

Monday January 24th

After the walk home from daycare...

Every Day Thomas

Thomas loves his bouncing seat -- our thanks to Jack and Roxanne for lending it to us!