Titus tries to eat everything, cousins included.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Cousins
Titus has a cousin! Jack Ryan was born February 5 and we were able to go visit yesterday. Ti definitely doesn't know what to do with a baby and for the most part he could care less about the little baby. We tried to get some pictures of the two of them...interesting!!!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Titus' new tricks
Jumping:
Rolling everywhere:
(this is also how Ti moves around...scooting around on his back)
The old-fashioned Army crawl:
Climbing on the steps:
Practice walking:
Getting up on his hands and knees:
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Supervision Required
Titus has been requiring more and more supervision these days. Long gone are the days when I could lay him on the floor and he would stay put! Now he's all over the place!! He's constantly learning new things, and I love watching him try to figure things out!
This is what he's been up to lately:
This is what he's been up to lately:
Monkey butt
So cute!
I took these pictures yesterday and today he's been at it again. Pretty much anytime he's on the floor he's heading over to the stairs! He actually started working on the second step this morning. Before I'm ready he will be able to climb up to the kitchen!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Vroom Vroom
Titus' new car!
This neat, little toy is also a push toy. The seat pulls up and acts as a handle so Ti can walk behind it. It's pretty cool! The first time we put him on it he pulled his feet up off the floor- so cute! Of course I didn't have my camera with me. : (
Monday, February 21, 2011
To-Do
I have a ridiculously long to-do list hanging over my head. It has been increasing in length since before Titus was born. I do cross things off of it, but usually for every one thing I cross off another two or three get added on. I even divided my list into categories (clean/projects/everyday stuff). That didn't help! The project list is just a bunch of projects that I would like to do someday, but if I don't the only one that will notice is me. I can't live with that. The list for cleaning/organizing is the one that's driving me crazy!!! I feel like I can never truly cross anything off of this list. I might make a lot of progress in an area, but since it's not finished I can't cross it off. And I hate not being able to cross things off my list- that's the entire reason I make the stupid list so I can joyfully cross things off! Oh well, one of these days... (I tell myself that every. single. day.)
I'm ignoring my big huge list today, though, and working on a much smaller one. Laundry. It never ceases and it's everywhere. Today I'm going to try very hard to get ahead (what's that?) and then go through our clothes. Mine especially. You know you have too many clothes when you don't *need* to laundry for about 2 or 3 weeks. It's ridiculous and I can't handle the piles and baskets anymore. I'm still learning how to be more efficient in my homekeeping skills (obviously) and this is one area where I'm really weak and going to get better. The sad thing is is that the abundance of clothes I think are mostly mine!
I will post before/after pictures when I'm done! I just hope I don't get lost....
I'm ignoring my big huge list today, though, and working on a much smaller one. Laundry. It never ceases and it's everywhere. Today I'm going to try very hard to get ahead (what's that?) and then go through our clothes. Mine especially. You know you have too many clothes when you don't *need* to laundry for about 2 or 3 weeks. It's ridiculous and I can't handle the piles and baskets anymore. I'm still learning how to be more efficient in my homekeeping skills (obviously) and this is one area where I'm really weak and going to get better. The sad thing is is that the abundance of clothes I think are mostly mine!
I will post before/after pictures when I'm done! I just hope I don't get lost....
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sewing, Crocheting+, crafts galore!
When I was a kid I enjoyed sewing so my dad would set side his socks that had holes and I would fix them. I remember digging through the bottom drawer of his dresser to find socks to fix. I also took sewing machine lessons when was younger- I made some pretty cool stuff on some crazy machines!
Over the years my sewing projects have mostly been hemming pants (when I'm not being lazy) and fixing buttons. Recently, however, I have rediscovered my love for sewing projects. I made a Moby Wrap and nursing cover. I have a bag full of cut up wash clothes that need to be hemmed so they will stop shedding. I also am going to take a bunch of t-shirts that I have an emotional attachment to (sad I know- but they're camp t-shirts) and make a quilt.
I also love to crochet! I picked it up a couple years ago and haven't stopped! I am a boring crochet-er, though. I have only made blankets- lots and lots of blankets. Some day I'm sure I will branch out and make something else, but for now crocheting neat lines over and over is my thing.
Over the years my sewing projects have mostly been hemming pants (when I'm not being lazy) and fixing buttons. Recently, however, I have rediscovered my love for sewing projects. I made a Moby Wrap and nursing cover. I have a bag full of cut up wash clothes that need to be hemmed so they will stop shedding. I also am going to take a bunch of t-shirts that I have an emotional attachment to (sad I know- but they're camp t-shirts) and make a quilt.
nursing cover (which Titus hates)
cut up wash clothes that I will hem and use as wipes
T-shirts for quilt
I also love to crochet! I picked it up a couple years ago and haven't stopped! I am a boring crochet-er, though. I have only made blankets- lots and lots of blankets. Some day I'm sure I will branch out and make something else, but for now crocheting neat lines over and over is my thing.
Titus' blanket
a blanket for Titus' sister (if he ever has one)
current project
Happy Valentine's Day! (a day late)
Happy V-day everyone!! I hope it is full of blessing and time with loved ones!
I have had lots of fun cuddle time with Titus this morning and thankfully waking up at 6 this morning didn't kill me like it did yesterday. He's still having issues with teething/recovering from a cold but he seemed very happy to hang out with me today.
And Bryan- wow! AMAZING!!!!!! He worked late last night and stayed up even later working on a Valentine card for me. I feel so special and I absolutely love it! I'm so thankful he only had a 4 hour shift at work today so we can hang out. I miss him and love spending time with him!
My V-day presents from Bry:
I have had lots of fun cuddle time with Titus this morning and thankfully waking up at 6 this morning didn't kill me like it did yesterday. He's still having issues with teething/recovering from a cold but he seemed very happy to hang out with me today.
And Bryan- wow! AMAZING!!!!!! He worked late last night and stayed up even later working on a Valentine card for me. I feel so special and I absolutely love it! I'm so thankful he only had a 4 hour shift at work today so we can hang out. I miss him and love spending time with him!
My V-day presents from Bry:
amazing card that B made for me
my gorgeous flowers
Sunday, February 13, 2011
What I love...
- My Savior, Jesus Christ. Without Him I can do absolutely nothing.
- My Man. He works his butt off to provide for me and the little man and he's so patient and loving. Plus he's so dreamy!
- Titus Walker. His smiles warms my heart. His hugs and kisses are 2 of my favorite things ever.
- My family. My family on both sides are amazing, loving, helpful and so supportive!
- Sleep. It amazing and I really wish I could have more of it. Someday...
- Crocheting. It makes me feel creative and I love making things for people!
- Blogs/blogging. I absolutely love reading other people's blogs and learning about whatever they have to say. I'm falling in love with my own blog. I find I hard to have time to write as much or as often as I want but I'm getting there.
- My Man. He works his butt off to provide for me and the little man and he's so patient and loving. Plus he's so dreamy!
- Titus Walker. His smiles warms my heart. His hugs and kisses are 2 of my favorite things ever.
- My family. My family on both sides are amazing, loving, helpful and so supportive!
- Sleep. It amazing and I really wish I could have more of it. Someday...
- Crocheting. It makes me feel creative and I love making things for people!
- Blogs/blogging. I absolutely love reading other people's blogs and learning about whatever they have to say. I'm falling in love with my own blog. I find I hard to have time to write as much or as often as I want but I'm getting there.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Friday
I'm so excited for tomorrow! It's Friday!!!! I don't get weekends off so I could care less about Fridays these days. Except for tomorrow!
Tomorrow Bryan has off. This will be his first day off in 8 days and his inky day off until next Friday. The hours are good and so are the paychecks but I miss my husband. I have seen him more this week because he has been working at night but it doesn't feel like I have really seen him at all.
I can't wait to lay around all day an just hang out. We will probably catch up on our tv shows and have some family cuddle time. Bryan even mentioned letting me sleep in a little bit! Although, I can't get too excited about that because he will be up late tonight working on a freelance project. But even if I can't sleep in it doesn't matter because I get to spend the day with him!
Titus will be excited to B to be home all day. Ti is very much a Daddy's boy these days and it's adorable! Titus loves waking his Daddy up every morning by climbing on him. It's so cute!
Okay- I'm off to bed. Here's hoping Titus sleeps well tonight and that I can fall asleep quickly!!
Tomorrow Bryan has off. This will be his first day off in 8 days and his inky day off until next Friday. The hours are good and so are the paychecks but I miss my husband. I have seen him more this week because he has been working at night but it doesn't feel like I have really seen him at all.
I can't wait to lay around all day an just hang out. We will probably catch up on our tv shows and have some family cuddle time. Bryan even mentioned letting me sleep in a little bit! Although, I can't get too excited about that because he will be up late tonight working on a freelance project. But even if I can't sleep in it doesn't matter because I get to spend the day with him!
Titus will be excited to B to be home all day. Ti is very much a Daddy's boy these days and it's adorable! Titus loves waking his Daddy up every morning by climbing on him. It's so cute!
Okay- I'm off to bed. Here's hoping Titus sleeps well tonight and that I can fall asleep quickly!!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Teething and the Gospel
Titus is teething. He's crabby, clingy, biting and chewing on everything, at times running a low-grade fever, congested with a horrible cough. (There is a huge potential for Ti also having a cold- but I like blaming his issues on those teeth!). :) Ti already has the two bottom teeth. He cut them both in about two weeks and it was barely noticeable. Not so for these top teeth! They are slowly working their way down through his gums and the poor guy is miserable! I get lots of cuddles, which I love but I can't take the pain away.
God reminded me of the Gospel when I was thinking about Ti's teething. This world isn't right. It's full of pain, and teething is just one other example of that. Praise God this is not my real home! I have hope in Christ. This season of mommyhood has reminded me of what's really important and what I want Titus to learn about Jesus. I want him to realize his need for a Savior at an early age and to fall in love with Him. I want to see Titus live his life to serve God and not himself.
Watching Ti be in pain sucks, but I'm so grateful for the reminder it serves and how it points me attention to the Gospel.
picture of teeth to come...I hope!
God reminded me of the Gospel when I was thinking about Ti's teething. This world isn't right. It's full of pain, and teething is just one other example of that. Praise God this is not my real home! I have hope in Christ. This season of mommyhood has reminded me of what's really important and what I want Titus to learn about Jesus. I want him to realize his need for a Savior at an early age and to fall in love with Him. I want to see Titus live his life to serve God and not himself.
Watching Ti be in pain sucks, but I'm so grateful for the reminder it serves and how it points me attention to the Gospel.
picture of teeth to come...I hope!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Routine
I need it. Bryan needs it. Titus really needs. But for some reason I absolutely suck at executing it!
I love going with the flow and just letting things happen, but that usually means when I go to bed at night a lot of things didn't get done that needed to be completed. I had to stay up last night to switch over the laundry so my man could have clean work clothes this morning. If I had a routine that I actually stuck to this wouldn't have happened (at least it shouldn't have happened).
From the get go with Titus I have done my best to have some sort of routine. It focused on when he ate and when he slept. Everything else just got shoved in inbetween or forgotten about completely. Titus was and still is awesome at sticking with a routine for a few days then when I think "Hey maybe this will stick," he completely changes it! Little butt! :o) We generally nursed every three hours and took naps inbetween. It probably is my fault that we don't have a very good routine because I value sleep *way* too much and never wanted to set my alarm in the morning to have a specific starting time for our day. So it isn't probably my fault it *definitely* my fault. I read and heard from friends that starting your day at the same time helps make the rest of the day more predictable and it's easier to have a routine that way. But, I'm lazy and now I'm paying for it!
God has been working in my heart and showing me how I can be more diligent in serving and blessing my family. To do that I need a routine where I know when I'm supposed to do what. Otherwise I always find something else to do instead of scrubbing down the bathroom, doing laundry, or cleaning up clutter. I've been reading up on making daily routines/schedules and see that there are two major ways to do it. You can have a specific time for a specific task or you can have an order in which you do things at general times during your day. I prefer the second. I think have specific times would be a little too structured for me, but if that would benefit my family then I'm gonna do it. But I'm going to try the more general routine first. :)
So, here is my daily routine...
7:00-8:00 : get up/change and nurse (if he wants to) Ti
Breakfast for me and the Ti-man
Play with Ti- stories/songs/floor time/ etc
Ti's first nap (usually around 9-9:30) and devotion time for me
When Ti gets up- nurse and alone play time--- me: cleaning/to-do list
Lunch for me and Titus/hang out with my baby
Nap for Ti (around 1-1:30) and maybe nap for me if I need it--finish cleaning/relax
When Ti gets up- nurse and play with Mommy/ dinner prep
Dinner and short nap for Ti
Clean up dinner and hang out as a family
Nurse Ti and put him to bed
Hang out with the hubby (if he's not working)/cleaning/ relax/ bed
The nap times have been somewhat consistent for the last week and half- longest ever!! So hopefully this routine thing will work for us. I will keep you posted! If anyone has suggestions I would love to hear them!!
I love going with the flow and just letting things happen, but that usually means when I go to bed at night a lot of things didn't get done that needed to be completed. I had to stay up last night to switch over the laundry so my man could have clean work clothes this morning. If I had a routine that I actually stuck to this wouldn't have happened (at least it shouldn't have happened).
From the get go with Titus I have done my best to have some sort of routine. It focused on when he ate and when he slept. Everything else just got shoved in inbetween or forgotten about completely. Titus was and still is awesome at sticking with a routine for a few days then when I think "Hey maybe this will stick," he completely changes it! Little butt! :o) We generally nursed every three hours and took naps inbetween. It probably is my fault that we don't have a very good routine because I value sleep *way* too much and never wanted to set my alarm in the morning to have a specific starting time for our day. So it isn't probably my fault it *definitely* my fault. I read and heard from friends that starting your day at the same time helps make the rest of the day more predictable and it's easier to have a routine that way. But, I'm lazy and now I'm paying for it!
God has been working in my heart and showing me how I can be more diligent in serving and blessing my family. To do that I need a routine where I know when I'm supposed to do what. Otherwise I always find something else to do instead of scrubbing down the bathroom, doing laundry, or cleaning up clutter. I've been reading up on making daily routines/schedules and see that there are two major ways to do it. You can have a specific time for a specific task or you can have an order in which you do things at general times during your day. I prefer the second. I think have specific times would be a little too structured for me, but if that would benefit my family then I'm gonna do it. But I'm going to try the more general routine first. :)
So, here is my daily routine...
7:00-8:00 : get up/change and nurse (if he wants to) Ti
Breakfast for me and the Ti-man
Play with Ti- stories/songs/floor time/ etc
Ti's first nap (usually around 9-9:30) and devotion time for me
When Ti gets up- nurse and alone play time--- me: cleaning/to-do list
Lunch for me and Titus/hang out with my baby
Nap for Ti (around 1-1:30) and maybe nap for me if I need it--finish cleaning/relax
When Ti gets up- nurse and play with Mommy/ dinner prep
Dinner and short nap for Ti
Clean up dinner and hang out as a family
Nurse Ti and put him to bed
Hang out with the hubby (if he's not working)/cleaning/ relax/ bed
The nap times have been somewhat consistent for the last week and half- longest ever!! So hopefully this routine thing will work for us. I will keep you posted! If anyone has suggestions I would love to hear them!!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Hangin' with Grampa
Titus was practicing his standing and cruising skills with Grampa.
"Grampa- you're the coolest!"
Trying to turn around and stand by himself. We have quite the independent 7 month old! :o)
Kisses
Titus Walker loves to give kisses! He just kisses you over and over and over, and sometimes decides he wants to taste you and tries to take a bite! :o) I love his slobbery kisses, but I love watching him kiss his family too! It's so special to see my son loving on people he loves. Most recently was my mom! It was the funniest, cutest thing ever!
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