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!!!

Titus tries to eat everything, cousins included.

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:

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:

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!

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. : (

Titus Walker's favorite toy

Can you guess what his favorite toy is?

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....

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.

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