His Seventh Month

Titus is now in his 7th month being in the outside world.

He is constantly changing- It's so exciting to see him developing thoughts and skills before my eyes. One day he will have a handful of certain skills and the next day a new skill will instantly emerge.

Recently he started shaking his head as if he was saying "No". He also says the word "Bwa" really well. All the sudden he went from sleeping in the middle of the crib, always- to sleeping all over the bed and spin himself 360 degrees.

He's been trying solid food for a few months now, but he's not that into it. We will keep trying. He just likes his breast milk I guess.

We are so thankful to be given a unique, healthy, curious, wide-eyed boy. We are blessed, blessed, blessed!

Jumping Titus

Titus has a few baby contraptions he enjoys while I get stuff done around the house. He loves this exersaucer. He usually will enjoy this toy for about 15-20 mins before he decides he's finished.

Check him out getting crazy in the exersaucer. This video cracks me up.

Funny Boy

Here are some update pics from my cell phone. I just love this cute boy.

That New... Old Theater

I got to swoop in on my brother in law's Christmas gift and take his ticket to see sheryl Crow with the fam. Josh was not back in town from his work trip that day so got to go to a great concert! Thanks Josh!

So, I was equally excited to see the new FOX Theater that night. I had never been inside it in my life. It was condemned by the time I payed attention to it and was intrigued by it. I'm so glad it is restored. It is such a city treasure.

The Sheryl Crow concert was it's Grand Opening besides the Gala a few weeks ago. Sheryl is the first musician that's been on that stage in many years.

This is a pic of my wonderful parents waiting for the show to begin. During the opening act, the people behind us were talking louder than the singer onstage. It was unbelievable for a while, but they seemed to keep it down for Sheryl. The guy next to me didn't have a problem "Shhhhhhh- ing" and telling them that they were rude. It was kind of entertaining in itself.

I just like Sheryl. She's a girl with a guitar.

I knew 95% of the songs she played just because they have been on the radio over the past 10 years. I don't own any of her cds, but I know her hits.

The crowd didn't start standing and noticeably rocking out to her music till the last few songs. Here is my fam getting into it and catching a groove.

The Cabin

Justin's Parents have a cabin in Idyllwild. We went up there for a little get-away.We stayed there Sunday evening till Tuesday afternoon. During that time we watched Lord of the Rings 2 and 3, Played Scrabble and Banana Grams, cooked/ ate/cleaned up after 6 meals, attempted to make brownies, had a few discussions, took a Titus photo shoot, did 2 loads of laundry and stood in the falling snow. We had fun. We want to go back soon. It's nice to have a little time away from the city life.

Titus looks like a little bug

Me and T by the fire

Playing with dad

A brisk morning on the deck

T and daddy going on a little exploration

Titus Bear's bare bottom on bear skin

The snow fell on us the few hours before we left. It was gorgeous.

Titus Tasting

Justin and I decided to see if Titus would like a little solid food. I mixed some brown rice cereal with breast milk. He definitely leaned toward the food and opened his mouth a little bit the first few spoonfuls. He then just wanted to touch and explore the substance rather than eat it. He preferred to just Taste it.

Over the next few days we repeated this process, but he still tightened up his lips so I could just barely slip the spoon in with a little food residue on it. I began to pull his chin open and put a spoonful in, which produced a few confused expressions. So, we decided to wait a while to try it again. Maybe in a week or two.

My Top Cell Phone Pictures of 2009

Here are my top 25 pictures from my cell phone of 2009! I love taking pictures with my phone. That's why I have about 1500 pictures on my phone right now. I narrowed it down to show you my 25 favorite. Goodbye 2009! Enjoy.

My nephew's haircut

Preggo DQ

Justin in birthing class

Preggo silhouette

My crazy hubster

Fortune one month before Titus' birth

Me and my Jo

First cell pic of my baby

His sleep smile at church

My precious bug

New haircut

Cute pose

Titus snugging with his friend Asher

Caleb with his weapon of choice

Snugging with daddy

First baseball game

How I do laundry

Bath time

Peed on the couch

My beautiful boy

Trans Siberian Orchestra

First time in the cart

First scarf on Christmas day

Cracking up

Loving my baby