A New Day

Now that Titus is over a year old, the food he can have is so much more diverse. Now that his digestive system is fully developed, he can have cow's milk. We have gone through all the "allergy" foods, and thankfully no allergies! We can have milk, eggs, cheese, yogurt and corn! Two items are still on the 'no list', are nuts and honey. Nuts because of the chance of such a bad reaction, and honey because of botulism. It is great to just make us all a meal, not two separate meals. But soon it will be back to the two separate meals, for the new baby coming.


We have also found the playground next to our home. Now that I have enough energy to walk that far with the stroller, we have visited a few times. Since Titus still isn't walking, we can only do the swing, but boy does he love it!

Mid way belly #2!

Birthday Party!

So the weekend finally came and we had our birthday party at home. Very big thank you to all those who mailed cards and gifts from miles away. A special thanks for all those who came to our house to celebrate. I believe we had around 25 guests, including 10 children under 5. It was a blast. Titus didn't know what to think of it all at first, but he settled in and had a great time too.

He remembered from Tuesday what a birthday cake was and was a little more aggressive this time around. After a quick bath, we were ready to play! He loves all his new toys, videos and clothes and played with them until he tuckered out at bedtime. Thanks again to everyone for making Titus' birthday a very special one for both baby and parents.

You can see a slideshow of all the pictures from the party on the upper right side of the blog. Click the photos to make the show load in a new window, and in larger size.

One Year Pictures

Check this out this cutie!

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So what's a first birthday without cake? We made Titus a small cake just for him and put all kinds of yummy frosting on it (homemade from bananas as to not sugar shock him) and let him have at it. Here the cake is served and Titus is very interested (as is Jones).



Once the cake was placed before him, we knew ANYTHING could happen. Here we can see Titus pondering how to attack the bountiful birthday baked-good.



The result... actually kinda boring. Titus pulled off the Cheerios one by one, placing them neatly on the side of the plate. He tasted the frosting and SUCCESS, he likes it!



Although we didn't grab fist-fulls of cake, we did try several small bites and the cake maintained our interest for well over 15 minutes. Here we are applauding the birthday chef, Mommy!



After Titus felt he had sufficiently displayed the proper birthday pleasantries, he decided it was time to get down to business. Which for him was plopping the whole cake in his lap! Here we were able to pinch off bites for ourself AND share with our bestest buddy Jones.



After we were finished eating and playing with our cake, Mommy and Daddy quickly realized that it was time for a bath. We also discovered that homemade banana frosting is the stickiest substance known to man. Move over Gorilla Glue, you ain't got nothing on this. We soaked and scrubbed and splashed for quite a while and snapped this lovely gem of Titus staring his Mommy down, presumably wondering why she wasn't in the tub with him and Daddy.



All in all we had a great birthday. Thanks to everyone who called to wish us a happy day and for singing to us. Look for more pictures of birthday fun after our big party on Saturday!

One Year Old!

Good morning world... we are 1 whole year old today!!

Remodel Update

We no longer are the pink house in the cul-de-sac!!!! Our home is now a nice neutral color. And we have three new energy efficient windows. Titus even likes the color :)

Baseball

Last night we went to the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball game. Jordan and I were invited by some friends. There were about 8 of us total in the group. We only knew one couple, but they are expecting in October and enjoyed seeing Titus. We haven't been to a baseball game all year, so this was a great treat! And to experience it with friends. Wonderful!

When the players were introduced Titus clapped when everyone else clapped. The lady sitting next to us absolutely loved watching him. During the night we had a "helmet sundae". Mom splurged to get that silly little cap. Although I thought it would have a Isotopes logo on it, sadly it came out with the LA symbol on it for the Dodgers. It will be just as fun to play with! Titus has a Reds cap just like it and just plays for hours. By the 6th inning, it started to rain, so we left the game early. It was already past little man's bedtime, and mommy's for that matter. We would have gotten so other cool pictures, but the rain came too soon. so sad. But we all enjoyed the game!

Labor Day Weekend

Happy Labor Day to all. We enjoyed our weekend. It started out with fun garage saleing on Saturday and we found a great deal on a desk for Jordan, well for me kinda. I have been looking for a table to put my sewing machine on and use. I told Jordan, if my sewing machine had its own table that it could stay out on, we might have curtains! So, when we found this cheap desk, it looked like it was better suited to give to Jordan to use as his desk, and give me our old desk to use for my sewing. And that is just what happened. Then as we were switching desks, we decided to paint the room. So another project for the weekend. :)

On Monday we enjoyed a calm morning, and then went to the Griego's for a BBQ! YUM! We enjoyed good food, good friends, new friends, and the kids had fun too. The girls dressed up in princess dresses and the boys just ran around. Titus really enjoyed himself. He did pick up a princess wand, but he just wanted to use it as hammer!! Such a good boy.