Monday, September 28, 2009

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!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

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.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

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).

Cake is served.

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.

Mmmm

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!

Happy B-day

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!

Yay!

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.

Cake Chair

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.

Bathtime

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!!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

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 :)