Christmas

Here's a video of Titus before he opened the Elmo chair from Papa and Grandma Kathy. He has almost as much fun with it wrapped as unwrapped!




Titus had a really hard time with putting one gift to the side long enough to open another. Guess we should have only gotten him one thing! He had a great time and we had a very uneventful, enjoyable day.

Pumpkin Decorator Extraordinaire

Yesterday, I let Titus decorate a little pumpkin with fingerpaint. He was a little timid at first, but he got into after a while. He wore daddy's old Allied shirt as a smock, which he thought was quite funny. He even learned how to say pumpkin, sort of.

painting the pumpkin

I know many of you have not gotten to see Titus' new-found ability to walk yet, so here it is. He first started right before his 1st birthday but he really got good about a month ago.

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Titus' boo boo.

Titus took a hard fall last week at daycare and got a rug burn on his head. Then he got a little wild in the tub and broke the skin. Tim says he fussed for a minute and the started giggling. Tim was quite proud of his tough little guy, so he got some pictures, blood running down his face and all. Enjoy.

Titus' 1st haircut.

All the cute little curls are gone!! Can you believe it? We did this the last weekend in August before we went to New Mexico. Tim used our clippers in the garage with Titus' in his high chair and he just sat there. Didn't freak out, cry or squirm. He never stops amazing us! And now, no one can say he has a mullet. We couldn't have that anymore. When was finished, he got a fig newton, one of his favorites, for being so good.

Birthday portraits

Pictures (of Titus)

I know it has been a while since I posted. I started to a few times, but there wasn't really any new or exciting things to post. But I finally have a link to the 1 year portraits we had done a few weeks ago. I have the CD, so I will try to post them in a more direct manner later. But for now, here is the link to the Sears web site.

https://www.searsphotos.com/view_roll_images.asp?sesstype=4&sessid={4EAB0124-E0F6-4950-98B7-27417376BD95}&url=dep_order_portraits.asp&tag=F4A6844498D042849462E4999ED477972E3F724AD9D845C290E528DF5C7C5421

I hope that works. I'll double check it. On that some note, I have the CD and copyright, so if you want a copy of anything you don't need to pay $15 a sheet. Just let me know and I can either mail you a copy of the CD or email the picture or print it for you and send it to you. If you are a grandparent or great grandparent or Titus' aunt or uncle you will have something coming to you, but I didn't order a lot of prints this time. Let me know and I will be glad to get them to you.

Chaos

Our house is a mess right now. Even still, it's been nice to have our own space, messy as it may be. We still have a lot of work to do on the cabinets. After that, we can unpack the kitchen and that will make things much easier. Right now, we have a working fridge, sink, oven (not the range), and microwave. So we are able to cook, but nothing that requires too many real dishes or a range. I hate washing dishes, and without a dishwasher, I avoid using too much stuff that needs to be washed. ;)
Our room and our clothes are fairly well in place and I got the bathroom nearly ready to go on my days off. Taking showers is a really nice thing. I can even see myself in the mirror that is back on the wall.
Titus has his crib back and he loves it! He is up high and he has a bouncy mattress. He loves to bounce.
Titus got his 1 year shots today. He did so well. He also had to get blood drawn. He did try to bite the poor girl drawing his blood, but at least she didn't get stuck. Bad news is, I got a call from her this afternoon that one tube clotted, so we have to go through all that again. He didn't get sick this time around, so it was good overall.
We went to Sears to get pictures taken and the whole experience was a disater. They were running behind, the guy didn't move very fast, he was the only one working there. He wasn't even a good photographer. He literally demonstrated where I should sit after Tim was already in place. This put him in Tim's lap! Weird. Oh, and he smelled bad. I finally got aggravated enough to leave without even seeing the pictures. So I have to make another appointment to see them. If they're not worth buying, we're going to have someone else do them. I'll keep you posted as soon as there is something available for order.
I think I have ramblled on long enough for this post. More later. Have a blessed day!

Titus' Birthday Party

Titus turned 1 on Saturday. I had great plans to get up early and hang baloons over his bed like my mom always did for us when we were kids. I even got them ready before I went to bed. Turns out, I did get up early, at 3 am to his screaming, to find he had a fever. We spent the rest of the night in the recliner, with no baloons. :-( I had to give him Tylenol all day but he finally perked up a little before the party.
Everything else turned out so well. My parents got to come down, with no delayed flights. We decorated everything in Curious George. The cake turned out really well and we had a really nice turnout from a lot of our friends from church. I'll post some pictures of everything soon. I have to get them from the camera (and the grandparents' cameras) to the computer. Thank you to all who brought and sent gifts. They were all so nice. Stand by for thank you cards. I hope to work on that today.

What's new with us.

Well, I think I'm figuring this out. I just got off work, so forgive my spelling and grammar. I just wanted to give you all a quick update if you haven't seen us in a while. We are now living in Lubbock, TX. We just bought a house that we are renovating. Our furniture just arrived after having been in storage for over 6 months, so we are looking to move in soon, even though there is more work to do. I work in labor and delivery as a nurse. Tim has a job at a company that repairs tools. He is working part time now and working on the house and watching Titus, but in the fall he will go full time.
Titus' 1st birthday was Saturday. He is amazing. He knows several signs. He is starting to get some words and took his first steps last week. More about him later. He is a true joy.
We are glad to be out of the Navy. We still feel like we are transitioning, but we are getting more accustomed to civilian life. Some parts are easier, some are harder.
I'm about to fall asleep, so I need to get in the shower and go to bed. I'll try to fill in the bits and pieces as I go.