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...In our House

:: I made this shirt for Tom for Father's Day...His was the practice:-) The one I made for Josh and for my dad, were much better...but they all looked great! ::

:: Daniel took two unassisted steps...while he was with Grandmere and Grandpere, we were at Aunt Sandy's pool with Holden...He hasn't done it since, I am trying not to be too sad...I hope I don't miss it next time! ::

:: Holden fell asleep on the way home from church yesterday, proceeded to sleep 3.5 hours, and then when he woke up he looked for us in our bedroom, changed his clothes and came down stairs (this was around 4pm). When I asked him why he changed his clothes he said, "I fell asleep in my clothes last night" Poor thing, slept so long he thought it was the next day! We are still having a good laugh over this...he was also hungry and insisted on cereal because it was breakfast time after all. ::

11 months...

Wow! Where did June go?  AND what happened at 10 months?  I have some filling in to do.  BUT as for now, Daniel you just turned 11 months this weekend, and the past two months have been big for you...

These black and white pictures are you at 10 months...your 10 month was a blur of teething...let's review, at 9 months you had 4 teeth, now you have 12, well officially 10 but the other two molars, yes I said molars are halfway in, so I am counting them! MOLARS are hard teeth to get. These molars even led to your first, and actually our kiddos first non-well care Doctors visit. I had to rule out an ear infection you were pulling at your ears so much! And screaming from a deep sleep! So much for Dr. G and his ideas that babies are not bothered by teething...OH, how I would LOVE to give him an earful, especially when I am up with you comforting you my poor boy...

So other than teething, this is what 11 months looks like with you:-)

::You are around 21 or so pounds::

::You eat almost anything, although you are starting to refuse some foods...and true to your Robertson roots, you LOVE carbs!::

::Finally you have started feeding yourself! Its not clean but you get most of it in your mouth!::

::You let us know you are finished by throwing your food on the floor...we are working on this...it is not fun for mom or dad::

::The bathtub is a GREAT cure for fussiness, actually most water is, even the COLD river:-)::

::This month you really started communicating, you will get us a cup from the cupboard when you are thirsty, you go to the highchair when you want to eat, you sign "more" and point to what you want. You have also started waving, which you love to do to everyone! Especially because you get such a fun reaction:-)::

::Smiles and laughter are abundant, especially for mommy, daddy, and of course BIG brother::

::You are standing all the time now, but seem reluctant to take a step, would much rather get down and crawl to get places. BUT this hasn't helped with the falls and bumps and bruises!  I think you have had 3 or 4 bloody lips already::

::Thankfully you are pretty tentative on the stairs, you have only gone up 3 so far...you have had two falls on the stairs, both while in your parents arms...once with daddy and once with mommy...maybe you are safer on your own!::

::Our house is definitely full of boys! Boy sounds, boy roughness, you are a BIG wrestler and body slammer...although you do tend to prefer doing the hair pulling and body slamming:-)::

::AND the biggest feat in 11 months...YOU ARE SLEEPING through the night! It's been about a week and it seems to be sticking! Rough teething and all!::

::We love you and look forward to celebrating your 1 year birthday next month, AND big brother is turning 4!::

::I think that covers it:-)::

Father's Day 2010

All holidays that fall on Saturdays, are much better celebrated on Saturday for our family.  Our church meets from10-12 on Sunday, and Tom plays worship a lot which means he leaves the house at 8 am, and so we celebrate on Saturday...SO we let him sleep in, and made some coffee cake, Beth and Josh came over in the morning (side note, the girls had scheduled pedicures for the morning, before realizing it was Father's day weekend:) so the boys were on kiddo duty).  Tom has really started playing worship a lot...in fact I BELIEVE this morning was a rough one, and when Tom came down, I BEGGED him to play worship, knowing I needed an attitude adjustment, and worshiping God is the best way to take myself off the pedestal and put God back on it!  Thank goodness I have such a talented husband:-)

Back to the Father's Day...Daniel is such a groupie...He LOVES music, instantly stopping listening and then moving to his beat...he strums the guitar, Holden's ukulele and hits almost everything like a drum...so as soon as Tom brings out the guitar Daniel finds him, and follows him around...

SO Saturday we had everyone over for dinner, and handed out gifts...this year was a collaboration with me and Beth...we worked on the Daddy-O shirts (see below) together, and we finished a Mr. Fix-It shirt (not pictured yet...)for Tom's dad...

I thought we would just hang out on Sunday after church, but Tom wanted to head to the river...never a BAD idea, so we stopped and picked up a picnic lunch and headed out...I love how at the river, families all gather where there is shade and no one seems to mind as we are clustered closely together even though we don't know each other:-) 

Holden couldn't wait to get into the water, he quickly finished his meal and changed into his swimsuit...Even though the water was cold he didn't seem to mind and he loves that at the river you can throw rocks!

Tom, you are an amazing Father and Husband, we love you so...Holden waits for you to be done working so you can play with him, and your time with him in the pool this summer has been so fun to watch.  You have an insurmountable amount of patience and you teach them so well...I often think that as the father of two boys your job is harder than mine, because YOU are their model... I need to model too, but you are the daddy, who they want to be like.  And you do it so well...thank you for loving me, and our boys the way you do, and mostly for loving God in such a way that our boys see it in your daily life.  I know the boys will have a great example of a husband who loves his God and his wife selflessly and deeply.  That means more to me than you know.

Daniel, who is crawling, and putting every.blessed.thing in his mouth, was interesting to watch at the river...BUT he was happy as a clam, sitting in the COLD water and playing with the rocks and leaves...I can't believe how long he sat there!

We got to see this duck couple swimming down the river...they were so cute, and Holden was so excited to see them...

To my dad, thank you for your love...for teaching me about integrity, and quiet faith.  Through you I learned about hard work, setting your priorities, and most of all staying true to what you believe no matter what others think... I love you, I LOVE watching you with my boys (even though you ignore my rules;-)), they love you deeply, and look forward to every visit.  You are an awesome dad and I thank God I was born into the family I was.  I also am so thankful for the family I had the blessing of marrying into...Tom's dad is too an amazing man.  I love to watch him love on my boys.  He helped raise an awesome man, and for that I will always be thankful.  If you ever want to chat about pretty much anything, he is ready and willing:-)  I love that he respects me and my interests and have made them some of his interests...I am blessed and loved by the dads in my life:-)

This is Tom's first Father's Day as a daddy-o to two boys...what a special gift.  We are truly blessed.  I can't wait to see what else God has planned for our life!  Happy Father's Day!

PS in case you are wondering...I love the man and I am loving the beard...never thought I would, but I believe it has something to do with the man behind it:-)

Favorite Capture Friday

Holden took his very first picture with my camera:-)