Tobin's brother

Yes, baby number two is coming SOON!!! I can't believe it's happening already. I think I am at week 31.

We have taken Tobin to all of my doctor's appointments and he has LOVED the ultra sounds. I told the tech we needed to get an ultra sound machine for our home. He loves all the sounds and visuals. It's been fun. It's like Tobin is getting to know his little brother before he even comes into the world.

Catch up for November and December

I've been told that I need to make some new entries. Time has just gotten away from me. I really wanted to start this blog for Tobin's benefit. I would love to have his precious life documented. I was reading another friend's blog the other day and she mentioned that she writes a letter to her daughter for every birthday her daughter has. In the letter she reminds her daughter of all of the milestones of that year. I thought that was a great idea and it convicted me that I need to be more disciplined at writing those milestones down. So, this entry is for Tobin's benefit. I have a lot of catching up to so here it goes.....

November....
November was a full month for us but such a fun month. Not only did we have Tobin and Daddy's birthday but we traveled to Colorado for Thanksgiving. Grandma and Grandpa met us in St. Louis and we all flew to Fort Collins, Colorado to have Thanksgiving with my brother and his family. We stayed for almost a week and what a great week it was. What a blessing it was for Tobin to meet all of his boy cousins. We went to Estes Park, went on lots of walks, daddy got to go to the New Belgium Brewery and we had lots of yummy, Kirsten cooking.

Monkeys in the tree

Grandma bought all of the boys matching PJs

So good to be all together


December....

In December we got on another plane and this time headed South for Atlanta. You see on December 3rd we had another niece enter the world so all of the Phillips clan headed to the ATL to celebrate Christmas and see little Melrose. Tobin had a great time with his girl cousins and we had some great baby, snuggle time. We stayed in Atlanta for a week and what a great week it was.

Gram, Poppie and the grandkids



Opening presents in Atlanta. He went crazy with the wrapping paper.

Extreme sports with Grandpa Black's tractor

He loved his swing from Grandma and Grandpa Black

Double Birthday Party

My two, cute boys had birthdays on November 20th. I can't believe it's been a year since Tobin came into the world. We are so blessed to have Tobin-he truly is a "Gift from God". To celebrate we had a few friends and family over. It was a blessing of a day.

The two birthday boys


Tobin loved the icing!!!


Tobin loved opening his gifts.


Daddy's way of celebrating his birthday.(no, Grandpa didn't have a cigar. I'm not sure if he enhaled or not):)

October

October was a fun month of firsts for Tobin. Tobin loves being outside so of course he loved going to the pumpkin patch. We pretty much went for the chance to be outside all day and for Tobin to enjoy the pumpkins and other children. Don't tell anyone, but we didn't even buy a pumpkin(too expensive at those places). SSHHHHHH!!!!!

Tobin and I also had the privelege of joining my MOPS(Mother's of Preschoolers) group in a costume parade at a Nursing Home. This was a great idea. The residents loved the little ones dressed up in costume and the little ones loved strolling around entertaining who ever was in their path. Tobin strolled as a monkey-we thought it was appropriate. :)

And Another One is coming?????

Wow, in this last week I have wondered to myself how I am going to be able to handle another little one around here. Tobin is in to EVERYTHING!!!!! I always said I wanted children with lots and lots of character, and I got it. Tobin isn't even walking yet and I'm a little nervous to think about that stage coming in the near future.

Let's see this last week Tobin took some of his stuffed animals for swim in the toilet(a toilet that hadn't been flushed). He found out how much fun the toilet paper roll could be. Tobin has discovered that hardwood floors can make a great canvas for finger painting with spit up. He has discovered what drawers have clothes in them and likes to empty the drawers. Trash cans are his favorite. Daddy's guitar always needs to be banged on. Any time the dishwasher is opened Tobin feels the need to crawl up in the dishwasher. Tobin eats almost everything with his hands now and has discovered that it's great fun throwing pieces of food over the side of his tray(thank goodness for hardwood floors). And we're going to have another one?????? Yes, and what a blessing it will be.



*No, of course I don't let Tobin do this but it was worthy of a picture to capture the moment.

He loves entertainment

Tobin has a few favorite things that he likes to do around the house. About 3 or 4 times a day Tobin races to the DVD and CD shelf. For some reason he usually heads right to the Radioheads CD. He loves pulling the DVDs off the shelf, especially the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. I just wish he could learn to put the DVDs back on the shelf.

Tobin loves helping daddy play the guitar. Tobin has always loved music and anytime he has the opportunity to make music is even better.

Tobin also loves pulling all of daddy's blank, CD jackets out of it's storage container. He pulls them out and puts them back in. He enjoys hiding these under rugs and going to find them later. He's like a dog hiding his bone.

What a cute bed head

Tobin was born with a pig tail swirl on the top of his head. It's the cutest thing ever and often is called the "Gerber Baby" when we're out. However, this cute little swirl can cause for some problems when trying to tame the hair.