Baby Crack

Recently it's been hard to make dinner every night. I now have a little one under my feet or getting into something while I'm cooking. At that time Rob is home but he's usually getting his clothes and lunch ready for the next day. So, after bathtime we put on a baby praise video(or my sister in-law calls it baby crack)for Tobin so I can get some things accomplished in the kitchen. We've also found that the praise video is very soothing and slows Tobin down before bed time. Actually it kind of puts him a trance. I know TV isn't all that good for infants or children in general but it sure does come in handy say around 6pm.

I'm attaching a picture of Tobin and Grandpa Black watching baby crack. Maybe grandma should purchase a baby praise video to entertain grandpa while she's cooking dinner.

Mommy's little helper

The other day I went in to get Tobin from his crib and found him standing up. I thought "Oh, no, here we go". His crib seems to be his warm up space where he gets all of his practice. Well, since that day he has been discovering a whole new level of life. His perspective has gone from 6 inches off of the ground to about 29 inches off of the ground. With Tobin's perspective changing, so does mine I am looking at our house in a totally new way. Our house is pretty much a death trap. YIKES!!! Everywhere I look I see something that Tobin could pull over on him or put in his mouth. Everywhere Tobin looks he sees a new adventure. The kid has no fear. It's funny how we wish they had a little fear at this age but when they get a little older we wished some of that fear would go away, only to return when they are teenagers, of course.

Since Tobin has gained this new perspective on life he thinks he should be doing whatever it is that I'm doing. He grunts in frustration if he can't get where I am and help. Everytime the dishwashwer opens he comes flying to help. He loves to splash in the leftover water and how the bottom shelf rolls back and forth. If only this love for the dishwasher would stick around. But, for right now knives and glass dishes aren't really the best objects for Tobin to be playing with.

What happened to the play pen?

Tobin is crawling and pulling up on everything now. He's so much happier now that he can have his freedom and go places. I'm happy that my baby is happy but this means mommy stays very busy trying to keep Tobin safe. I kind of miss those days where I could just leave Tobin sitting on the floor when I did the dishes and when I returned he was still sitting in the same spot. Those days are sooo over. I have to do all showering, laundry and most other chores while Tobin is sleeping now. What ever happened to play pens??????? I could sure use one.

The other day I put Tobin inside a pamper box and it entertained him for about 20 minutes. Twenty minutes is precious time!!!! It's not a playpen but it did the job for both Tobin and mommy.

Water Baby

Tobin loves water. When he was a newborn he screamed when we gave him a bath but now days he can't get enough water. He now cries when we take him out of the bathtub. He enjoys sticking his hands under the faucet and is fascinated with the water going down the drain.

He also loves getting in the swimming pool. We got him a cheap little pool but grandma and grandpa got a new cadilac pool for the grandboys. He has learned the art of splashing and is now crawling in the pool which sometimes causes some scarey moments for mommy and daddy.

Our little TIP

I'm finally back to blogging. I'm sure most of you have given up on me but I'm still going to continue to blog so I can at least have some sort of a record of our son's life.

So, let me catch you up really fast. Tobin is now 7 months old and will be 8 months on the 20th of July. That is soooo hard for me to believe. He is a very busy little man. I always said I didn't want a boring child, that I wanted a son or daughter with character. Well......!!!!!! Since my last entry Tobin has started sitting on his own, crawling, eating 3 meals a day, pulling up on things and learned the art of throwing a good tantrum. Honestly I haven't really written because I haven't had too much material but Tobin is supplying me with a wealth of material now. So, here we go, off to a new world of blogging. I'll leave you with some pictures or a growth chart, if you will, to catch you up on things. It's actually a backwards growth chart.