Toby on location

here are some pics of Tobias on location where we did some friends' engagement photos this saturday. He spent a good deal of time on the blanket just being silly and making people laugh. See the Flickr link for more pics :)

What a trooper!

I just have to say that our little boy is such a good sport about being dragged all around Phoenix for photo shoots and the like. This past weekend was packed from sun up to sun down and Tobias couldn't have been a more delightful little boy the whole time. He is truly a treat to be around and with each passing day he seems to get cuter and add some new dimension to his charming personality which just makes us fall more and more in love.

He is making great headway towards crawling which is exciting but means lots of work for me in baby-proofing our casa! Lots of new sounds every day and he is very intentional about them too, as if we should know exactly what he means. I think he is going to be an early talker if I had to make a guess.

Excited for cousin Caroline to get here tomorrow!!!!

I will write a post about our finalization of our adoption soon but feel like I need to give it a bit of time and attention so it may take me a few days :)

love you all!

Serious face silly boy

This is a video of Toby up past his bedtime, on grandma's watch of course :) His new thing is to give you a real serious look and then flashing a huge smile with real flirty eyes. We managed to capture a couple of his looks here but I will try to get a clearer video with our other camera. enjoy!

7 months already!

Well, I know it's been wayyyy to long but I'm finally writing a new post! I can't believe it's already been 7 months since we brought our little boy home, my how time flies! Tobias is growing so fast and it seems that he is doing something new every day! My goal is to post weekly about my life as a stay at home mom with lots of pics and even some videos! sheesh, I'm doubting myself even as a write these words but I'm going to make a go of it :)

I am LOVING being a mom, it is truly amazing and Mark and I are having the best time with Tobias. He is such a goof ball and has quite the sense of humor already. As soon as I can figure out how to post video I will load some up from the last few months so you can see how he has progressed and what he is up to today. He is eating like a champ, sitting up all by himself and playing with a wide assortment of toys and is really into anything that makes music. The sleeping is getting better, longer stretches and more consistent so thank the Lord for that! He says DaDa pretty much all the time and were pretty sure he knows what he is saying. he says MaMa when he cries in the middle of the night and it's just the cutest/sadest little thing. He laughs all the time, especially at the pups and Mark has quite the series of circus tricks that he does with him to get him going, not for the faint of heart though so when I post that video I will make sure to post a disclaimer for all the "nervous Nelly's" out there :) All in all he is practically perfect in every way and an absolute joy!

We go to our final court hearing this Wednesday to finalize the adoption and we are so excited. I guess it's a really lovely little ceremony to make everything official and I will have to write more about that experience later. For now, enjoy the new pics, they are from the last 3 months of the little man's life and there will be more to come, I promise :)

love you all,
Kendra