Nosy Neighbor

Our next door neighbor's son has a dog who sometimes visits. It's a little yappy dog that is more scared of Tommy than vice versa. The other day we were outside and we saw the dog's nose through a small hole in the fence. Tommy then went over and peeked through. Adorable.

Red, White, Black and Blue

Our Fourth of July was relatively quiet except that Tommy took a fall the night before (no stitches thankfully). Five minutes later he was running around the living room screaming for fun as usual.

That wasn't about to stop us from having fun though!

John's Potty Adventure

Yes, that is Tommy on his potty eating, what else?, toilet paper. For the past two days Tommy has been peeing in the toilet after he wakes up in the morning. Then, after he drinks his bottle he slips off somewhere in the house to be alone and 'squat.' John decided that Tommy would squat on the potty chair this morning. He sat Tommy down for a few minutes and nothing happened so John put Tommy in the bath. After a few minutes of playing he squatted again. Back on the chair and still nothing. Finally after several iterations of this John caught Tommy as something fell out of his back-side onto the rug... Still Tommy went poop in the potty chair! John was so excited after that he bounced Tommy up and down then went to wipe him. Next time John will wipe first as he found yet another present on the ground, this time with his slipper...

Tommy's Big Day

Yesterday Tommy was 13 months old and we celebrated one year in our home. I know it's been a while since my last post. That's a combination of vacation, work and home improvements. Tommy walks all over and babbles to himself. He even learned how to point and now thinks that whatever he points at he will get. Somehow every time he doesn't get it he's still disappointed.

A few weeks ago John recognized that Tommy wakes up with a wet diaper and then after he's changed, Tommy poops. John, not liking to change poopy diapers, decided we should get a potty chair. So, for the past week Tommy sits on the toilet for a couple minutes each morning.

This morning when John picked up Tommy there was pee in the potty!!! John praised Tommy and even rewarded him with a mini-Reeces PB cup. John was so excited that he called me at work and it made my day.

I know it was most likely an accident, however, Tommy went pee in his potty at 13 months old!

Great job Tommy! We love you!!

Tulips and Happiness

This spring I had a very plesant surprise. Gorgeous tulips blossomed in my front yard, red by the driveway and yellow by the house. We couldn't resist the beautiful backdrop.

Tommy first tried to grab the tulips by the rock, so we gave him one instead. I had the hardest time getting it in his hand as he just wanted to eat it. Thankfully we got a handsome picture of him before he decided to taste the tulip.

"She loves me, she loves me not...."

Apparently they don't taste too yummy.She loves me!

Easter Pictures

Tommy got an adorable outfit for Easter so we decided that we needed to take some pictures. Thankfully he was in a pretty good mood.

During October General Conference Sunday morning session Tommy crawled for the first time. We thought it would be really fun if he started to walk during the April General Conference. More because it would be a really easy way to remember than us actually wanting him to walk.

Tommy is really really close to walking so we thought we'd give it a try. He is very good at standing and has taken a couple steps on his own. So we tried to encourage him to walk this past weekend, but he just wasn't in the mood. Instead he got a new tooth! What a nice Easter present. His other top tooth is close behind, but not quite there yet. He'll be 11 months next week and only has three teeth!

Now that General Conference is passed we are NOT encouraging Tommy to walk. He already gets into enough trouble as is. What a little ham!

Time To Go

Every year for Thanksgiving or Christmas we put together movies. This is the movie from this last year. It's noticably shorter than any previous years, but it's still lots of fun. I tried to post it a long time ago, but for some reason it didn't work. After posting that last video John suggested that I post this one too. Enjoy!