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Scarf

This little scarf actually belongs to a teddy bear, but it fits Toby perfectly. He found it yesterday and put it around his neck by himself, he keeps wearing it around the house. Cute stuff!

Happy 1st Toby!

It finally happened--Toby turned one!! We actually survived (all three of us) the first 365 days of parenthood! We had a small family party and had fun celebrating our little guy.


daddy and mommy made the cakes.


Why are you making me wear this hat??


I like my little cow on wheels and my cowboy vest!


ohhh....sugar!!!

Countdown

Well, we can begin the countdown to Toby's first birthday--which is unbelievable to me! That's right, he'll be turning one in less than a month. I remember the first few weeks of being a new mom, feeling quite overwhelmed, and thinking it's going to take forever to get to his first birthday. But once the shock subsides, and you get into the groove of the whole parenting thing, time starts flying by!

Toby is on the move, and is walking very well. He walks all day long around the house, and seems to only rest for meals and nap times. Here's some recent pics of our little guy. We just love him to pieces!


Toby taking driving lessons--he was thrilled to be in the driver's seat.


Toby looking at his books. He actually brings us books to read to him now--very fun.


Helping mommy unload the grocery bags.


Wearing one of daddy's outfits from 1980. Andrew actually wore this outfit on his 1st b-day.

Visiting Bee

My mom, Toby, and I went to Phoenix last week to visit Toby's Aunt Christina and Cousin Bethany (Bee). It was pretty weird to experience Halloween in 85 degree weather, but that's Phoenix! It was good to finally meet little bee in person - she was so little compared to Toby, and so adorable. I'm happy to announce that Christina, Stephen and Bethany are moving back to Portland next month! Now we won't miss out on little Bee growing up! :-)

New Shoes and First Steps!

Maybe it was the new shoes we bought him yesterday, maybe it was the bite of sweedish meatball last night at Ikea....who knows, but he took his first steps today!!!

Soon after Andrew got home tonight, he stood Toby up in the living room and Toby took one step towards him! I was in the kitchen working on dinner, so I quickly grabbed my camera to try to get something on tape. The first video is technically of his second steps, and I went a little crazy (you might want to turn the volume down on your computer), as you'll see, Toby got a little scared from all our excitement.

I believe our world is about to change...

Fun at the Park

Toby is getting big enough to try out some of the playground equipment (with help from dad of course). I think he liked the swing best of all, but he sure looked cute on the little rocking whale.