11 Months Old

At 11 hours old (this picture is more like 3 hours but it is the closest I could find) Mommy and Daddy were in awe of how much they could love their little boy.
At 11 days, we were trying to figure out how to get you to sleep like this at night and not during the day.

At 11 weeks, Mommy and Daddy were in the swing of things and were really getting into a good routine with baby T. You were smiling and so much more alert!

As as of yesterday baby boy, you are 11 months old and I wonder where has my little baby gone? You are so full of life and busy all the time. Mommy and Daddy say all the time we don't know how we could love you more! You have made us a family and we couldn't imagine life without you. We look forward to watching you grow and feel incredibly blessed to be your Mommy and Daddy.

Happy 11 months to our sweet, little boy!

Love, Mommy and Daddy

Landscaping

Our new sod is in and the rock is almost complete as well. Thanks so much to our good friends and neighbors, Sean and Scott, for helping us out. Mites...stay away! We don't want to sod our lawn ever again!
Torin even played outside cheering the guys on...Paul and Scott are in the background laying the sod.

New sod...backyard.

New sod...front yard.

Getting Daddy in Shape

Daddy has been working on getting in shape lately with bike riding and playing basketball so Mommy and I joined him this morning for a bike ride. He's says it's harder to bike with me behind him so I'm giving him a better workout.
I could be a personal trainer...faster Daddy faster!

4th of July

The 4th was wet and rainy here in Colorado, but we still got outside as much as possible throughout the day. We spent the 4th in Niwot with Sean and Tracey, Rusty and Rachel and other friends. Torin loved the lab dogs...Maggie, Delaney and Chloe. He spent most of his time climbing all over them and they were incredibly gentle with him.
Hanging out with Sean and Tracey...he wanted some of Sean's beer!

Rusty got some baby practice in. He and Rachel are having their first baby in October.

Torin stayed up until 10:00 watching the fireworks. He was very tired yesterday since he was up so late!

Dishwasher

Gamma Herding started this newest game when we were home in June...letting T play in the empty dishwasher. So now every time we empty the dishwasher we have to let him play with it. So I left him standing next to the dishwasher and went to get the laundry out. It became quiet...too quiet. I returned to the kitchen and he had climbed onto the door of the dishwasher and was standing up to get the upper rack. Little monkey...Mommy can't turn her back for a second anymore!

Uuummmmm...Doggy Did It?

Hi Mom. Um, the doggy pulled all the toilet paper off the roll...yeah that's it. Doggy did it.
Sorry, T. Normally Mommy would believe that story, but she caught you in the act this time.

It is a good thing you are this cute...how could Mommy ever get mad at a face like this? I love you my son...even when you are naughty. :)

"No Touch"

Now that we have an almost one year old, we've had to start implementing some rules. "No Touch" has started in our house with a few different things. One is Mommy's plants, another is Daddy's electronics, and the last are Cooper's water and food dishes.
"No touch, Torin." Mommy says.

Sigh...it is a work in progress. A very slow work in progress. :)