Thanksgiving

Uncle Ben and Aunt Kate came to visit Theo and his parents at Thanksgiving. It had been a full year since he last saw them, so Theo had a lot of new tricks to show them. He even saved his first steps for their much anticipated visit:

late-summer

Here's an unfinished post from about 6 months ago:

The boy's preference for walking (albeit with his parents' assistance) led many to believe that perhaps he would skip crawling all together. However, crawling provided a much-needed short cut to independence. Thus, without interrupting his walk-training, the young boy took up crawling. Here's his actual first real crawl (that is, on his knees and moving forward):

When Mom's away

This is what happens when Dad is left in charge:

Plus this:

And some of this:

birthday: big #1

Typically, the first item of business on the boy's schedule is to make it known to his parents that he is hungry. But on his special day, young Theo wanted to first listen to music. The little family then headed downstairs for a birthday breakfast of berry pancakes and the opening of a few presents. Turns out the boy is not too fond of pancakes (yet), and the loud noise his new toy tractor made scared him to tears (but it's now his favorite toy). It's only fair to mention, however, that the previous late-night partying had caught up to him with a fever later in the day. He was very thankful for the many happy birthday wishes from so much of his family and friends.

halloween weekend

For his first halloween, the boy picked pumpkins, went to the Circleville Pumpkin Festival with his parents, dressed up as a care bear, and went trick or treating with his neighborhood buddies. He stayed up late not 3, but 4 nights in a row until the witching hour of 7pm.

mid summer

Theo at his happiest: a nice, safe distance away from the scary water fountains.



Next time: peanuts and cracker jacks (and maybe a Dodger Dog)

Captain T-Wolf and his fellow pirates.

CMA

Here are some highlights from the boy's visit to the Columbus Museum of Art:

your move

theo as a puppet

sweet baby, party baby

Singing with his dadums.