More fun in Utah

While playing with Zimbob, the boy brandishes Jon Anderson's homage to another great Theo:

Fantasia presents the opportunity for the boy to hone his conducting skills, making sure to bring out the violins at the appropriate moment:

Learning to drink from a cup and eat with a spoon = tons of the fun.

Christmas: Part II

The next stop for this winter break was his grandparents' house in Heber City, UT. The blizzards came in time to give the people of this good "city" a beautiful, white Christmas. This mid-western boy seemed to appreciate the impressive effect, amplified by bright sunny skies. It was his first attempt at sledding; the start was uncertain, but with a little help he carefully made it down a few small slopes!

He finally met his first cousin, Ingrid May Jorgensen. Welcome to the world!

Not quite old enough to understand that underneath all the wrapped presents, Theo was happy to run through the room with all its colorful paper and boxes. With a little help, he discovered new toys!

These two were particularly fun as they made music that he could conduct: it's his thing.

Theo had fun getting to know this part of his family a bit better and hopes to see them again soon!

Christmas: Part I

Theo and his parents took a break from the dreary weather in the midwest and headed to the West Coast to visit the grandparents; a beach outing was a priority on their list of things-to-do.

Theo was King during his visit to the County of Oranges. But the good kind--a gracious king, if you will. And his subjects adored him.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.