man where does the time go

i can't believe it has been over 1/2 a month since i posted. bad me. so much stuff has been going on too. thomas is growing up so fast it is crazy. they really do grow up right in front of you. it is no wonder that our parents know us so well. they get to see it all as it happens, development from the very get go. i think sept was our most picture poor month since thomas was born. we took only 50 pics.... not even 2 whole rolls of 36 exp! pretty puny in digital terms. and don't even talk to me about finding time to stay up to date with email. i have given up and now take email breaks on monday and saturday. can't keep up with it, so i just let it go! :)

here's a cute pic of thomas smiling with william's mom. thomas is really understanding the concept of picture taking now. he pretends that he is taking pictures of us (we gave him an old first gen digital camera) and loves when we play along and pose for him.



-------------getting sick----------------

toddlers are pretty gross when they are sick. sometimes it feels like you just keeping wiping and wiping and somehow, from somewhere deep within their teeny nasal cavities, long snot strings keep emerging. sometimes, i look in there, and it is just filled with gooey snot, even though i just wiped it! and when toddlers get sick, it usually isn't just for 2-3 days. usually, it takes a week to 2 weeks for all symptoms to clear. we have been lucky so far though - he has gotten 2 colds this season and they only gave him really snotty noses. no sore throat or hacking cough. the last time he got sick was back in Feb and it was pretty bad. so we are going to keep praying that he just gets these minor colds and not really bad ones with fevers and the whole 9 yards.

oh wait, i know i mentioned he likes climbing a couple months back. still does, and he likes anything that can get him higher. he loves carrying the little step stool around to see what it can get him access too. caught him on the coffee table - crazy boy. he definitely understands height is advantageous.

---------------eating--------------------

he has been pretty picky overall about eating, but he gets enough food in him to poop consistently 1-2 every day. i figure that is enough. his favorite snack is a smoothie - 1/4 cup milk, a 1/2 banana, 4 oz yobaby yogurt, and a couple pieces of frozen fruit. blend all together and instant healthy meal! very slurpable.


--------------personality----------------
on Monday, thomas threw a plate down on the table with a loud klunk. william admonished thomas very sternly, only to have thomas (who was standing on a chair next to him) smack both hands on the dinning table, stare right into william's eyes and grunt with an exclamation point "huh HUH!" we both agreed later that he had a little smirk on his mouth too. COMPLETE defiance! but when william turned to me to back up a time-out, i couldn't hold my composure and starting laughing, deep in my belly. i just couldn't believe what i was watching our son do to my husband. it was hilarious!

our family foot portrait. next time, we'll try to get scsi in there with us :)

--------fun on the computer-------------
thomas' auntie jenny from LA visited this weekend and she brought with her an Apple that had a fun little camera on it. thomas caught on instantly that he didn't look right had had loads of fun snapping pictures of himself. her macintosh has a built-in camera with all these kooky effects. here's what happens when you have a 1.5 year old and a free hand on the computer...