This little chatty boy

Every day Theo is less of a baby and more of a little boy.  We always say "when Theo was little," and I laugh because he is still very little, and he will always be my baby.  He is so chatty, and we have no idea where that comes from.  No one on either side of our family is a big talker. *wink, wink*  We still pretty much have no idea what he is saying.  "Ut" usually means water or outside, depending on the context.  He has three very similar sounding words - "again, open, and thank you."  You may not think these words sound anything alike, but if you heard Theo say them you would change your mind.  He says "Dada" with a huge grin every time he sees Charlie.  And last week he was saying "Nigh Nigh" with a grin too.  This week, the words are there but the grin is gone when that topic comes up.  "Dog" is the sweetest little high pitched sound he can make, and then there is "hot sauce" - sometimes clear as day and always funny.  Mostly, he just babbles and jabbers all. day. long.  He talks when he gets up in the morning, he talks when we are in the grocery store check out line, he talks before he falls asleep for his naps.  He is a talker.  I can't wait to hear, I mean understand, all of those stories.

Telling Uncle Pat all about the dirt.
Oh yea. He loves dirt. All boy here.

Philly!!

We loved Philly!  We had the most gracious hostess, who even put up with night wakings and very very early mornings.  Amy, when you have kids -- we owe ya BIG time. We loved the weather, we loved the cookies, we loved the pop-up garden, we loved shake shack, we loved the city!

"Mom, I'm just going to eat this rock. nbd."

Oh, one of us didn't love to go sight see. Guess who.

<3 <3 <3

"It's past my bed time."

We loved Aunt Amy's shades.

Reading Terminal Market. So many things to see/buy!
I could've stayed for hours.  Someone else wasn't up for it.

   

Did I mention gorgeous weather??

And gorgeous parks!

We love Philly!

Theo loves his Aunt Amy!

Just adores her!

Mmmmm. Shake Shack.

Okay, Theo won't sit still if he doesn't have a snack.

We loved the planes!

We loved coming home.  Catch ya next time Philly.

Happy Birthday Theo!

On Theo's actual birthday we...

Ate breakfast at our new table and chairs!
(okay, this was a couple days later...but he
did get the table and chairs on his birthday.)

kept the sun out of our eyes.

wore sunscreen.

went swimming with Uncle Tony.

made funny faces at taco deli.  And maybe ate some fish tacos too. 

thought we didn't like apple pie and ice cream. 

oh wait. this stuff is delicious!

took a family photo.

watched Daddy blow out the candle.

had dinner with the grandparents and Uncle Tony.

had a good day.

Can't wait to see what the next year brings us!

Happy Birthday (Party) Theo!

We had a party at Krause Springs, a family favorite, a weekend early to celebrate our big guy's first birthday.  We are so blessed to be surrounded by so many of our favorite people! (And so sad that some of our favorites live so far away, we missed y'all!!)

These two did not care for the cold water at first :)  They warmed up to it later.

Yep!  He was pooped!

Have you seen these trees?!?

The cooks.  Thanks guys!

This is the how a 7 year old says cheese.  Goof ball :)

He can get in everything!

They know they're cute.  But its okay because they are.

My beautiful/handsome family.

I love this picture.  Almost as much as Theo loves his Grandpa, which is kind of a lot.

We had a terrific day and are so appreciative to everyone who joined us!  Love you all!