Tobias is 10 months old!

A whole new world…
During this month a whole new world has opened for Tobias. After 4 months of being satisfied sitting and flapping like a beached whale when on his tummy, he FINALLY put it together and is crawling! A couple days after he really started using crawling for mobility, he pulled up to standing for the first time. He hasn’t truly got the hang of that yet, but boy, does he want to stand! He’s getting to his knees on practically anything – from bookshelves to chairs to the changing table…
Determined to get those bubbles

And getting into everything from the vacuum...

To the boxes of dining room flooring...


Tobias LOVES to be outside. He is simply mesmerized by the sights and sounds of God's great earth. Here he's hiking with daddy. He couldn't keep his eyes off of the waterfall.



He has become quite fond of Peek-a-Boo books. They have textures on the animal pictures and he uses his left hand to turn the pages of the book and his right hand to open the page-sized flaps to reveal the “hiding” animal. He’ll crawl after them if he sees them on the shelf or lying on the floor. If we’re reading in his room on the glider, as soon as the book closes, he puts his thumb in his mouth – knows a nap is next.

Toby’s communication has also exploded. He does baby sign “more”, “so big”, claps,




and waves bye-bye (sometimes ;). He also has given Guinness a “name”. When he sees him, he’ll reach out his hand toward him and say, “Dah” (for dog). He calls Mark “Da,Dee” or just “Daee” but we’re still working on putting “Mama” with the person, Mommy. ;)



He now has 2 bottom teeth and the beginnings of a top one. He really isn’t into trying table foods yet. We attempt, but he’d rather us feed him purées from a spoon (totally opposite of our Lydia). He still adores eating.

Tobias is also “into” putting “in”. He loves putting blocks into cans or balls into baskets. It’s almost as if he wants to help clean up. I definitely want to encourage this behavior.
Putting spongy balls in the bucket of water at Mimi’s house on Memorial Day.



Here he is “playing” with his cousin, Ally (she’s 3 weeks younger)




and his friend Cooper (he’s 1 week younger).


Toby certainly has his "moments" particularly since he's had a chronic sinus infection & cough. I finally filled the antibiotic prescription so hopefully this will knock it out. Through the fussiness he continues to bring us JOY! We are so thankful for this healthy, happy boy.