Titus-9 Months

We do not have pretty leaves in our yard so I went down the street to take these in front of one of our neighbors yards. I am so glad I did. In order to fully appreciate these you have to have the visual. The kids were all loaded up in the van to go to Aldi. I pulled over opened the van door. Sat Titus on the sidewalk covered in leaves and snapped away while the girls sat watching from their car seats. Then I stuck him back in his carseat and on to Aldi we went...

Titus is now wearing mostly 18 month clothes. There are a few 12 month things that still fit, but a majority of them do not. He is still army crawling. He can now push his Leap Frog toy around standing. He is loving finger foods and has tried more table food like soup and pizza.

This month he experienced the emergency room for the first time. He was running a 103 fever so I ended up taking him. We discovered his blood likes to clot (like Mommy) and that he didn't have influenza, RSV, or strep. We came home with antibiotics for a sinus infection.

His third tooth is peeking through on top, and I think it will be joined by others soon. He has been grouchy and has horrible diaper rash. Poor little guy.

I love you Mr. Man (I sometimes call Titus this and now that is what Faith calls Titus)

Cousins Tea Party

This fall my cousin Jamie has been traveling to Europe on a monthly basis for his work. While I know it has been a challenge for their family, it has worked out to be a huge blessing for ours. His wife Kara and I have been organizing monthly play dates. Our girls have definitely enjoyed this! In October my aunt Diana hosted a very fancy tea party for them. It was quite fancy and lots of fun. It was so special we also invited Gramy & my grandmother, Mom-o to join us. Since we would be traveling later on in the day to WIU for the Harvest Banquet Jeremy was able to come and keep Titus in the basement. Faith had fun telling Titus & Daddy, "No boys allowed!" Here are some of my favorite pics from the special event.

Kara made special punch for them with maraschino cherries and flavored water.
I cut cheese into fun shapes for cheese & crackers, made star shaped jello jigglers, and cut zebra cakes into "petit fours." Di Di added fruit snacks, animal crackers, and lots of other yummy finger foods.
Us big girls actually drank tea, but the little girls enjoyed milk in their tiny tea cups.
Kara had taken bread and cut it into hearts. She added strawberry cream cheese & raspberries on top- yummy!
Look how long my princess' hair is getting!
Grace & Lilly
Our girls with Mom-o.
Kara & I decided to dress up too. We both agreed our girls are always asking us to dress up and we decline more often than not, so this was a good chance to participate.

This was such a precious day. I loved spending time with all these special ladies and little ladies in my family. After the girls were done eating they were excited to go downstairs and play with all the toys, which gave us "big' girls the chance to eat lunch and visit.