Family Pics

Here are my favorites from the photos by my friend Annie at Little Fire Photography.

Rome

First Snow '08

We finally got snow before Christmas. (Not that I missed it.) I took Rome out and he loved it!

Ooo! Snow! I have it on my head!

Thor Loves it too! My reindeer

My attempt at being artistic

Vacation Overload

That is how I feel today after finally getting home from Christmas vacation. We went to Tucson and had a great time seeing all of our relatives and many friends. Rome Love his cousins, especially the crazy blond one! They would just scream at each other. She would help him play with all of his new toys. They were so funny! Rome made out for Christmas! He got so many cute outfits and stuffed toys. I filled one entire bag with them and we had to carry it on the plane to get it home.
Pics coming soon.

Baby Christmas

I thought that Grandma Thomas should get to do Christmas with her new grandbabies. So, we did a Baby Christmas. Everybody was good sports and we did a gift exchange too. It was fun seeing everyone and celebrating with the babies!

Rome and his Cousin Abi (and Aunt Jenny)

Being cute

Does it taste good? Don't worry, I'll share

Dolls are tasty, It's Pink, Can I eat it?

Thomas "recycled" wrapping, Gigi Johnson

Today's Favorites

• Hanging out in your PJ's until noon
  
• A hot shower. Mmmm, So Nice!
  
• A happy baby
• Friends that come over to visit
  
• Being snowed in when you want to be
• Warm socks
• Pictures with Santa
  
• Christmas treats and chocolate that I am eating way too much of
• Josh getting more work. He was so worried
  
• My Dove Fortune: Chocolate therapy is, oh, so good.
• Going to Tucson tomorrow
  

My Not-So-Favorites

• Cranky, screaming babies. Like the one behind me
• Laundry. I don't mind doing it, it just takes Forever!
  
• Snow that needs to be shoveled
• Surprise bruises from teething babies. Who knew he bit that hard.
  
• Stressing about vacation. I always do.
  

7 Months

My little Rome is growing so fast. I don't think he looks much different than last month, but he is definitely bigger. I had the doctor weigh him today when he went in for a flu shot. He is now 19 lbs 15 oz. Huge! I also missed his newest talents last month. His new thing (besides shrieking to get attention) is to breathe in to make a funny noise. He also thinks he can walk. He watches his friend Addy and she can do it, so he thinks he can. He is much better at standing on the coffee table by himself. He is getting better at pretend walking. He doesn't step on his own feet as much. He is not crawling yet and still gets angry when he is on his tummy. He can push up to his knees but only goes backwards. In church the other day he did get up on his feet and hands, and then he nose dived into the carpet and started screaming. The whole Relief Society turned to look. He is very motivated to get what he wants. I think that is why he screams so much. He is doing much better with finger foods. He doesn't have the pincer grasp yet, but he can put the cheerio on top of his fist and then in his mouth. Pretty smart kid! He dislikes carrots and avocados, and loves baby cheetos. (Thanks Alicia!) My grocery store just got them. Yay! I think he will be wanting to feed himself soon. I can no longer eat without him. He wants my food and if I am eating then he should be too. He is still such a happy baby and such a good eater. I wish he would take better naps, but I think that is asking for too much. He is a Mammas Boy all the way and sometimes I like it. Sometimes... I am so excited to see what he will learn next!

Catch Up

I have been so super busy lately. I have been making cookies like mad and going to Christmas parties and staying up really late. It has been three weeks since Thanksgiving and I have not done any pictures since then. Oh my goodness! Not that I stopped taking them. That will never happen. So, here are some pics I know you missed.
Thanksgiving:

At GG Thomas's; Swinging with Uncle Ty

Yum, pumpkin; Playing with cousin E and Uncle Andre
Dinner Adventures:

I made steak soup at Josh's request, wierd; The hashbrown breakfast-for-dinner disaster

The bracelets I won, Cool!
Rome:

With Angelu; Brushing my "teefs"

Breakfast was yummy(click on it); I got stuck under the table, so sad!

Being Cute

I have this Play Gym thing figured out

Chew Toy?

Rome has been tired lately which means a lot of entertaining for me. Hours and hours of it. Usually he is pretty happy to play by himself for a while. No, I have to be holding him and playing with him. He has also started screaming, no, shrieking to get attention. Or just because he feels like it. It really hurts your ears and he does it aaaall daaaay loooong. Well, the other day I was losing my patience with the little boy. I was on the computer and put him on the floor next to me. (he had already tried to eat the mouse and pound the keyboard and thrown the mouse pad on the floor) Anyway, he was happy for 5 whole minutes. I was so glad. Until I noticed what he was doing. I called Josh in to see because it was so funny. He had found on of the dogs ropes that they chew on and was eating it himself. In Josh's words,"Gross!"

Baby Time:
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Little Fire

Annie did such a great job taking our pictures! Check them out on her blog. Little Fire Photography. Oooh I love them!

If Momma Aint Happy...

I am such a bad mom when I don't feel good. I only have a headache. And it was self inflicted as Josh would say. I ate some canned cheese, yea, I should have known better. The point is that Rome is so tired and cranky today and I just can't handle it. I don't feel good either. My patience is gone. Josh is holding him while he screams (because I am not holding him) because he just pulled out a handful of hair and I was done. I came in here to calm down. He took 3 naps today, but none of them left him happy and playful. He has a little cough, but nothing bad. I did watch my friends kids today again. Maybe that helped his mood. They aren't hard to watch. The other little girl was tired and didn't take her nap, but I was fine. Until 4:30. It was waaay too early for Baby to be clingy and tired, but he was. It doesn't help that I have been in a listless mood all week. I am hoping that decorating for Christmas will help. I haven't gotten through the laundry to even get the boxes out. I was so glad to be done with all of my Cristmas shopping and ready for the fun stuff. Singing and cookies and friends and excitement. Yea, its not here yet. Still hoping...