Hamburger Lover

I think I need to start buying stock in all hamburger joints in the area . . .

I have been sick for over a week now and on Friday night I told Scott he was in charge of dinner because I just didn't feel well enough to take care of it. About 20 minutes later Scott came into Troy's room with dinner from Wendy's. Troy had been playing with his toys and I was just supervising to make sure he didn't climb up anything too dangerous. Anyway, as I ate my fries Troy didn't even notice me and he continued playing on the other side of his bedroom (COMPLETELY preoccupied with his toys). I finished my fries, took a big drink, and then quietly unwrapped my burger. . .

. . . Seriously, I have NEVER seen Troy crawl so FAST. Straight to my burger; mouth open wide and begging for a bite. Besides formula, baby food, and one Ritz cracker (which he didn't like), Troy has not eaten any real food. But of course I thought it would be harmless to let him suck on the burger for a second. I leaned the burger towards his mouth, he lunged forward, and took a BITE! Not just any bite, a HUGE bite!!!

What the?????

It's official: I have an 8 month old burger-junkie.

Troy is OBVIOUSLY related to his father, lets just hope he doesn't eat as much as my brothers.

I think I need a "feeding Troy" fund, I better start saving now!

"The Big Event"

Last year I participated in "The Big Event," a city-wide service project put on by our high school. This year I decided to sign up to be one of the recipients of the service. I helped too, but it was a little hard watching Troy too.

BEFORE:

Dead plants, flowers, veggies, etc. Not to mention the huge overgrowth of the pumpkins (you can't see it in this picture).

Since there wasn't any major work to be done at my house I only had 3 kids. Some other families needed help painting, massive weeding, or fixing things so they had 5 or 6 students do service.

AFTER:

We actually did a little more raking and clean-up, but you get the idea.

What would have taken me FOREVER became a nice Saturday morning project.

I love "The Big Event." If you live in my town, definitely look into for next year. If you don't live here maybe make a suggestion to your local high school's Activity Director and get it started in your area. Our school did it last year for the first time, this year they had nearly 300 students sign up to help. . . .Amazing.

Troy's 1st Halloween

My little lion!

As soon as I put his costume on, Troy got so silly and just wanted to play, play, play.

Troy thought it was really funny when I would roar at him.

Feline Friends at "Trunk-or-Treat."

Troy may have had a rough day today, but the evening made up for it.

Troy definitely had a Happy Halloween

I think he s already looking forward to next year when he might actually get to try some candy.

Balloon fiesta

This year's fiesta theme is "Mass Happiness," and that is exactly what happened!

Look . . . Look . . . Look!

Dad and Troy watching balloons.

Firefighter and firetruck!

Family day of fun.

Six Months Old

I can hardly believe that Troy was born six whole months ago.

The bear hasn't grown much, but Troy sure has.

He now weighs 20 pounds and is 28 inches long.

He looks like a little boy to me, hardly even a baby any more. How sad, but still cute.

Our happy TKO!

We have a mover.

The is no telling how Troy will be positioned when I go in to get him up. Sometimes he is face-up and smiling, sometimes he is bottom-up and frustrated, and other times he just wiggles sideways so he can put his feet up.

Every morning, as I get ready, Troy watches an educational video. The other morning I couldn't see him and I got really nervous. I found him just in time. Luckily he didn't get all the way under our bed; I might not have been able to get him out.

Notice: He still has his eyes on his show (he loves it).

A few of TROY's Favorite Things:

Troy is definitely a happy baby. All he ever wants to do is play, play, play.

Gardening is a favorite pass time as well. This week we filled up a huge bowl of produce: zucchini, cucumbers, squash, and tomatoes.

What a cute baby . . . Just look how happy he is with his gardening skills.

Of all the things he does during the day, I think Troy like spending time with Dad the most (and Desert too).

Here are my two guys just hanging out together.

I think this picture looks like they should be in a jeans commercial.

For the record, both of them are watching Desert run around the yard being a crazy dog. I don't think either one would let me take a posed picture of them if I tried.