In the past month, Toby has spent time with 30 of his extended family members - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, great aunts, second cousins...
- The end of May, our little family took a road trip to Iowa to spend time with Matt's side. We had a good time relaxing, introducing Toby to his Iowa family and enjoyed a fun evening with the Vickers!
- The day after our return Granddad came to visit. He stayed a few days, drove to OKC for a long weekend trip and drove back to spend a little more time with us before flying back to PDX.
- We road tripped down to Austin to see the Zimels and Charley over Father's Day weekend. Andy and his girlfriend, Michelle, met us there. From there, we all went to San Antonio, where Toby and I kept Matt company during a conference and enjoyed the luxuries of the resort.
- Alden bought tickets for Niki and the kids to fly down on a last minute adventure, and we loved hosting them in our triple digit heat. I think they took a few degrees back with them, although you'd only know by looking at the thermometer. Uncle Andy took vacation time and came down for the fun too! We spent lots of time in the pool, played games, played baseball, watched movies, JFK memorial and the boys went to the Rangers game! Toby was so sad when he woke up and didn't have his cousins at his beck and call to entertain him.
I have said this before, and I'm certain I'll say it many more times, but the age Toby is at now is my favorite! He is so interactive and getting more independent everyday. We feel like he's grown up so much just within the last week! He now eats food, although he has skipped the pureed and likes tiny pieces of whatever we are eating. His favorite are those little baby puffs that melt in his mouth. And he drinks from a straw! Hooray! This is a huge accomplishment since he has refused the bottle. He pulls himself to standing position and alters between army crawling and bear crawling around our house.
