Happy Birthday Robert!

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Video Update

Here is video from Robert recently:

Happy...

Late Valentines Day!

Speedy Robert

Robert is 11 months! He loves:

Spaghetti

Stacking objects

Hiding things

Feeding Macy

Juice

Sleeping with many blankets

Pushing any/all objects across the room

Riding in the grocery cart

Typing on the computer

Bath time

Yogurt

He has two teeth on the bottom and looks to be getting a few more.

Here is speedy Robert:

So very, very big.

Robert had his 9 month appointment with Dr. Mary two Fridays back and I tried very unsuccessfully to get another picture before we left the house(just as we did for the 6th month). He sported his pink seersucker (I know it is not seersucker season) and was very cute. No shots at 9months so we had fun without any screaming.

Here was Robert going to his 6month checkup:

Here was our attempt at a picture before his 9month checkup:

Hard to believe back at 6months he was doing this:

Sitting still

Elevated.

The thought of Robert sitting at any elevated height in anything let alone a Bumbo makes my heart race. In the last several months Robert has developed some serious Superman skills. He can escape from nearly everything...in seconds.

Back at 6 months we also tried getting his foot prints on a stepping stone. The stone turned out to look more like the mark of a dinosaur who had a seizure on a patch of wet cement.

The Pom Pom "How to"

You need:

-Tissue (4 sheets a Pom)

-wire (floral will work)

-ribbon (fishing wire will also work)

-Scissors

*Optional: A Little Robert hanging on your leg.

I bought this tissue from Target for .99cents:

Open and lay 4 sheets flat (feel free to use more, it will just make a thicker one):

Fold in an "accordion" style (bet you haven't heard that since 4th grade) in 1 1/2 inch width. Keep in mind "accordion" is a similar to a "hot dog" reverse fold for all you kindergarten graduates out there.

Cut a piece of wire to fit the width of your now "accordion" tissue and fold in half. Then slide over your "accordion" and fasten. You can also go ahead and put your ribbon on (just fasten it to your wire).

Here is the optional part- you can round your edges with scissors, snip a triangle out of them or just leave them alone. Then make a sort of flower bouquet out of them and pull each layer out one by one.

McDonald's Iced Coffee, anyone?

-2/3 cup of ground beans (grinds)

-2 cups water

-4oz coffee creamer (any flavor) from the refrigerator section

-milk

Brew the 2/3 cup of grinds and the 2 cups of water. After brewing pour the coffee back into where the water goes and brew it again through your grinds (used ones:)).

Take that coffee (once brewed twice) and pour into a pitcher and mix with 4oz of the creamer and around 2-3oz of milk. Feel free to add more milk if it is to strong.