NIne Months.

I did this.

Actually photographed his "month" birthday!

All the other months after monthe three,

It's a day- to a week after the actual day.

These were taken about two and a half weeks ago:

This boy does miraculous wonders to the heart.

His smiling face is true soul food.

In keeping with tradition of not blogging ever

And promising myself that

For the sake of my children,

I will blog more than never,

But then going back to tradition,

I felt I owed him some back logged facts about himself.

 

SO, here are nine things about him:

 

1. He STILL only sits up. Though SOMETIMES on full moons (once),

He pulls (pulled) himself up to standing position.

Sorry son, I'm trying to make you look good.

 

2. Wait, he rolls too. since 2 1/2 months-

 so that makes up for him being a freeloader.

Yes, he is a taker.

 

3. He loves his water.

 He screams when someone is in the bath without him,

And refuses to be in the baby carrier when were anywhere near the river.

 

4. The man-babe can put down more food that his almost 4 year old sister,

And weighs only about ten pounds less than her,

At 9 months wearing 18 month clothes,

He's a real gun show.

There is a pull-up in his size.

 

5. He's sweet on his big Sis Lauren.

I can't tell the others,

But he looks past both of them just to get a glimpse of her.

Can't say that I blame him.

 

 

6. She's dropped him three times now.

For a total of 4 drops.

Biggest number of single baby droppings

In the history of our homestead.

7. I suppose he is the iconic American looking face.

 

A handful of people have mentioned to me that

 

"He reminds me of my son when he was a boy"

"That kid looks like my Brother  did when we were kids"

"Total Gerber baby."

 

Funny thing is,

What do you say??

 

Long thoughts lead me to ill-timed responses:

 

" How is that brother?"

" Did you like him (your brother)?"

" How do you feel about the Gerber Baby?"

 

 

8. He's very friendly, 

A flirt,

And super cuddly.

Charming smile,

All Pieper.

 

9. He loves this dog to pieces.

To pieces.

Big fat handfuls of hairy  kind of pieces.

 

She loves him from arms length away if possible,

And behind his back.

 

She offers him true solid protection

 

He offers her leftover egg yolky cheeks

At just the right height.

From behind of course.

Sprout

If you have ever tried 'sprouting' alfalfa or flax, you know how fast they shoot up.

Like withing days.....

It seems like Titus has made similar leaps and bounds.

(one hour)

 

And how horrible of me to not be documenting his every second?

 

(One day home)

 

All these great ideas and plans for picture taking,

and not a moment seized.

Honestly, I don't see a remedy on the horizon.

 

(About one month)

 

He loves his brothers guitar playing,

and riding on his sisters hip,

naps in the hammock,

 (about 2 1/2 months)

 

The best baby brother a prayer could answer:

(first story time with big brother)

 

(first trip to the beach)

 

Since the last six months has practically passed light a lightning bolt,

I thought it was only fitting to share six things about him in no order:

 

1. He is SO easy.

'Kick back' is the name of his game.

Loves just watching  the commotion.

His poor eyes just adjusted to the flash-kid that just happened, then it was gone. 

(first trip to the river)

 

2.  He looks like his Daddy.

Its true.

I hear it every day.

Everywhere I go.

Daddy is so proud because this is his only spitting image child.

He is oh so sweet and handsome.

 3. He is a Mama's boy.

Stares me down with his puppy dog eyes.

How do you walk away from that?

Let me tell ya,

You don't

With those eyes,

He may sleep in my room till he's ten.

 (first mustache)

4. He has one long curl left on top.

It's kind of reddish too.

The last of his hair from utero.

 5. He has stinky man-feet.

No getting around it.

Its impressively repulsive.

 

 

(First friend)

This friend is more than a month older. I have big babies!

6. He's a jumpy son-of-a-gun

Ever since he laid eyes on ol 'Johnny jump-up',

He's a convert.

Just makes his life that much more exciting I guess.

Wow that was surprisingly hard to choose and write about!
Everything I was going to say wasn't really about him.
Just how he makes us feel, what we do with/to him,
What we like most about him.
Suppose him to be Raggedy Andy of sorts.
 

Other things that come to mind is the fact that he may never crawl.

Why would you when there are 5 other people fighting over who is going to carry you EVERYWHERE?!

The Most important thing in my mind is how amazingly God answered our specific prayers with a brother. We knew it was a boy before we actually knew!

 

This overly coddled, larger than real life, joy giving, life bringing offshoot,

 Is an absolute

divinely hand picked by request,

 Gift of a legacy- from the Father who hears!

Showered with diapers.

Last weekend,

We attended a sweet sweet baby shower for our new man.

Due any day now.

Let me just start by saying my friend Alicia went ALL OUT with this fun!

Not only does she have a toddler, a baby, a husband and home to care for,

She can put on a mean party.

 

There was a baby in a cradle made entirely of fruit!

 

She popped these bags of popcorn JUST so she could use these tags that said

"Ready to pop!"

May have been funnier if it weren't so true ;)

 

As the guests walked in,

they each got to sign a storybook:

There are so many sweet blessings written to our little Titus.

 

And for the sake of little added humor,

people signed a diaper or two:

We got some pretty funny phrases.

 I'm sure you can imagine.

Some of my favorites were:

 

"You want Zola's"

 Which inevitably I will I'm sure.

 

 

"Glad it's you, not me"

 

"Jake, its your turn!"

You think that one will work?

We'll see.

 

"Need a break? Call Katelynn and Rachel!"

I may just take them up on that one.

 

Another fun, sweet, surprise was the bib decorating.

The guests got a marker and went to work.

My favorite bib said

"Titus, final frontier"

 There were even party favors for everyone to take home:

 These cookies were so good, I don't even WANT the recipe!

I ate 3 out of 4 of them that were sent home with me.
It totally threw me into a sugar induced EMOTIONAL basket case of a fit.
 

Just looking at the picture of them drives me crazy.
 I.Want.These.Cookies.

 

These PERFECT cupcakes were handmade in her 'spare time'

The kids got in some fun playtime with other kids their own age,

But the girls were really drawn to the baby BOYS!

 Lauren absolutely loves this baby boy.

Well, we all do, but Lauren is most possessive!

 

Her face here is classic:

 She would do anything for this boy.

And her heart genuinely melts for him as you can see. 

 

 

Kids played with some reeds.

They pretty much destroyed them.

And the yard along the way.

But the hosts were great and didn't worry about it! 

 

 Did I talk much about the food yet?

 Yes that is 2 cheeseburger patties.

For me.

Don't judge.

 

You may have noticed by my awkward shoulder shrug

that I was totally trying to pass that one off as a kids plate.

Don't judge.

The food was good.

Ok?

 

In the end,

Our family was totally gifted and blown away by the graciousness of the Lunde family

In all their hard work and preparations.

 

We left feeling loved for sure.