Monday, April 26, 2010

1st year by the numbers

To Tobias:

In the past year,

you have slept all the way through the night, bedtime until morning, 0 times
you have overrode 1 anniversary supper
you have gained 2 uncles
you have summited 2 mountains
I have spent $7 on disposable diapers and wipes
you have sprouted 8 teeth
you have stayed fairly calm through 9 airplane takeoffs
we have traveled to or through 10 states (IA, NE, SD, WA, WY, ID, MT, CO, OR, UT)
you have starred in 11 videos
you have charmed 65 ladies of varying ages (Ok, that one's an estimate)
You have caused 146 laundry loads worth of cloth diapers
I have spent $250 on cloth diapers
I have put 1296 miles on the car coming home on my lunch breaks to feed you

It would be difficult to measure or even estimate other things, such as the number of times you spit up, the number of Cheerios you've eaten, the number of times you've fallen down while learning to walk, the number of times we've said "No, Tobias", or the number of times I've thought "for not liking babies, Nate makes a pretty good dad". It has been a great year and we can't wait to see you grow and learn more in the coming years! Love you!

Happy Birthday-(coming)-(up)-(yet)-(this)-(Friday) Tobias!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Monday, April 19, 2010

Buddies


At times I suspected that Tobias's Grandma VW had gone overboard when she bought so many baby items, but I wanted to post this picture so she could see we're putting stuff to good use. This picture is from a few weeks back (April Fool's Day, I believe) when we took one of our first walks of spring (Jayna and her mom came along!).