Stayin Alive

Things around here have been crazy. We started back into our routine after Christmas and things just went downhill. Rhys got sick with some sort of stomach bug. It was awful. We went out to eat with our friends the Dimmicks and Rhys was being quite fussy. When we got home he started throwing up. So we chilled all weekend. On Sunday morning Jared got it by Sunday night,  I was down for the count. It was awful.  When we finally got that cleared up, wouldn't you know that we would get sick again this time with a bad cold. So it agains starts with Rhys, who proceeds to pass it onto Jared, who then gives it to me. We are still recovering!

In between that time, Rhys has been all over the place. We have been to birthday parties! Liam Adler turned one, and we went to Saints games at Nonnie and Paw-Paw's house, which we are sooooo looking forward to the superbowl on Sunday. We have been to church meetings, and school, and the mall. Then when things were just getting a little fun, cousin Tyler had a birthday party!  I tried to put Rhys in the bouncer but he wasn't having it. Amy took him inside and I stayed outside in the bouncer with Tyler. Rhys crawled to the window and started banging on it crying when he saw me! It was so funny. Throughout all of these exciting times Rhys has picked up on quite a bit. He is standing up now, holding on to things to walk around. He is getting more confident about himself because on Friday he started bending down and getting back up without holding onto anything. Last night, he decided he was going to take a couple of steps and today it is about the same thing. So I am sure that we are going to have a walker on our hands before the little dude is 10 months old. Not bad for a kid whose mom walked at 8 months and a dad who walked at 9 months.

We went out to eat the other night and I order Rhys steamed veggies. Here he is just eating the cauliflower without letting me cut it up first. He definitely loves to eat!

Here he is standing and playing!

I don't know if I ever posted them because they were a Christmas preset for my parents. But these are some pictures that my brother took for us. Aren't they great!

I am really going to get better at this I promise. There are a lot of things that we are going to do this year...really I promise!