Some pics from our Ft. Wayne trip

Wednesday was such a nice day we decided to play outside a bit before we headed back home. Here are a couple pictures that Grandma Berghoff took of us.

Thomas playing in the grass. He looks so small out there!

I love it that Thomas is old enough to walk between us like this. Pretty soon he'll be lifting his feet and wanting to swing!

Picture of the family in the grass. As you can see Thomas was more interested in the football!

A picture of mom and dad (Thomas took off to play ball!)

This is my most favorite picture of all...Isn't he just the cutest thing you've EVER seen??

Back from the funeral

We just got back from Fort Wayne and Grandpa Berghoff's funeral. It was very sad to see everyone saying goodbye to a beloved brother, father, grandfather etc. But at the same time it was nice to get to see everyone. We spent Tuesday at the showing and the funeral services were today. After the service we all went back to grandma and grandpa Berghoff's for food and family time.

Even though it was for sad circumstances Thomas still enjoyed his time in Fort Wayne. He loves playing with the "kitty" and spent a lot of time at grandma and grandpa's chasing her around. He also enjoyed seeing all his relatives and showing them all the new things he can do like walking and jumping!

We also found out on this trip that Thomas likes McDonald's McChicken sandwiches- I ordered one on the way up and the little stinker ate over half my sandwich!

Hugs and kisses to all!

Oh yeah, one more thing...on the way to the funeral service Thomas was playing with aunt Tanya's phone and ended up text messaging Travis. The text was a lone smiley face. It was like Thomas was telling Travis everything was going to be okay and lightening everyone's spirits on such a sad day.

Saying Goodbye

Unfortunately we all had to say goodbye as grandpa Thomas Berghoff passed away yesterday at 92 years old. We are getting ready now to head to Fort Wayne for the funeral and showing. I know that Thomas won't remember his great-grandpa whose name he shares but I am still very grateful that they got a chance to meet. Rest in Peace and God Bless.

Family portrait and Thomas' 18 month pictures...Finally!

Yesterday we finally went and had a family portrait and Thomas' 18 month pictures taken. I was concerned with how Thomas would do but he ended up doing great! As soon as they pulled out a football he was right at home:)

Here's the link to the pics. Feel free to take a look and let us know your favorites!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/travisberghoff/sets/72157622535388829/show/

Bathtime fun with dad

Thomas likes to play a game in the tub with dad where Travis takes a cup and dumps water on him. As you can tell by his smile he really likes this game!

Definitely not afraid of the water!

Here's a video of them playing. Isn't Thomas' laugh the cutest thing you've ever heard?!!

Blowing bubbles

Thomas can now officially put his face in the water and blow bubbles. Of course half the time he ends up sucking the water up but he doesn't seem to mind and we figure it's clearing out his sinuses so that's probably good. He likes to make dad and I do it first and then he tries. It's pretty darn cute! He also likes to "swim" in the tub when we make the water really deep. At this rate he'll be doing the backstroke by the time we get the pool open next summer:-)

Pumpkin carving!

Our pumpkin...

Thomas tried to roll it and pick it up but his favorite part was taking the top on and off

He really wasn't too interest in the pumpkin "guts". I was hoping he would dig in and help me clean it out. I actually think he said "Ooooooo" while watching me dig around and pull out the slimey stuff. He was not impressed...

After I was done cleaning it out he did help dad separate and salt the pumpkin seeds before dad baked them for a tasty snack

And here's our final product! I was attempting to make it look like Dooley from Dooley and Pals but this is as close as I got. I actually didn't think it was too bad considering I did it VERY quickly while Dad tried to distract Thomas from the knife:)

Family tree

Check out this family tree! The top picture is of Thomas (17 months) and the bottom is of Travis at 20 months. Can't deny these two are related can we??? Now we know where Thomas gets his cutie patutieness from!!

Spoke too soon

Sick Thomas sleeping on grandpa over the weekend

I think I spoke too soon...Thomas still isn't better. We thought he was doing better but Friday his runny nose and cough came back and Saturday he was running a fever again. He spent the weekend with grandma and grandpa Berghoff who said he didn't sleep very well and was overall a little miserable. Poor thing. After we picked him up today we came home, took a hot shower and then snuggled a bit before bed. We've got his little heater on and his humidifier with Vick's. Let's keep our fingers crossed that he'll be able to get some sleep tonight. I'm going to call the doctor again tomorrow and try and get him in tomorrow afternoon. I'm pretty sure its the flu now and I'm getting a little concerned since its been going on a week... I'll let you all know what the doctor says tomorrow.

Feeling better

I just talked to Dad who's home with Dooder today and he says Thomas is definitely feeling better. They even ventured out of the house to do a little shopping and Thomas was running around like a crazy person (yes, this is what we consider back to normal!). He slept from 11pm until 6am and is eating again. I think the medicine that dad got him on his shopping trip last night is helping. Let's hope he continues to get better and better and hopefully we can stop the currently endless supply of snot here in the near future...

Sick Dooder :(

Thomas is sick. Dad and I split the work day yesterday to stay home with him and then I stayed home again today. He's been running a fever on and off (mostly on) since yesterday and his poor nose won't stop running. He hasn't been sleeping well at night or naps so he looks pretty miserable right now. Daddy just went to the store to peruse the "cough and cold" aisle so hopefully he'll find something we can use to help Bubs feel better.

I called the doctor today (and no, they don't think its the swine flu). They said it sounds like what's going around and that the fevers are lasting 3-5 days and to just watch him to be sure he's eating and sleeping at least a little. We may end up taking him in tomorrow though anyway just because he's our baby and we'd rather be safe than sorry...

Water lover!

I love that Thomas likes water so much! Just tonight he walked into the bathroom and informed Travis and I that he wanted to take a bath. (This was done with some pointing and dooderese!) Once in the tub he proceeded to pull up on the knob and turn his bath into a shower. Every time he did this the water would come down on his head and he would laugh and then push the knob back down to return to a bath. He probably did this 10 times laughing harder each time. I can't imagine that most kids love water this much. He doesn't care if its in his face or eyes and actually enjoys sitting under the shower and having the water hit his head!! What a crazy, fun, water loving baby!!

A year apart...

The top picture is of Thomas at the pumpkin patch looking at the donkey's this year. The bottom picture is of him doing the exact same thing in the same place last year. It's amazing to see how much bigger he's gotten but also how much he must love donkey's!!

My baby's getting big!

Pumpkin patch and party

Saturday we went to Eli's first birthday party and Thomas enjoyed some playtime with Ella and Eli and thoroughly enjoyed a birthday cupcake! On Sunday we all went to a pumpkin patch to enjoy some fall festivities. Thomas had a great time as you can see by the video and pictures. His favorite thing was the donkeys and the straw maze. He liked climbing on the hay bales and practicing jumping! (Most of the time he didn't actually jump but just "bounced" a little and then fell to the ground.) We're still working on the actual jumping:)

Once we got to the pumpkin patch Thomas wanted to see ALL the pumpkins. He kept pointing and wanting to go to the next patch and then the next and so on! I don't think he quite understood that there were ALOT of pumpkins and we couldn't possibly see them all. I got a couple of cute pictures of him with the pumpkins. He is just getting so big! The difference between taking him this year and last year was amazing. He was so much more involved this year! Especially with the animals. Like I said he absolutely loved the donkey's!!

New look for the blog!!!

I thought it might be time for a change. I've been doing this blog for almost a year now and we've always had the same colors. So in response to the new fall season I thought a new template may be in order. Let me know what you think???

The Baker

Daddy had to work late last night so after dinner (pancakes, Yum!) Thomas and I decided to make a pound cake. After adding all the ingredients and started to mix thomas wanted to add the ingredients some more. So to facilitate his imagination (i.e. save my cake!) I gave him his own bowl and he "made" his own cake! He was sooo cute dumping all the "ingredients" into the bowl. By the time he was done the bowl was filled with the cake mix box, the measuring cup and the empty egg carton along with some other random countertop items. Then he proceeded to "mix" it like mommy and Wah-Lah we each had our own cake mix! We ended our baking session by each taking a beater to lick. MMMM....Delicious!!

yeshhh

Lots of times when you ask Thomas a question now he says "yesh". It sounds like yes so that's what I'm assuming it is. It's pretty cute:) "Do you want some milk?"... "Yesh"...too cute!!

He also says shoes as "Boosh". I just think this is adorable!! Also, both dogs and cats are "kitty" now. I'm not sure why or when that happened but whenever we see a dog like when watching Clifford the Big the Red dog he says "KITTY"!

His other words are: boon (balloon), bah (ball), dad, mama, fish, key (monkey) and a bunch of other Dooderese I'm still trying to translate:)

Bedtime cuteness

If you ever get a chance to watch Thomas in the evening you'll be in for a treat... He has developed what I like to call "Bedtime cuteness". Every night right when its time to go to bed he becomes the cutest most precious boy in the whole world. He plays so nicely and quietly. It's like his way of saying "look mom and dad at how cute I am and how good I'm being...you don't want to put me to bed yet do you??"
:)

Making a statement

Here's Thomas making a bold fashion statement with his new Elmo vest from Grandma Berghoff. He really liked it as you can see!

Big helper!!!

Thomas is starting to be a BIG help around the house...

We've got incisors!

Just got a peek and we officially have 2 top canines. Travis' are sharp and look like vampire teeth...I wonder if Bubbies' will too? If so maybe we could be a vampire family for Halloween!