The Showalter Family

Just another quick update!  First big boo-boo over the weekend.  We were camping and Taylor had a minor run in with a rock.  Dad thought it would be nice to get a picture of him sitting like a big boy on a nice big rock and thought he would sit still the whole time.  Of course he didn't and toppled over into another rock.  Sounds horrible, it was!  But it really was minor injury.  Some little cuts above and below his eye.  I think it hurt his daddy more than it hurt him. 

 

We're up to 5 teeth.  2 bottom, 3 top.  We're still missing one of his front teeth, but it's coming.  Nine month checkup on Monday.  Can't wait to see how much he's grown and gained.  I know he has made tremendous leaps and bounds but it's always fun to see the numbers. 

 

I've added another picture to the album, it's from Christy and Mike's wedding on 9/22.  He's so handsome, even if he is in his diaper. 

A lot to update! 

 

The little guy is GROWING LIKE A WEED!  He has went from 6 month clothes to 12 month clothes in a blink of an eye.  We're working on tooth #4 now.  This will be the second one on the top.  I hope it soon comes in so we can all get a good night's sleep. 

 

August 11 Taylor was in Uncle Scott and Sarah's wedding.  He was a little ring bearer.   Actually, I think he stole the show.  Ben pulled him up the aisle in a John Deere wagon.  How precious.  I'll try to get a few pictures downloaded of that so everyone can see just how wonderful he did.  As soon as he came through the door the entire church oohed and ahhed over him.  What a ham!

 

Taylor is now officially ON THE MOVE!  He had been crawling by means of a little crawl and a little flopping around to get where he wanted to go.  Now we're on the move and there's no stopping him.  Bought a walker and he loves it!!  Our poor cabinets and walls are taking a beating.  And Rizzo (the cat) is beginning to wonder what the heck we were thinking giving this guy a mode of transportation to chase her around with.  We installed one gate so she basically spends her time on the other side of that where Taylor can't get to her.  We still need one more.  And now that we're on the move, the exersaucer is no longer a favorite.  He spends about 5 seconds in that and realizes he can't go anywhere. 

 

Check out my pictures for some updated pictures. 

 

Well, I've put this off long enough.  I am finally joining the blogging world.  So here's a little update on our family:

Taylor Joseph was born January 2, 2007 @ 1:56 p.m.  He weighed 6lb 13.5oz, and was 18 1/4 inches long. 

As of now he's grown ALOT!  He's about 17 pounds now and 26 inches long.  He's trying to figure out how to crawl.  He's mastered reverse and just starting in forward gear.  He loves to wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.  He's into everything!  Quite a happy little guy.  Smiles a lot.  Just started waving bye-bye.  He said Da Da and Ma Ma once each and hasn't uttered either one since.  Of course once was all it took to melt our hearts. 

For the last 3 nights he's slept ALL NIGHT 9:00 - 6:00.  Wow!  Although now that I've told everyone I'm sure tonight will be quite a long night for us.  Here's some pics and I'll try to update more later.