This kid LOVES to eat!

He was thrilled when I let him hold the whole banana.

Yes... that is how he eats.... .shoving entire handfuls of food into his mouth!

Steve’s parents came to visit May 13-17. It was so nice to have them here! 

Before they came, we were nervous that Little Robby was not going to let them hold him or anything. He has had major separation anxiety for the past few months! It probably doesn’t help that he is with me pretty much all day every day and has only been left with a “babysitter” a handful of times (3 to be exact) over his entire 10 months of being around!

Anyway, we were very pleased that he warmed up to Grandma and Grandpa Toller rather quickly! I was able to walk out of the room without him freaking out within the first hour. Haha…. He actually does a lot better if I am out of sight. (We have been working on getting him to go to other people more over the past couple of weeks. He is progressing.)

We were very glad that he got to spend time with his grandparents! We really enjoyed having them here.

We went to...

...to the Toledo Botanical Gardens and Wildwood Preserve Metropark.

(I loved watching Little Robby with his Grandpa Robby! So cute. And neat to see just how much Robby is already like one of his namesakes.)

Mother's Day2010

Robby has just taken off these past couple weeks-- quickly going from scooting forward, to crawling, to climbing over everything, to pulling himself up and standing!

Life was better before I fell for you

Life was better before I fell for you.

I went 25 years, completely happy with just the occassional casual encounter.

You were always there, trying to lure me in with your qualities that seemed all too irresistable to so many other girls.

But, I took pride in the fact that I wasn't tempted.

All the girls couldn't believe it.

How could I not be in love with you?

Maybe I was crazy or abnormal. But I didn't care.

I didn't need you-- I didn't WANT you.

But, you didn't give up...

I was pregnant, and you seemed to try even harder to work your charms on me.

And, during that time of vulnerability, it happened.

I fell for you.

And now I can't get enough of you.

I wish you would go away... I was completely fine without you....

I feel out of control... unhealthy... you aren't good for me....

Go away chocolate....

go away......

9 Months

About a month ago, Robby was starting to scoot around on the floor BACKWARDS. The wood floor made it pretty easy for him to slide around. (The first clip on the video was during that stage...). Then, on April 12, he suddenly realized that by using his arms, he could pull himself forward! Since then, he has had many adventures in crawling! He is EVERYWHERE now! Though he can push up on his hands and knees, he doesn't actually crawl like that yet. He'll either just pull himself with his arms or do an army crawl.