Tobi is over half way to his 1st birthday! At his 6 month well-baby checkup, Tobi weighed in at 17 lbs and 12 1/2 ounces, and measured 27 inches tall. Andrej calls him his Valibuk, which doesn't really translate into English, but in Slovak it's a fairytale character that is so strong he can push over trees. That's our Tobi!
It's been three months since I last wrote a detailed Tobi update, and so many things have changed in those three months. At six months, Tobi finally sleeps soundly through the night. He nurses around 7:30 pm and goes straight to bed afterwards and sleeps until about 7:30 or 8:00 the next morning. It's pure bliss! I didn't think Tobi would ever consistently sleep 12 hours at night. (Read more …)
This is a few weeks late, but I couldn't help but post some pictures from Halloween of our little pumpkin and monkey. My favorite Kaiya quote from Halloween happened the day before when I went in to get her up from her nap. We were headed to a Halloween party at Andrej's work and I needed to get her dressed in her monkey costume. Tobi was already dressed in his pumpkin costume so I laid him down on Kaiya's rug to get started on transforming her. She very excitedly jumped out of bed, ran over to Tobi and exclaimed, "Tobi is a punkin wunkin. I'm gonna pick him!" She then proceed with all her might to pick up the little pumpkin. She soon realized he was a little heavier than the pumpkins we had picked earlier at the pumpkin patch. (Read more …)