Time to Rock the Vote

I was going to say Jam the Vote, but it seemed a little to punny.
We recently made a "film" with our friends Mike, Jodi, and Abe (with Dexter) and entered it in a contest for Welch's Jelly. There's a trip to NYC and moola up for grabs.. We had lots of fun making it and hope you will have fun watching it. We also hope you will vote 5 Jars of Jelly for us. The top ten rated videos/pics will go before an official judging panel, so we need your vote!

To vote, Click Here. This should bring you straight to our video. Watch it (of course!). Click "Rate This" under the jelly jars and give us a 5 (of course!). We'd love your comments as well. The title is "The Welch's Wonderboys."2/23/09 The Voting for the video on the Welch's/Food Network site is now over. Thanks for all who voted-the official judging will be on or around 3/25. If you missed the video you can see it here:

Thanks Friends!

11 months and counting

Tobin is 11 months old today-wow! The past two months have been amazing with respect to growth and development. Here's a little time line of his big moments:
Dec 11: First tooth
Dec 18: Second tooth
Dec 21: Third tooth
Dec 23: Fourth tooth-Lucky for us the first one was the only one that seemed to bother him!
Dec 25: Started trying to pull up on the train table from Santa
Dec 30: Successful pulled up on coffee table
Jan 2: First sign language, Signed "more"
Jan 11: Clapped hands
Jan 18: Took first step-toward the train table :)
Jan 19: Waved goodbye
Jan 28: Walked across living room with walker
This is Tobin after the whole bedtime routine, after being prayed over and kissed goodnight, covered with a blanket and whispered "I love You's." Apparently it's much more fun to stand and play than to sleep.
Jamming with buddy Oliver. They aren't allowed in the garage unsupervised, so they are a living room band instead of a garage band.

In my determination to make sure Tobin gets a lot of attention though he is the second, I have neglected the first born. He/We are doing an Itty Bitty Sports Class to learn some basics in Soccer, Football, "Baseball" (Tee Ball) and Basketball. It is really fun to have a gym with 6 3&4 year olds, who all have their own ball, and try to get them to follow basic directions. I have a new name for the next class: Itty Bitty Torture. Okay, it's not that bad. I have had to work really hard to adjust my expectations and relax. Joshua has gotten better at following the directions as well. He is actually putting to use some of his moves. Hopefully I will get some pictures next week.
He is also doing really well at learning the alphabet and counting. He was using some stencils the other day and told me he had written his name. When I looked at the board it said, "W W Stud." Maybe that's what he wants to be called these days?







Here's a video with some of Tobin's latest moves. There's even a crazy Elvis in there. As usual, ignore my high-pitched mommy's excited voice.