I have had to laugh at how often Troy gets confused for a girl.?? I think it is his eyes and eyelashes.?? He IS a pretty baby.?? He just is.?? (These shots taken back in March).

TROY UPDATE

Let’s see….

Troy has six teeth now and almost 8.?? His eye teeth broke through on 5/8/12.

As of this month, he now has five words:?? Dada, Mama, Up, Hi, and Ya.

His favorite things:?? Troy loves his pacys to sleep but doesn’t need them any other time.?? He loves to play patty cake and will shake my hands indicating he wants to play.?? His very favorite thing is bear hugs and he hands those out in large doses all through the day.?? He loves to squeeze you really hard and grunt.?? That is also my favorite thing.?? :)???? He is eating more table food and we think he is getting better with liquids but we are still thickening his bottles.?? We will have another swallow study done next month.?? He enjoys eating.?? :)???? He also enjoys emptying out my home school cabinets, removing the clean laundry from my chair onto the floor, and emptying his pant drawer in his room.?? That I do not enjoy.???? He LOVES toys.?? We have even watched him attempt to stack blocks (copying Tanner) and I think that is pretty impressive for his age.?? He is transferring between furniture like a pro and sometimes will take one independent step to do it so walking won’t be too far off.?? I suspect he will be walking well before his one year corrected birthday though jury is still out on whether he will walk before his one year actual.?? Wouldn’t surprise me at this point.?? He stands independently once in awhile but not too often yet.?? Jim calls him Mario Andretti because he crawls so fast.?? He is on the MOVE.?? Busy little bee.

His skin is looking so much better.?? I am slowing down the triamcinolone and can use mostly just vanicream.?? Thankful for that.?? He is still on his reflux medicine and still seems to need it though this is improving at least.?? He is a great sleeper and is sleeping 9:00 PM to 9:00 AM pretty consistently.?? He is at the restaurant unfriendly stage though because he is SOOOOOO loud.?? I mean SOOOOO loud.?? Super expressive baby.?? We never wonder what he is thinking or feeling.?? He is very clear.?? He gets that from me.?? 🙂

One thing that is awesome about having a fourth child is that there are three others to entertain the baby at all times.?? Another plus for homeschooling too.?? Troy travels between mama and his siblings all through the day so he is always entertained.?? He tends to hang out with Ty the most.?? Ty carries him in there while he plays video games and Troy plays with his own toys beside Ty.?? Keeps them both very content.?????? I don’t think I realized what a mutual blessing Ty and Troy would be to one another but I see it everyday now and I am just so thankful God worked it all out as He did because it couldn’t be more perfect.?????? I love how with each child I have settled into the feeling of utter contentment not even remembering what life was like without them.?? My heart is so full with the for most amazing children and I am just so grateful.

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Tori has been our little monkey lately.?? We attempted a cleaning at the dentists office again.?? She started out okay.?? She was white knuckling the chair but got through her Xrays.?? When the teeth cleaning started though she started crying.?? She was WAILING at the top of her lungs for effect.???? I was trying not to laugh at the drama so I wouldn’t make it worse.?? It was ridiculously over the top.???? The dentist continued with the cleaning despite her ear splitting crying because she actually WAS cooperating – she was just protesting as well.?? In typical Tori fashion, she brightened right up the minute he was finished, let everyone know that it didn’t hurt, the toothpaste was good, and that she did a good job.?? Her brothers laughed as did the whole office.?? When Ty asked her why she cried she just said “I don’t know”.

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Tori:?? Mommy you just passed OT (Occupational Therapy for Ty).?? You were driving too fast.

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Ty:?? I have to go to the bathroom!

Tori:?? It’s right there Ty.

Ty:?? This is OUR house.?? I KNOW where the bathroom is.

Usually he doesn’t notice when she is mothering him but occasionally…

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I have several more Tori stories for you but must be off to other things today so until later…