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Troy's personality continues to show itself, but his love of bath time has remained constant!

Can you tell that Troy is his daddy's boy?  Anything electronic appeals to him and he wants that object NOW!

Troy's First (real) Crawl!

Troy gave us a great Friday morning surprise.  We were beginning to resign ourselves to the idea that Troy may not be the crawling type.  He mastered rolling to places quickly, and that seemed to work well for him.  But at 6 am, I set him down and he crawled to a lego!  Tom and I looked at each other, verifying that we had indeed seen him crawl.  We were thrilled that we both saw his first crawl!  Yipee!

Grandpa Tom and Grandma Bev

Tom's dad and wife came down to visit Troy after Christmas, loaded with gifts for the little guy!  It sure is nice to be spoiled.  We had a delicious dinner at Ruby's and we all enjoyed the evening!

CHRISTMAS!

Ripping the paper...definitely one of his favorite activities!
Troy's new dump truck- he plays for hours on this toy!
Christmas morning with Crystal's side of the family.  We love Christmas!

Mammoth 2008

It is tradition for the boys to go to Schott's Bakkery and the girls to go to Coach!
Mom and Troy outside of the best breakfast restaurant in town, The Good Life Cafe.
Troy's time with the ladies.
Practicing for next year?

Troy's 9 month birthday

It is hard to believe that today is Troy's 9 month birthday.  This time equals the time that he was carried by me, but time sure goes by more quickly now that he is out in the world.  He fills our world with joy and life.  No matter how tough my day at work has been, when I pick him up in the afternoon, nothing really seems to matter except our valuable time as a family.  I am an unlikely sappy mother, but I cannot help myself!  I love my family!

Weekend at Disneyland

Tom and I decided it would be fun to go to the Disneyland Hotel for the weekend.  We had the best time on Friday evening because it was totally empty!  Oma and Papa came to spend part of the day with us.  Sadly, as Saturday went on, the fires started to affect the day.  The third picture shows how awful it was.  Thankfully, my parents' house in Yorba Linda was fine, although they were packed and ready to evacuate.  So, we had a wonderful time, but it was certainly an interesting weekend!