Galatians 6:7

Mike's parents love to tell great stories about him as a little boy.

When they would go to visit people at their homes, Mike was notorious for going into the kitchen and pulling out all the pots and pans from the cupboards and playing with them. Many times, the adults would be in the living room talking and, the next thing they knew, Mike was in the kitchen and in the pots and pan.

Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Galatians 6:7 as it applies to Mike Throne:

Went to visit Grammy Litter for her 90th birthday. Don't worry ... I found stuff to play with.

BUSTED!!

Don't worry, Daddy. I can get over those pesky items that we were in my way.

KING OF THE MOUNTAIN!

Walker's birthday party ...

Even though it was a week early, Walker had his 1st birthday party. Grandma and Papa came up from South Carolina and all my good friends -- and their parents -- came over for the party. Kelsey did a great job with the "Winter ONEderland" theme.

Opening our gifts ...

Getting a little help from my cousins on my cake ...

Santa hat from Grandma Throne just adds to the festivities.

Happy birthday banner!

Thanks, Aunt Erin, for the awesome cakes!

The first of many years of memories.

Papa and Grandma showed up to help us celebrate!

Pastor Jon had his hands full with all the family that came up
for the dedication of Walker Edward Throne -- a year in the making.

Parenting 101

If it's one thing we've learned as parents, it's how to corral the boy. Watch and learn, young parents … watch and learn.

More fun with Walker and Daddy

If you have to eat stuff that has the consistency of wallpaper paste and taste sorta like whatever it's supposed to be, you'd better be having fun while you do it.

And we do ...

Walker and Daddy = hilarious

Walker and Daddy playing together. He thinks his dad is funny ... won't be long before that changes.

The many travels of Walker Edward

Dad was off all last week, so there were so many things to do. Act-ually (that's for you, Malachi), we mostly stayed together and hung out at the house. Here's proof ...

 

At my big sister Liza's 9th birthday party ... Mom made a shirt (I LOVE MY SISTERS), but I drooled a little too much and the colors ran all over me.

When you roll with Walker Edward, you'd better look good ...

I got a haircut last week ... OK, Dad did, but mommy and I went along for the ride and to meet Tonny.

And I got an iPad2 on Friday. I think it's cute that my parents think it's theirs.

Walker takes a field trip

Kelsey and Liza thought Walker needed to visit Liza's 2nd grade classroom.

So, they asked Ms. Colburn, Liza's teacher, and it was OK.

So, Da Big Boy took a field trip ...

A busy day

Walker had a busy day today. We went for Walker's two month check up. We also had lunch with Erin, Malachi, and Elliott, picked up Grace and Liza from school, ran errands for Mike, had a family birthday celebration for Liza, and went to Grace's first band concert. So to say the least the little guy was tuckered out tonight and should sleep well.

He received the dreaded round of vaccinations at the doctor. We also got to see how he measures up to other kids his age.  He is now almost 14 pounds weighing in at 13lbs 15oz which is in the 90th percentile. He is 24 1/2"also in the 90th percentile. And his head circumference is 16" which is in the 50th percentile.

He is such a big boy, but we already knew that. The doctor told us to just keep doing what we are doing. He said he is ahead most kids his age because he is already rolling over and sleeping through the night. Yay for Us!

On the Dr.'s way out of the room he said " I bet he is going to be the next 6'11" center for Ohio State." I don't think he will make it to be quite that big but we will just have to wait and see. I would like him to just stay mommy's little baby, but Mike told me he is sure that won't happen.

 This was this morning before we went to the doctor.

And this was when we got home. Poor little guy. But to his credit he didn't cry long at all. I have actually heard him cry worse when he is mad or hungry.

First shots (aka This hurts me more than it does you)

Walker had his first shots today. If you ever had your parents pull that "this hurts me more than it does you" deal on you when you were about to get a spanking, you know that was a load of crap.

But shots are a different story.

BEFORE PHOTO

And AFTER PHOTO

Not to fear, baby and mother are doing fine. It's the guy's father we have to worry about.

A visit from the grandparents

When Walker was born, there was an ice/snow storm in the upper Carolinas and West Virginia that prevented my parents from coming up and seeing their grandson. Then, every time we planned something, weather intervened.

Last week, my parents and their dog, Rocky, made the trip up from Greenville, SC to the boy for the first time. So, I took a few days off work and we had a great visit. We sent them home with some pictures to hang up and to display with pride.

And Grandma and Papa love their little guy … and it was great to see them.

Happy Valentine's Day

The sweetest little guy that I know wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day.

He woke up all smiles for mommy and was giving out kisses and hugs. Such a perfect Valentine's Day gift!

Rolling over

As promised I managed to get a video of Walker rolling over. I shot the video on Sunday. It was a good thing that I did because he hasn't really rolled over much since, at least not when I have the camera out!

Go Steelers!!

Right after he said his first words, "GO ... STILLERS!!!"

Walker's newest accomplishments

I can hardly believe he is already 6 1/2 weeks old. He has really been growing and changing every day. He surprises me and does new things every day. Walker has had a very exciting week this week.

Early in the week he rolled over from his belly to his back. I thought it was just a fluke seeing how he is only six weeks old. But Today he repeated this trick about four times and I wasn't the only one to witness it. I am hoping to get it on camera so I can share it with everyone.

He also started sleeping through the night. Tuesday he went for a whopping 6 1/2 hours between feedings at night. Since then he has been consistently going 5 hours between feedings at night. So we can only hope that he continues and becomes a great sleeper like his momma! And he also continues to be a morning person. Some days he will wake up around 6 and not want to go back to sleep. But he is always full of smiles and ready to chat in the mornings so I can't really complain.


He wanted to say hi to a few people so I helped him make a video.