18 Months

You turned 18 months on December 28th. You got a bike from our friends the Hallams and it is your new favorite thing to do. Whenever you see the bike in the garage you say ride. You love to go for a ride. We put our Christmas tree up and did it in stages. You loved the lights on the tree and then when we decorated it with ornaments you loved it even more. One morning you picked one of my favorite ornaments off the tree and said pretty for the first time. It was a joyful moment to see you admiring our tree and to hear you excitedly say pretty. :) You are really talking well. We were at a playdate and Miss Karie was reading Brown Bear to all of you kiddos and you said goldfish. All of us moms were so surprised and proud to hear you say that. Whenever you hear an airplane you yell airplane, point up to the sky, and want daddy to hold you. It's like you feel closer to the airplane when daddy holds you because he is so tall. :)
On December 8th we flew to CA for Christmas. We were on the same flight as our good friends the Allhands. It was fun to fly with them and it was wonderful to have their help with all of our stuff! We stayed at Auntie Jen and Uncle Andy's house and you did great adjusting to CA time and to a new home. We went to Christmas in the Park with our whole family minus daddy becasue he was still in TX working. We went to cut down Auntie Jen's christmas tree. We went to the beach with Papa and Grammy, and had a lot of nice family time. Then we went to Sacramento to visit Auntie Karla, Uncle Shannon, and Mimi. They loved seeing you and you enjoyed it too. Then we went to Brentwood to see Grandma, Grandpa, Nana, Aunt Sam, and cousin Micah and Nathan. You boys play so well together. We had a nice relaxing time. Daddy flew in and then we went back to San Jose for Christmas and spent Christmas afternoon in Brentwood. Lots of traveling!
When we get back from our trip we will have your 18 month well check and then I will post your stats. You wear size 18 month pants and 24 month shirts. You are like your daddy in that your torso is longer. You still take two naps a day at 10am and 2pm. You don't nap long, they are usually 45 minutes to an hour long. We tried to go down to one nap a day but you aren't ready for that yet. You still go to bed at 7 and wake up at 7. We give you three cups of milk a day and you love your milk. You are starting to drink more water. Your favortie foods are bananas, apples, pancakes, man n cheese, and the only meat you like is ham. You are a busy boy and always on the go.
Happy 18 month birthday baby boy! You are my precious gift from God. My answer to prayer and one of my biggest and best blessings. Mommy loves you!

You are a big kid now! :) Asher's first birthday.






Asher is one of your best buds and we are so sad that they moved away. You ask for Sena and Asher all of the time.



You and Colton at the airport waiting for our flight. You guys are looking out the window at our plane.



Christmas in the Park.






This is one of my all time favorite pictures with my family. I just wish Daddy was there!






You with all of your boy cousins on the Lambert side.







We went to cut down Auntie Jen's Christmas tree.












We went over Aunt Susie's to celebrate cousin Dana's birthday. It was wonderful to see everyone!



You were trying to get into the dessert. :)






We went to the beach with Grammy and Papa.


















Your new church outfit. Your face is so stinkin cute!






Gramma reading you a Christmas book that she bought for you.



Wearing Daddy's old hat.



When Daddy flew to CA we went back to the beach with him and Papa.












Watching the Cowboys game at Papa and Grammy's house. You are giving Tulee some love.










You got your first haircut! Your hair is so curly but when it is wet it is super long and you needed a cut. You did great you didn't even care that she was cutting your hair.



This is my all time favorite picture of our Murphy family.



This was an awesome month full of family and lots and lots of fun!

17 Months

You turned 17 months on November 28th. We started off this month getting settled back into our routine at home because we were traveling for almost an entire month. You had your second Halloween and your costume was a chef because you love to carry a whisk around and help mommy cook. We went trick or treating with your friend Emily. You would walk up to the door all by yourself. You and Emily had a lot of fun together. The next morning you woke up with a high fever of 105. We went to the Doctor and found out that you had hand, foot, and mouth disease. That night your enitre body broke out in blisters. It was awful! You were so uncomforatable and it made us so sad to see you in pain. It took a few days for your fever to go away and it took a couple of weeks for your blisters to scab and fall off. Your skin is still healing. We know you got sick from the YMCA so we cancelled our membership and no longer go there. We didn't want to risk you ever getting that sick again. You recovered just in time to go to Oklahoma City to have Thanksgiving with the Lambs and their family. We had a wonderful time! It was so fun to see Aunt April, Uncle Jon, and CG. Miss Carlotta had a lot of fun ideas and activities for us to do and you especially loved the turkey hunt. She hid different colored paper turkeys outside around the neighbors yard and you had to find them and when you did you were supposed to say gobble gobble. We were so proud of you for being able to say goble goble and you also said yellow and purple.

You like to play night night. You get your blankie and want to cuddle with mommy and daddy. You will lay your head down on us and we absolutely love it. You like to cuddle when you have your cup of milk too. You want us to hold you and you have to have your brown blankie while you drink your cup of milk. We will let you do this for as long as you want because you are so busy that anytime you want to be held is special for us! If we ask you to shake your booty you will dance and spin around in circles. If we ask you where something is you will do the hand motions for where and shrug your shoulders. You look so cute while doing it. You love to play hide and seek and where is Timmy. You go up and down the stairs really well. Daddy taught you how to go down the stairs by using your tummy. You can say please, thank you, go Sharks, shoes, and socks. If we ask you to go get something (like the remote) or to close the door you will do it. You love to read books, you love cars, trucks, and playing outside. If we say the word go you say shoes, bye bye, church. We must go to church a lot. :) Whenever you see a guitar you say Bible because at chruch they play the guitar and sing songs. Your favorite two songs are the B-I-B-L-E and Pat the Bible. I love that you are already learning about Jesus!

You are a sweet boy! You will give love whithout anyone asking you. You will lay your head on someone and that is your way of showing love. If someone is sad you are concerned and want to comfort them. You are a happy little boy and very friendly. You will talk to anyone. Your sweet and sensitive spirit is a blessing to us and you bring us so much joy! We love you Timmy and we are so proud of you!

Happy Halloween! The cutest chef I have ever seen. :)



Trying to "help" Daddy fix the chair.









I love how little you look next to your Dad.









Opening your Thanksgiving present from Gramma and Grandpa.



Happy Thanksgiving!



Getting into the ornaments.



Watching Mommy decorate our Christmas tree.



Riding your new bike...your favorite thing to do.

iPad

I am so frustrated with my iPad. I traded my laptop in for an iPad this summer and for the most part I love it but not when it comes to blogging. The blogger app hasn't worked since I got mine and I have been waiting for them to fix it. In the meantime I haven't been able to blog because I want to include pictures and all of my pictures are on my iPad. So instead of waiting I'm going to blog and have to add pictures later. Heres to hoping they fix it soon!

16 Months

You turned 16 months on October 28th. We spent most of this month traveling. We flew to New York for cousin Matt's wedding and then we flew to CA to visit with family. We were gone for twenty three days! We were a little worried how you would do flying so much but you did great. The flight from NY to CA was six in a half hours but you ate dinner and then slept for the entire flight. It helped that we were able to bring your carseat on with us.You had a hard time adjusting from NY time to CA time. For the first few days you woke up at 4am because to you it felt like 7am. We had a fun time visiting with all of our family!


Cousin Matt and Jeanne's wedding.






Playing with cousin Vincent.






We got to meet cousin Isabella who was only one week old.



Matt and Jeanne were sweet and held off on their honeymoon so they could spend some time with us. We went to Jones Beach.






Playing with cousin Juliana.



Sleeping on our 6.5 hour flight from NY to CA. So thankful you slept!



Papa pushing you on the swing at their house.



We went to visit Grammy at work.









We went to Happy Hollow with Gramma, Auntie Sam, Micah, and Nathan. We had a blast!






I think you were a little scared. Your arms look like you are holding on for dear life. Micah is enjoying the ride. :)






Papa, Grammy, and mommy took you to our favorite place the beach. You love the water! It was freezing cold but you still wanted to play in it.









Grammy taught you how to build sand castles.



We had dinner with the Sullivan's.



Aunt Susie had us over for a delicious breakfast.



Cuddle time with Grandpa.



We were there for cousin Nathan's first birthday. You had fun playing with his new presents.



I treasure these next three pictures of you loving on Nana!






With out any prompting you were so sweet and loving to Nana. Here you are kissing her hand. :)



Grammy came to Brentwood on her day off to have one last day with you.



Auntie Karla and Uncle Shannon came to see you too.





They love you so much!

15 Months

You turned 15 months on September 28th. We had your 15 month well check and everything was great! You weighed 25 pounds in the 50-75 percentile, and you were 32 inches in the 75 percentile. You used to be in the 95 percentile for your height but you have tapered off.

These pictures were taken at your 15 month appointment.

This month you learned how to stand up from a sitting position without using anything to help you. Before you would walk and if you fell down you would need to pull up on something to get to a standing position.

14 Months

I am so behind! Timothy turned 14 months on August 28th. I want to keep up with his monthly updates so that I can record his milestones and be able to look back at what he was doing at that stage in his life. I have some catching up to do. 

This month Gramma came to visit us. She watched you while mommy and daddy went away for our five year anniversary. This was only our second time leaving you and it was our first time to go away just the two of us. It was nice to know that you were being well taken care of. Gramma took you on a walk every day because you love to go on walks. We were only gone for three nights but we missed you so much. 

This month you learned how to walk! You were taking a few steps before then but it was almost like you wanted to be able to walk perfectly before you really started. You took four steps without prompting on the 17th and then one night at RLG you just started walking everywhere (on the 25th).We were so proud of you. You are a big boy now.

Your new favorite thing to do. Walk up and down the sidewalk.

You also like to look out the window for trucks.

Here is a video of Timmy walking.