Ryan and Debi & Toren

Category: Toren

  • in the blink of an eye

    Two days ago I was preparing to shave in our bathroom while Debi showered.  Toren was sitting on the mat outside the bathroom playing with toys.  This is a pretty common scenario around here these days.  I was keeping an eye on Toren while I lathered on the shaving cream.  When I was ready to…

  • Toren, king of the infant room

    Debi told me a story about Toren today over dinner.  She stays with him in the infant room at daycare for a half hour or so when she drops him off and then visits for a half hour or so around lunch time.  All Toren wants to do at the moment is walk, holding on…

  • Toren as Zombie

    I saw that my brother Josh had zombified himself on Facebook.  I thought it was funny, so I zombified Toren: FYI, Debi’s not a fan.  But I think it’s pretty good.  He looks terrifying!

  • sunshade

    I took Toren for a ride in the car while I ran some errands.  I took Debi’s car as it is easier to get him in and out in his rear-facing car seat in a 4 door car than in my 2 door.  On the way to our first stop, Toren reached up with his…

  • doorknobs

    As I noted in my post yesterday, Toren’s favorite activity these days is walking around with our help.  On the weekends, Debi and I take turns watching Toren so the other person can work.  Toren is perfectly happy playing with me, but he periodically wants to go see Debi.  So, he’ll occasionally grab my fingers…

  • foot rides

    Toren’s favorite activity these days is to walk.  He holds our fingers and walks all over the place.  He’s hilarious in how he goes about this.  When he is ready to walk, he puts his hands up near his ears, which is his way of communicating to us that he is ready for our fingers…

  • my toys hang from the ceiling

    This is footage of Toren playing with one of his favorite toys, the ceiling fan controls in our office:

  • waving demon child

    Toren started waving a few weeks before this, but we couldn’t ever catch him on film. I did this night, but it was so dark, I switched the camera to night mode and ended up turning Toren into a demon child (his eyes are creepy). Even so, he’s waving:

  • jumper fun

    This is a clip of Toren actually enjoying his Johnny Jumper:

  • Debi dressed down

    Debi put Toren down for bed this night but Toren wasn’t going to have any of it. In his best baby babble, he told her what he thought of being put to bed (turn your audio up, and no, there isn’t anything to see; it was too dark to film):