Tag: Toren

Okay, this is pretty much overkill on video, but I figured I’d post these for the hard core Toren lovers out there (i.e., his grandparents), since it’s highly unlikely anyone else will sit and watch 25 minutes of Toren.  Here are three clips of Toren “opening” presents (really Toren playing with presents after Debi opened…

We had some cans of Sprite left over from Toren’s birthday party.  I didn’t think too much about simply leaving them out on the floor as we hadn’t decided what to do with them yet.  Over the last couple of days, Toren found the box, pulled out a few cans, and has spent a little…

Apparently the “thing to do” at a first birthday party is to give your kid some of the cake and let him/her just go at it, smearing it all over him/herself.  I’ve been cued in to this tradition by various friends with kids who all have the pictures to prove to me this is, in…

We had a dozen or so friends come over for Toren’s first birthday on Saturday.  There was only one child who is close to Toren’s age.  The rest were our friends.  Here’s the invite I put together for the party via a very cool evite alternative called pingg.com (strongly recommend it over evite.com): We basically…

So, I didn’t write these down at the doctor’s office yesterday, but I’m pretty sure their accurate (I’m positive on the weight, because I was paying close attention on that one): height – 30.5 inches (60th percentile) weight – 22lbs 4 oz. (50th percentile) head circumference – 18.5 inches (75th percentile) In other words, Toren…

I had to replace the motherboard on my computer (bad ethernet port, but still under warranty; 2 weeks without my desktop, but worth it).  While my computer was out of commission, the little cubby where my computer goes was empty.  In a never-ending bid to find awful ways to torment Toren, I put him inside…

Yep, Debi and I did it!  We kept Toren alive for a whole year!  Hooray for us!  Here’s a picture for you to enjoy: He has his 1 year checkup Thursday, so I’ll have stats on height/weight then.  I’m also compiling some statistics.  Here’s a sampler: Total posts on the blog about Toren since he…

Toren can walk!  I mentioned a few posts back that he was walking between Debi and I.  Now, he’s just simply walking: The video above shows a bunch of his moves. He walks, sits, stands, crawls, cruises, bends over to pick stuff up, etc. He’s getting mobile!!! Apparently he walks quite a bit at daycare…

We’re cheap.  Ergo, Debi cuts my hair.  She does a good job cutting it, but it’s also because she doesn’t charge me anything. 😉 Now enter Toren…  I needed a haircut.  Toren needed a nap, but didn’t want to take one.  So, we decided that Debi would cut my hair and Toren could sit near…

We stopped by Wal-Mart to pick up a prescription for Debi.  While we waited for them to fill the prescription, we did a little shopping.  I’ve been digging popsicles lately (it’s 90 degrees here and they are relatively low calorie), so I picked some up.  While we waited for Debi to pay for her prescription,…