Contest Copy-Cats

I hope you aren't upset with us Brock, but when we read about the baby cover contest I got so excited! Tom and my Mom have been wanting me to enter Brigham into a contest for awhile now, but I hadn't heard of any. When I read your blog and saw what the contest was, we thought we'd give it a shot. I think there can be five winners....lets hope the Springfield Ward "B-Boys" win! So when you all are done voting for Brock, how about mosey-ing down to Briggy's gallery? We'd sure appreciate the support! Thanks for the fun idea, Brock!
Here's the website for Briggy's spot. (sorry, I still cant figure out how to do the direct link....)

http://www.parents.com/app/sharemy/photoDetails.jsp?photoId=262900302&fromSearch

In other news: Briggy had a battle with his sneaker today....and Briggy won!

My little Taquito

As many of you have witnessed, my son is a rolling-scooting machine. He refuses to stay in one spot for more than a second! I placed Briggy on part of the blanket in the living room, where I knew he could get a few rolls in without going too far, so I hurried into the kitchen to boil some water for his cereal. I was gone only a minute, when I came back into the living room this is what I found! My little taquito (for those of you who may not know of this DELICIOUS mexican cuisine its a thinly rolled up fried cheese/tortilla thing. yumm-o) That is the first time thats ever happened with him rolling...I think he thought it was pretty funny, because he was giggling like a crazy baby! Oh Briggly Wiggly!

Sunday Suprise!

My grandma, mom, dad, sister and brother all came to visit ALL DAY! Sunday. It was a realllly nice day. My parents brought a ton of food to make--steak, chicken, scallops, mashed potatoes, yummy chips (my major weakness), salad and PIE! Everything was so delicious, and the company was super! here are a few pictures of briggy with my family:

Pioneers vs. Mass Mutuals!

Tonight we went to our first Vintage Baseball game! We had so much fun! It was so nice out (minus the bugs!) I packed snacks and dinner for us, but they had plenty of stuff there: my favorite I saw was a PICKLE ON A STICK! how silly! Normally on July 25th I like to celebrate "Christmas in July" but today Im afraid we had the most summery july night you could possibly have! Oh well, next July will be more fun with Briggy doing christmasy things. This was Briggy's first game and he loved looking around at everyone and all the food! He had his eye on my cracker jacks all night...he even tried grabbing the box a few times--the little sneak! It was neat to see everyone dressed up in early 20th century gear....they even had ladies dressed up as suffragettes protesting womens rights to vote! In the flyer I thought I saw a juggler and a guy on a unicyle...but they might just do that on certain days. They had a free raffle to win a $50 gift card for gas and guess who won!? My very own Hubber! I told him to go fill one out, that I had a "good feeling" pretty lucky, huh? considering I usually never win anything! I wanted to get a picture of Briggy and the players, but we ended up packing up and leaving right as the game ended---its was way past briggy's late night snack and bedtime! We plan on going to the Championship game in mid-August with Grandma and Grand-dad....maybe even Uncle Nicky! Tickets are more affordable if you buy in "bulk" you can get a seven punch ticket for $35 instead of paying $10 a person. Children under 3 are free! I would really recommend going---it was a lot of fun! Tomorrow there's a double header starting at FOUR PM...The Westfield Wheelman are playing. You can buy tickets at Bullens Field before the game!

Packing on the Pounds!

Maybe its all in my head, but the last week or so, Briggy looks like hes getting BIGGER AND BIGGER!
Maybe its all the vegetables making him so BIG and STRONG! I think he is already at or surpassing the average weight of a FIVE month old, which makes me so happy, because I was so scared he was going to be little and puny forever...He is really playing catch up---he's almost tripled his birth weight!!!! thats big news for a five month old!

Veggie Adventures Continue.....

Tuesday was Briggy's first encounter with the sweet potato. I think he really enjoyed it! I was suprized by the sweetness of it--ive never had sweet potato before! We gave him some Gerber Organic sweet potato because AGAIN my westfield organic search failed. I didnt go to stop and shop...but I went to every other grocery store and Choice Health...nothing. So last night, we all headed up to Hadley for a Trader Joe's visit. I bought like 6 yams (thank you to the Rain's by the way--Tom and I could only find yams and didnt know if they were the same thing...so what did we do? call the baby pro's down in VA :) and we bought some avacado. After we put Briggy to bed last night Tom and I pureed away.....and
BIG NEWS at the Tillotsons:
Briggy has his first TOOTH! I thought I felt something on Monday, but I had a hard time seeing in his mouth with Briggy fidgeting..but yesterday Grandma Tina noticed it...and we all got a good look.
Our little baby is growing up!

Briggy's vegetable adventure

Last night Tom put together Briggy's new highchair. I have been feeding him rice cereal this past week....it was going so-so. I dont think he quite understands the "new" way to eat. Practice makes Perfect--we're working on it! I initially planned on feeding him avacado first. But the grocery store didnt have organic avacado....and I had my heart set on feeding him today in his new chair....so the one thing I have at home is a few jars of Green Pea by Earth's best. I plan on mostly feeding him homemade foods...but Erin gave me a few jars, so I thought I'd try it out! It was strange...on some mouthfuls it looked like he was okay with it...then on others.....he burst into tears. I dont like peas...never did. my mother said i gagged on them as a baby and wouldnt eat them...He didnt gag...but as you can see in some pic's he doesnt look too thrilled. In the end, Briggy's lion bib had a hearty lunch of peas...and briggy saliva. I think on tuesday when Grandma Tina is over we'll try out some sweet potato :)