Playtime is Fun!

In addition to the guys that hang out on my bouncy chair, I have these other friends that sometimes join me on my swing. I really enjoy playing now!

All friends, toys, parents, and otherwise immediately become chopped liver if I notice my big sister in the room. I think Maddie is the greatest, and can't wait until I can dance and play with her.

42 Years Together...

In honor of Boppa and Grandma's anniversary, I found this quote for them...

"Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts that stood their ground."

*Yawn* And now back to my nap.
Just kidding...only one of them is a nut.



To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ~ Viscott

I Know It's His Birthday

...but did they have to let Aunt Dan hold me? Just kidding. He's does a good job and deals pretty well with my screaming. Plus Mom, Auntie Karen, and two Grandmas were close by... in case I needed any help!

Happy, Happy Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

AUNT DAN!

I owned the world that hour as I rode over it. Free of the earth, free of the mountains, free of the clouds... Charles Lindbergh

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

UNCLE BRIAN!!

Sometimes life's so much cooler when you just don't know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet. ~ Anthony Kiedis

Just a few words that made me think of them...

To My Daddy, Boppa, and Great-Grandpa

He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland

Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

My Two-month Check

Shots. Today I learned about shots. Could have lived without that. It's made me a bit cranky and doubly squeaky. Anyway, on to the better parts of the day.

I'm now up to 10 pounds! That puts me in the 25th percentile for my age. My height has increased by 1-1/4 inches, landing me in the 15th percentile. Mom says the weight that makes me disproportionate must be all in my cheeks.

Yeah, and those shots...three of them today. When you have tiny legs, it's a bad thing. Maddie never reacted much to shots, but she always had meaty thighs. I'm not so lucky. I hated each shot, the Taz bandaids, and so far the following six hours.

It was a good thing Mom was along, because Daddy was not dealing well with my shots. He has needle issues, and has only been alone with Maddie for shots twice. He said he felt each poke, and cringed with me. Maybe next time we could just give him the shots!

Look At What I Can Do...

I prefer to keep my head up whenever possible. One can survey the room so much better that way, though I'm not yet an expert on turning it too much.

I've been perfecting this talent for a while now, so in a few days, I'll have no issues left. After all, I am freakishly strong like Daddy (and Maddie).

Do I Look Amused?

It's been established that I display the family sense of humor already, but I'm not laughing right now. First Mom makes me wear this nightdress with the mildly embarrassing Pooh mittens for hands. Then my ever loving big sister decides I have to wear the Pooh slippers too?!? Big sisters. At least she also gave me Panda to snuggle. Mom and Maddie kept saying how cute I looked, but I'm not sure I'm as into Pooh as they are. At least not yet...

Laughing With Dad

Let's face it, sometimes a daddy can be very funny! So far, laughing is my favorite hobby.

My Special Day

We celebrated my baptism today! I have the honor of being the first baptism in our newly built church. Mom says it's even more special because she and Daddy were married in the old church, Mad was baptized in the summer church, and now I was in the new church; we've covered all the buildings!

I slept peacefully in Daddy's arms through most of the ceremony. Not even having water poured on me bothered me too much.

Daddy's sister, Aunt Jenny and one of Mom's favorite brothers-in-law, Uncle John stood up as my Godparents. My cousin, Daniel, came to check things out for a little while.

This little light of mine...

My pretty white "shirt."

Me with my older cousin, Gunnar. Maddie & Daniel and Daniel think he's pretty cool, so he must be!

My big sister was very excited to hear that I needed lots of help eating my cake.

Me and my big sis in what she calls our "dancing dresses." I can't wait until I'm big enough to dance with her. We'll be singing, "I know you. I danced with you once upon a dream..."

Here I am with my Godparents.

It was a long, tiring day, but very worth it!

Thanks to Auntie Karen for taking pictures with Mom's camera and letting me wear her pink sweater. Anyone else with photos can send them to Mom in raw format.

Smiling is Fun!

Okay, so technically, this photo was taken on the first of June, but we didn't get it on here right away...Mom was probably Facebook farming or something. Can you believe how cute I am? Mom says I look a lot like Maddie in her early smiling days.

Mommy's Girls

How Mommy helped them sit...

Maddie's adjustment. Quite the proud big sister!