You should see the other guy.

1st rule of Baby Fight Club: You DO NOT talk about Baby Fight Club (even if you can talk a little)

2nd Rule: No shirts, no shoes.
3rd Rule: Only two guys (or gals) to a fight.

4th Rule: No fighting! Fighting is bad. Hard-core matches of Pat-A-Cake or Peek-A-Boo are encouraged, however.
5th Rule: Milk, juice, and snacks will be provided and there will be a mandatory nap time.

(Amended from The Rules of Fight Club)

Happy Birthday to Me!

Can you believe it, I'm ONE year old. What a great year it's been!


Yummm......cake! I think I'll have more birthday tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day....

Groovy, Cuz!

I went out to the Nashville area a few weeks ago to visit my Aunt Susan, Uncle Mike, and cousins Catey and Jonathan.

As you may know, Nashville is "Music City", so me and Catey decided to rock out while Jonathan kept time and sang backup.


I think our unique blend of blues-rock, jam-band, and surf pop will be a monster hit with the kids today. Our EP should be dropping real soon!

So happy together

I love my mommy!

So Tall!

Guess how I got way up here.

(hint: daddy didn't do it)

Get ready, I plan on sliding down the banister next week.

Happy Birthday Dave!

Here's a picture of me and my good buddy David having a
staring-while-looking-grumpy contest.



But today he can be HAPPY because it's his BIRTHDAY! I think he turns a bajillion-and-two, the same age as my daddy (anything older than 1 seems pretty crazy to me).

Zoo Week - Part 3, Oh My!

There weren't a ton of animals out, since it's still winter, but we did see a few good ones:

ROAARRR!

That's me riding a TIGER!

I even got to see the cousins of my stuffed-animal buddies, P. B. and Jay.

Zoo Week - Part 2

Cute bunny.

Cuter bunny!

So many duckies!

QUACK, QUACK!

What is that thing?

Zoo Week!

Yesterday was a very nice day outside. It was a little windy at times, but I had my favorite coat on so that was fine.

Since it was nice out, I decided to get my parents out of the house and took them on our first trip to the Zoo!

Apparently all the other kids in the city had the same idea. Boy was it crowded! That was actually a good thing, since I loved seeing all the people. We had a great time and I have more (better) pictures to share this week, so stay tuned...

Talking heads

We love to video chat with family and friends. Sometimes it can get tough to get everyone in the picture, but I found a great place to sit to help out!

Speaking of cupcakes...

...what do you think of my hat? I like this birthday thing!
Did you know I'm 9 months old today? Someone get me 3/4ths of a candle!

Yee-haw!

Happy Birthday Daddy! Very exciting and fun. But, dude, you need a haircut!

Thanks for the cupcakes, Mommy. They're so yummy that I saved some crumbs for later in my chair, my clothes, and my hair.

All Aboard!

Costumania!

Halloween is great! I don't know what this candy stuff is, but all those costumes sure are fun. I got to be a Bee, a Pumpkin, AND a Giraffe!  What did you dress up as?

The Friendly Skies

I took my first (and second) plane trip ever the weekend before last. I got to experience the joys of changing gates, being delayed, sitting on the runway for a while, and flying through some roller-coaster turbulence. As you can see, I was traumatized by the experience.

From My First Plan...

As part of my master plan, I didn't cry at all, and in fact pretended to sleep almost the entire time during both trips. This way, my parents will be tricked into taking me on a plane again when I'm old enough to exact my carefully-plotted revenge on those pilots and the Chicago weather system in general.



Yes, baldy, I see you back there. You can't hide forever...

4th of July Weekend

Since it was so hot out yesterday, I went swimming in Pop-pop's pool again. I used the floatie that we tried out 4th of July. That reminded me of what a nice time that weekend was, so I've put up some pictures from then - click the photo on the right for the full album.




I do enjoy floating around in the pool, but I have to say that sitting in that thing does not do flattering things with my chin(s)!

Daddy needs a new camera

On Saturday, I met my parents' friends Rebecca and Barrett and my new buddy Ella, who is only a tiny bit younger than me. Of course they all were very nice, and very tall! We all went to lunch and us babies were very well behaved, I must say.

Barrett has a super camera he uses for his blog about "food", "cooking", and "culture" (whatever those are). They took a bunch of pictures that look really good, despite the crazy lighting from the bright sun coming through the window.

I like this one of me and Mommy, but there are lots of other good ones in the rest of the set. I guess my dad needs a new camera like they have, or maybe just needs to learn how to take photos. I mean, did you see this one? Talk about embarrassing, sheesh!

I Love Mommy

My mommy's birthday was last week. Birth days are very important, I know, so I was very excited for her. She says shes already had thirty-something of them! So, in honor of her birthday, I'm going to have 30-something straight posts with pictures, 1 each day. Just keep in mind that I have absolutely no idea how to count yet...

Flying

I take my first plane trip in . I have no idea what that is, but my parents are nervous about it. If it's anything like swimming or tub time, I'm up for it!

In Motion

Since people seem to be obsessed with newborns of any variety (puppies, panda cubs, even us newborns without fur), they like to avoid doing their work and watch videos of them being silly. My daddy is still practicing his basic photography skills, so his ability to capture and/or edit interesting video is still pretty limited. However, he did play with the "continuous shot" feature of his camera yesterday to create "almost-video". He seemed kind of pathetic, so I humored him by moving around, smiling a little, and even giving a half-laugh. I even did it TWICE in once day so maybe he wouldn't bother me with it for a little while. :)

Mommy says you adults don't have people trying to make sure you are happy and entertained all day. That sounds terrible! So, when your day starts to get a little tiring or boring today and you need a break, I think you should call your co-workers on over and you can all watch the slideshow below together. Add your own sound effects for extra fun!