My Whole Life

Sissie's shirt says it all. Our whole lives are being blogged. When we do something funny or cute or even really normal, Daddy takes pictures and talks about it on here. Daddy thinks that one day we aren't going to be very happy when we look at some of these pictures that he posts on this blog. I don't think he has anything to worry about because I know that I look pretty cool in all of these pictures. And I know that my sister looks cute. So I don't know what he is worried about.



OK. So I was wrong. Daddy sometimes posts embarassing pictures. I think I probably will be mad at him about these two when I get a little older. But chicks do dig me and I thought it would be fun to where Sissie's hat. Hope it made you laugh and I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I know that we are having fun with Daddy!

Lena's 3 Month Pictures

On Sunday, Lena was three months old. She is getting so cute. I just want to hold her all the time. Well, not really. But I do like to touch her. But Mommy and Daddy will only let me touch her with one finger. I'm pretty good at only touching her with one finger, but sometimes I forget.

For Lena's three month birthday, Daddy made blueberry pancakes with fresh blueberries from the farmers' market. But, of course, Lena didn't get to have any cause she only drinks baby milk. The blueberry pancakes were sooooo yummy.

After we had pancakes, we went to see Ms. Amy Pennington, the baby photographer who took all of my pictures during my first year. If you want to see more about Ms. Amy, you can find her at www.amypennington.com, where you can see some of her pictures.

Ms. Amy took lots and lots of pictures of Lena Grace.



Lena even smiled for her in some of the pictures.

Ms. Amy took a couple of pictures of me and Lena in this little seat. It was the perfect size for me. It was a little crowded when Lena got in it with me. But I held on to her. Because she is my sissie. And I have to look out for her.

When Ms. Amy was taking pictures of Sissie, I decided she needed a hairbrush, so I went to Mommy's bag and got the brush and took it to her. Then I tried to get in the picture too, but Daddy wouldn't let me.

Sometimes a guy just has to brush his hair. I guess I am trying to be like Daddy when he was growing up -- carrying a hair brush everywhere.


I can't believe Sissie is already three months old. That means I must really be old. Almost 22 months. Can you believe it?

Hippos and Elephants and Goats, Oh My!

Today was a really, really cool day. Lena Grace and I got to go to the zoo for the first time and it was sooooo fun. We saw lots of really neat things and animals that I have only seen on books and on videos. We saw monkeys, giraffes, peacocks, parrots, and lots and lots of ducks.

We also did lots of neat things. The first thing we did was to go see the hippopotamuses. They were getting ready to eat. The zoo lady gave the hippo some lettuce and then asked the hippo to open its mouth. Then she threw the watermelon into his mouth and he closed his mouth and the watermelon exploded and red watermelon juice went everywhere. Here is a cool picture of the hippo right before the zoo lady threw the watermelon into the hippo's mouth.

I also got to feed the goats. They ate their food right out of my hand.

But they didn't bite my hand.
After we saw the Hippo and we fed the goats, we went to see the elephants. If you look real close at my shirt, you will see that my zoo outfit has an elephant on it.

Today was a special day for both me and the elephants. It was special for the elephants because they got a bath in the middle of a very hot day. It was special for me because I was outside (I call it "soutside") and playing and I got to see all the animals. I can't wait to go to the zoo again!

Daddy told me that elephants have to get baths standing up and from a hose because there aren't any bathtubs big enough for elephants. But I told Daddy that I have seen Table Rock lake, and it is big enough for elephants. Daddy didn't have an answer for that one...

Father's Day "Things"

First, I want to start off by telling all the fathers in the world "Happy Father's Day" -- just a couple of days late. I had a great Father's Day with my Daddy. First, we went to breakfast and Daddy shared his breakfast with me. I had a biscuit, some grapes (my favorite food group), sausage, and even a little gravy on my biscuit. We also went out to eat for lunch to Emack & Bolio's Ice Cream Shop, and Daddy shared his yummy chocolate ice cream with me. Then Daddy took me to the wading pool in the afternoon and we went swimming together. And then Doll and Granddad came over and we had a really yummy dinner -- Mommy made meatballs and homemade sauce and a key lime pie. Anyways, it was a great, great, great Father's Day.

Well, about those "Things." Two weekends ago, when Mommy was out of town, Granddad and Doll took me and cousin Nate to a breakfast with the Seussical characters. Thing 1 and Thing 2 were there. Here is a picture of Nate with Thing 1 and Thing 2. He looks a little scared.

Here I am with Thing 1 and Thing 2 (and Doll in the background). The Things had really blue hair.
Mommy is teaching me how to wear a hat when we go outside to the park. Here I am wearing a grown up hat for a picture.
Granddad had a party at his office. I didn't get to go. But cousin Nate did and here is a picture of Granddad and cousin Nate in their special sunglasses.
Bye Bye!

Sleeping Beauty

Daddy took these pictures of Lena Grace while she was sleeping. Isn't she beautiful? I like her princess sleepsack. It keeps her warm when Daddy has the air conditioning set on -20.
Oh, the joys of sleeping with your mouth open.
And with one hand under your head.
Sleep well, pretty little lady...

Swim Shorts or Swim Pants?

Before Mommy went out of town last weekend, she took me to the Phelps Grove wading pool on Thursday afternoon. It took me a little while to work up my courage to get in the water, mostly because I was watching all the other kids play. I was watching through my really cool sunglasses, of course.

When I finally got in the water, I wanted to get the ball. "Ball" is one of my favorite words right now. And I had to hold my breath until I got the ball....
I saw lots of new people and played with some of them. This litle boy wanted to play with the ball and his truck, at the same time.
After I finished swimming, I went for a walk through the grass. There is nothing like the feeling of grass on your bare feet.... Daddy asked me a question when he saw this picture. He asked, are those swim shorts or swim pants? I told him I didn't know, but I know I look a lot cuter than he does

Doorknobs, Sunglasses and Sundresses

This weekend, Daddy and Auntie Rachel had a garage sale and I helped them "set up" for the sale. My favorite part was playing with the doorknobs that used to be in our house.

Mommy has made a deal with me. I can go "soutside" (outside) if I wear my new sunglasses. So, here I am in my sunglasses and advertising that I am a big brother.

Lena Grace likes to wear her pretty sundresses. Here she is wearing her sundress and a matching hat. She is so pretty. Daddy likes to call this picture "the thinker." I don't know what that means, but I know she is pretty.