Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Riding in style

Since he's approaching the ripe old age of 1 year and a total weight soaking wet of 23 pounds we decided to go ahead and get him a new car seat, the Britax Marathon CS.

I think we threw him off by letting him try out his new seat with his pajamas on. Here he looks disappointed and probably thinks he's going somewhere instead of going to bed.Very confused here, not sure why he's in his car seat in the house. He looks at me as if he's waiting on me to explain it to him.This doesn't look too comfortable but he laid in this basket for quite a while playing with his toys.He finally managed to get himself out.Then he realized it was more fun to just dump all the toys out onto the living room floor.He's become quite the hugger. So to all of you who will see him this weekend in Oklahoma, be ready. This is typically the last sight you see before he launches himself into your arms.Looking at a face like this, it's easy to practice hugging with him all day.
Mike
Fort Riley, KS

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Oral hygiene time

Since the boy now has six teeth, we figured it's about time to start brushing them. He eventually liked it and enjoyed watching himself in the mirror.He wasn't quite so sure at first though. It was a face similar to the one we saw when he first tried peas.This is what happens when you get him undressed for his bath and tell him to meet you in the bathroom. Guess he got a little disoriented and ended up in the kitchen.As we close in on him he makes a run for it, trying to make it to the laundry room.Although exhausted, we eventually caught up with him and plopped him into the tub.These were taken Sunday before church.Ready for winter, he tries out one of his hoodies.He and Daphne spent a lot of time each day looking out the window at neighbors and other dogs.We're all excited about his 1st birthday party next weekend in Oklahoma!

Mike
Fort Riley, KS