big guy

Fact: babies grow overnight.

more bone fete-ing

This time, we celebrated Lily, Gabes, and Auntie in a birthday cake extravaganza. We love them and we love cake so it was a delicious way to spend the afternoon.

toothless

Now it's Annie's turn with this losing teeth business. What? Didn't this tooth JUST GROW IN? Wasn't she a baby yesterday? The answer is, no, I guess not. Darn it.

Anyway, Annie lost a tooth! And then another! And then she was kind and understanding when the Tooth Fairy didn't make it to our house one night (you know, what with all the surplus of kids losing teeth, plus traffic delays, plus her having a cold... the Tooth Fairy has some rough days, too, you know... but then she left extra the next night to make up for it so all is forgiven).

So, welcome, Annie, to the story of life: grow a tooth, lose a tooth, make a buck.

efficient, part 2

Instead of doing things while Leo sleeps (like, say, cleaning the house or making supper), I prefer to just watch him.

mama jane

Jane is good at holding babies. But methinks it's wise not to leave her unsupervised.

celebrating nanny

Happy birthday to you, dear Nanny! We all had fun celebrating you today, and we have fun loving you everyday, too. Hurray!

helper

Leo enjoys baking cookies in his spare time.

efficient

We find it most efficient to rake our leaves and shovel snow at the same time.

more

More pictures of Leo. Always a lot more pictures...

please

Sometimes Leo has just had enough.

sausage fingers

I am fascinated by Leo's hands... his palms seem so little compared to his giant fingers. Or maybe all baby's hands look like that and I've forgotten. OR he has giant fingers.

jokers

Daddy and son enjoy a laugh together.

candy store

See? Some of us did leave the couch sometimes. This was Jane and Papa's daily walk to the convenience store to buy a newspaper. The morning walks started out being called a walk to the "newspaper store." By the end of their visit, however, someone got the name mixed up to "candy store." 

professional baby holders and story readers

Look who came to meet Leo... travelling the farthest distance and bringing with them a lot of love... it's Grammie and Papa!!

Judging from these photos, we didn't venture too far from the couch when they were here... not entirely accurate but not totally wrong either. We enjoyed a lot of down time, visiting time, holding time, reading time, recouping time, just being time. Just time. And it was so good.

spectator sport

Leo's bath time brings out the big crowds, every time. Pardon the staring, Leo.

trapped

What's a big brother to do, when he's being held hostage by a baby?

Nothing. Just sit there. And love it.

leo love

Here are some people who came to love on Leo as soon as they could. Leo loves them all back.