Elvis Is In the House!

We dressed Ben up in his Halloween costume for a local park Halloween event last weekend. He was strangely content in his red cape and gold belt -- and even wore the black wig for awhile, but we had mercy and took that off. None of these pics do justice to just how great he looked (people would stop and laugh when they realized he was Elvis) but I love how happy he is in the swing photos (despite the fact that they're out of focus. . . )

 

 

 

 

Party Tricks: By the Powers of Greyskull!

This is a video from a few months ago, when the Bug was a year old. It was the start of a variety of tricks he could pull off . . . of course he didn't necessarily perform them ALL that well, since he was on film. . . but it's still fun. These days we have lots more party tricks. Indeed, I think he even learned how to walk finally today!

Bug and Chair

The Bug has gotten very into rolling around on big chairs. It's fun to watch and it kinda makes me hope that he'll really enjoy the same kind of lounging in the library reading thing that Steve and I do. On the other hand, the last picture in this series makes me think perhaps it's really just that he's a ham who's destined for beefcake model photo shots.

Things In Our Future #7

This in from my friend Jessica: Her son Seth asked her -- as sons apparently do -- if he could marry her when he grew up. Jessica explained that he couldn't but that she was sure he would marry a very nice girl. He said, "Yes, I will. I will marry a nice girl. . . Named Mommy!"

Orange

A picture of the Bug in a new outfit his grandmother bought him. . . we now know that orange is clearly his color. . . (And yes, we seem to have a theme of baby pictures with his mouth wide open. Apparently he's a happy kid.)

We spent a lovely weekend in West Virginia with some friends at their beautiful farm. The Bug got lots of ourdoor time, and also got practice "playing nicely" with their son Nicholas.

Bug Pool Party

Ben had a fantastic time playing in the water for his first birthday party (which was really just an excuse for us to have all our friends over to swim and eat yummy bbq. . . ) Here he is swimming with his grandfather and aunt, and playing more patty cake with his grandmother.

Party Tricks: Patty Cake, Patty Cake. . .

One of the things Ben learned to do while we were on vacation is throw up his hands at the "Baby and Me!" section of Patty Cake. . . this never ever seems to get old for him.

France, Part 2

We just couldn't be any further behind in updating this blog. . . so here are tons of new (well, new to you . . . ) photos! These are some more from our trip to France when the Bug was 11 months old.