Monday, August 21, 2006

Jersey Boy



Johnny took his first trip to the Jersey Shore on Friday, since our family from Ohio was visiting. He seemed to enjoy it, and only tried to eat sand twice. My sister-in-law told me about the trick of using baby powder to get the sand off, which worked awesomely, except a baby covered in baby powder soon equals a mom covered in baby powder, which isn't great when you're wearing a black bathing suit.


He held up pretty well, but I wish we could've stayed even longer. Here's what happens to Johnny after a day at the beach

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

He's a simple man



Obviously, there's no need to spend any money on toys for his birthday if he's happy playing in a cardboard box...

Monday, August 14, 2006

Little Friends




We took a trip on Saturday to visit with one of my oldest friends and her husband and their little guy, who's a month younger than Johnny. Her guy claps with his whole heart, getting so excited when he does it, and I tried to get Johnny to take notes, but he prefers to simply pound his chest with his right hand, like he joined some gang and that's their secret sign. My baby rolls with the Crips.

We went to the pool for a bit and after playing for a while and refusing to nap all day, her little smoosh finally gave in and conked out.

Grandma's House




We had a great afternoon at Grandma & Grandpa Lane's house, until Johnny hit his limit and started melting down. But before that, he had fun playing with everyone, and got a lot of special love from LeiAn.

Friday, August 11, 2006

Riding High



Pretty much anything his daddy does makes BabyJ smile like this.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Baby Got Back




Someday he'll kill me for this, but for now, I can't resist.

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Plastic Man




It took about 10 seconds for BabyJ to toss all of this tupperware out of the cabinet and onto the floor. It's like he was hunting for a buried treasure, the way he pulled all of the stuff out.

Monday, August 07, 2006

Horse Races





We went to Monmouth Racetrack yesterday, for something called the Haskell Races. Or something like that - it's apparently a well known event for people who are in the know. Since it was my first time at a horse track, I couldn't help but feel like I was in Mary Poppins. Love that movie.
Here's BabyJ with Uncle J. BabyJ rested his head on his uncle's chest, and just looked at me with such an amazing look of peace and comfort that just blew me away. I took as many pics as I could.