I promise!

This photo means exactly what it says:

No, it is not the only clean shirt he had today.
No, we weren't so desperate to clothe Caleb that we got whatever shirt we could find.
No, it's not Sam trying to point out that he's the oldest brother in his family.
No, Caleb doesn't have a little brother.

But yes, Sam and I are so proud of our little Squirt and all he has learned to do that we decided to promote him to
Big Brother
around the 21st of December.

All the reactions we have gotten have been funny...for some reason none of the younger siblings seemed to get it till it was pointed out to them. And even then, it still took Ben another 5 hours and someone else explaining it for him to get it. LOL!

A story of Daffodils

Once upon a time there was a school bus driver named Cyam. One day at the end of his Friday afternoon route he saw some beautiful daffodils growing in a ditch. After he dropped all the kids off at their houses he went back and picked the daffodils and hurried home to give them to his wife. She was very thrilled to have flowers at her house and gave Cyam lots of hugs and kisses. And they lived happily ever after. The End.

Singing Debut

18 month photo shoot

Took two days, 3 adults, 1 frisbee and lots of photoshopping - but we managed to get Squirt's 18 month photos taken. Here are the photos from his perspective:

Hmmm - are you really sure you want to see all these pictures? There are a lot. But they're pretty cute.


This is my Calvin (and Hobbs) face


A typical Squirt face


I'm surprised you made it this far


Ok I'm bored - let's go play somewhere.


Ok, Mom. I'll smile for Brandilyn...but I'll slouch against the wall since you're STILL making me get pictures taken


I'm really done getting pictures taken


Ok - here's a smile. See? I smiled.


Hmmm - maybe I'll go play somewhere else


Yay for playing!

And after 2 days worth of shooting - you might get pictures I might smile just a little...against the one backdrop Mom doesn't really like.



And then I'll try out the three small stairs nearby and face plant - into the door - resulting in tears, bumps, tears, scrapes, screaming, tears, and an inconsolable little squirt.

And then Dad might just show me the motorcycle

And I won't even think about liking it until he honks the horn.

And then I'll have to try it. And the tears will stop for a moment.

Then we'll all take a trip to Grandma's house to decompress and forget about everything for a while.

Then Mom will spend a few hours photoshopping to get a picture she really likes.


But it is a pretty good picture, don't you think?

Fame

During his 18 month photo shoot - I got this gem of a photo - that looks like Squirt is following in the footsteps of our favorite fashion blogger - Brandilyn.



She posed just like him for pictures today - and I love it! Her blog post about it is pretty funny too. And she's pretty funny too - and she's one of my best friends. We visit her in her store a lot. She's pretty awesome.

More of the 18 month photos to come.

PS - I'm not going to start taking pictures of Squirt's outfits every day. I don't plan on turning him into a baby fashion blogger any time soon.