Aw Shucks!

I am really smiling a lot lately, and you know what that means, folks? That's right - colic is outta here and good riddance! No more are my every waking moments filled with frantic kicking and screaming myself red-faced and breathless, I am now pleased as pie to sit and stare you in the face with a big ol' grin on my face! What a difference this makes in everyone's life! Plus, I am working on my "I know a secret and it's a juicy one!" face - I think I've pretty much got it down!

I included this picture just to show off my juiciness - check out the thighs and those cheeks! My word!

Wonderfully Quirky

My latest "thing"? Mittens. Yes, it is still back-of-your-knee-sweaty hot out, but I need mittens on my hands, people! Even when I eat. Even when we are out in public. And SOMETIMES they even match! Sure, we get looks, but who gives a toot? I'm happy!

Family Birthday Party at Tommy's

Every year, we all go to Grandpa Tommy's house to celebrate Daddy's birthday. And this year we decided to celebrate Debbie and Aunt Kira's birthdays too to add to the fun. We had a great time visiting with our family, eating lots of delicious food and of course ending the meal with Grandpa Tommy's special, incredible, best-in-the-universe homeade vanilla ice cream. I'm already looking forward to doing this again next year!

Sleeping soundly with my lovely Aunt Sara:

3 generations:

Kissy kissy from Grandmama:

Smile! It's your birthday! The birthday folks - Daddy, Debbie and Aunt Kira:

Papa, Fahad, Grandpa Tommy and Daddy waiting patiently (kind of) to eat their bowls of ice cream:

Birthday Party at the Park

On what felt like the hottest day of the year, my friend Bella had her birthday party at a park in Newnan. It was super hot, even under the pavillion, so we all headed to the water play area to cool off. But, whoops! We forgot my bathing suit, so I just jumped right in with my clothes on! Even though my shorts were already too big so when the got wet they stayed mostly around my ankles, it didn't matter because I was having too much fun!

Playing with my girl Luci:

I am a silly, silly goose:

My First Visit to the Varsity

Today me, Cooper and Mama went to see Daddy at his new office downtown - he is way up high and we could see the tops of lots of buildings and even the baseball field at Georgia Tech! Then we all walked to the Varsity for some yummy lunch - I wolfed down a hot dog, french fries and then some cookies and cream ice cream for dessert (you can see how much I hated it all). We'll be back soon!

Petting Zoo

Today was Family Day at my school, so Mama and Daddy came up to see me and join in the festivities. It was stinking hot outside, so Cooper stayed in his class with Miss Gloria while we played. There was music, dancing, art and a petting zoo - it was so hot that we didn't stay out too long, but it was fun while it lasted!

Lazy Weekend

This weekend was just what we all needed - some down time! We just enjoyed being together, napping and even finding time to do some handyman stuff around the house!

Being a Great Big Brother

I love to help out with Cooper any way that I can because I just love him so much. I ask to help clean up his poopy diapers (really!), I let Mama and Daddy know when he has lost his binky, I pat his head and say "It's okay, Coopy. I'm here and I love you" when he is crying, and I even love the chance to give him a bottle. I love you Coopy and I love being your big brother!

A Smile!

I really DO love life, even if most of my days are still spent screaming my adorable little head off!

Adventures in Potty-Training: A Weekend in Underwear

Reading the comics with Daddy:

This is serious business!

A treat of chocolate for making it to the potty before soaking the floor!

I am liking this whole underwear thing - much more freeing than diapers!

Why is my big brother running around half-naked?

Making some Play-Doh people with Daddy:

A Hot Mess

Well, it was officially Potty-Training Weekend, which meant no pants, no leaving the house and lots of cabin-fever-silliness. I decided to start our adventure of a weekend off by watering the flowers in my new underwear and PJ top. And of course deciding to have a drink or two myself. I am sure the neighbors enjoyed this sight quite a lot!

Party at the Braves Game

My friend Ryan Ohde loves the Braves as much as I do, so he had his 3rd birthday party at a game. It was a great idea, a perfect idea, in theory, except when me attending the party on time means getting woken up mid-nap.

For those of you that have not had the pleasure of being around me when I have either missed my nap completely (bad) or have been woken up against my will (worse), there was really no way this was going to go well. But, Ryan's parents bought us all tickets and we didn't want to miss it. So we gave it a shot.

Cooper and I both were not the most cooperative (read: we were impossible) and Mama and Daddy called it quits after 2 innings. We tried! And failed. Now let's go to bed.

H: I wouldn't even face the dang camera. For anything.

C: Check out my lid.

A moment of happiness:

This is how Cooper spent the game. Sometimes you just have to laugh.

Thrilled.

A moment of calm between storms. But check out my cool tattoo that Ryan gave me!

Daddy's Birthday!

Today we celebrated our wonderful Daddy's birthday! He got to choose what we did all day and luckily he chose things with his oldest boy in mind (I think he likes me).

We started the day with some yummy donuts from Dunkin Donuts, then we headed over to Fernbank to walk outside and then go to see a show about the stars at the Planetarium (Mommy and Daddy thought I'd really like it, but they obviously didn't think this one through. Mistake!). After a failed attempt at watching the show, we headed home to play and then take a nap. Once we were all rested, we headed to the park to swing, run, slide, play and ride for the rest of the afternoon. We ended the day with a yummy dinner in Downtown Decatur at Nathalie's Fish House, and then cupcakes and ice cream at our favorite dessert place.

We had a great day today just spending time together - and of course telling Daddy all day how much we love and adore him! You're the best, Daddy, and we are all so lucky and blessed to get to share our lives with you!

At the gardens at Fernbank:

Checking out some veggies:

Swinging at the park:


Going for a wild ride around the park, courtesy of Daddy:

Daddy took a break from playing to give me a smacker on the cheek. Check out my sleepy crossed eyes. And really just my face overall - I am quite a character, and only 8 weeks old!

We are quite cute together, if you ask me. Please take note of my elbow fat.

My first taste of crab cakes! And I LOVED them!

Finishing the day with a bowl of ice cream, on Daddy's lap. This day has been as much of a treat for the rest of us as it has been for Daddy!

A Kiss for Cooper

The Morning After

We had a great day yesterday at my birthday party, but were exhausted this morning. We all stumbled, half asleep, to the table for breakfast. Mama took one look at the leftover birthday cake on the table and slid it right over to her. I happily joined her, and together we enjoyed the novelty of cake for breakfast! I mean, is there a better way to start the day?

The rest of this gloriously lazy day was spent playing with all of the great toys I got. Here, I give lessons to Daddy on the proper way to handle power tools: