Happy birthday Ga!

I got to squeeze in some cuddles with Ga before she left for Costa Rica. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more!

Today we did our civic duty...

with spiders on my feet!

Decorating cupcakes with candy corn - tis the season!

Just another day at the beach

Look at my super cool board shorts! Thanks Janet, William, Liam and Logan!
Look at the fish I caught! With my bare hands! Like Mr. Miagee with the chopsticks!

The other day, I asked mama when Finn would be able to play with me. Mama said it would be awhile, so I decided I would play with him!

Finn liked my "vinoculars" (not really)
I generously let Finn borrow my bear, but just for a minute.
Finn wasn't too interested in my yellow monster truck. I wonder what he'll like to play with?
He was not happy in the bucket, but I sure had a good laugh over it!

I celebrated my ten week birthday at the beach. Mama and dada bought me a pack and play for the celebration, both because I love the one I have at the house in Katy (just like my brother loved his when he was small) and because it makes them happy that I love it. Unlike my brother, I love the bear mobile on this pack and play. I talk to the bears in the morning and tell them all my problems. We also share lots of laughs.

I wildly kick my feet, which makes the bears move around.
See my super cute socks/shoes? Thanks Krista and Annabel!
Sweet Finn.

Grandma and Grandpa came into town for a couple days because they couldn't stand to not see me and Finn until Christmas. We lapped up all the attention we could get.

I conned Grandpa into helping me do my homework. The letter was "V" and we colored a vulture, vest and volcano.
Grandma loved holding Finn. He wasn't quite the sleepy head he was last time she was here, but he still lapped up Grandma attention too!
Grandma sure loves her boys! Look, Finn is wearing another outfit from when I was a baby!

To celebrate October, mama got cookies for me and Finn to make. I did all the work, though.

Me and my little brother.

8 weeks -- long hair keeps falling out, except for a tuft at the back of my scalp so that I have a sideways faux hawk.

And my cheeks keep filling out. One thing that can't be denied, I like to eat. I probably eat more than Keegan does. I am about a third of his size, really.

Busy afternoons...lazy afternoons....

It always seems like we are rushing around at 1:30 to get everything ready to pick up my brother from school -- his snack, his drink, his clothes for swimming or clothes for sports, the library books...but then after we finally get home...
we like to sit in the messy bedroom and chill out together, catch up on the day. Keegan always has funny stories to tell and Lego airports, restaurants and cities to build while mama feeds me. Life is good.
One night dada came home early from work because it was gorgeous outside, and we all went outside to celebrate. Hooray for cooler weather!

Seven weeks - this is my "I'm seriously ready to eat face"

Yum.
Smiling more and interacting now.
I rule!

6 weeks and starting to smile...

I am happiest in the mornings after I've been fed. I like to hang out in the boppy with mama until I have a major blow out.
Sweet boy.

Our Aunt Bridey flew all the way down from Missouri to visit us -- if anyone loves a baby, it's Aunt Bridey. See how happy she is?

Dada had to go to Austin to test for his senior fifth degree black belt, so mama packed Bridey, me and Finn in the van and we all drove down to the beach for the weekend. I was very well behaved in the van because I watched movies the whole way down.
Aunt Bridey couldn't get enough of Finn. She is so photogenic too!
We spent lots of time down by the water. Finn loves it there and sleeps like a champ when he can hear the waves rolling in.
Bridey hanging out with us after we had showers after the beach. She was showing me Finn's chubby cheeks.
Poor Finn got his first little sunburn on his cheeks - see, he's a little red. It faded away within a day, but mama sure did feel bad.

I got my first shiner of the year last week at school on the playground. It was an accident -- I was running, stopped short and got pushed into the playground equipment. A***r, my parents have their eye on you. It better not happen again. You know my dada teaches taekwondo...

Shout out to my Canadian relatives with my Prince Edward Island dirt shirt!

The Byman boys came over for a visit, and we are such nerds and so "into school" that we all sat down and practiced letters and writing our names. Of course, we had just finished taking out every single car that I own and lined them up and down the stairs, so we were ready for a little quiet time.

Making faces at the camera.
Dada told funny stories and jokes to the boys.

Angus and his mini-me.

Cousin Peggy came down from Boston for a visit. She is a busy lady, so we were so glad to catch her on the fly by. She was very smitten with Finn -- Peggy loves a baby!

Finn was catching some zzzs in his tent, a gift from Ms. Leslie. It was perfect until "I" decided I needed to run around in it. Everyone was scared that I would squish poor Finn, so Peggy scooped me up to protect me!
Here I am dancing my jig in the tent. "Jig" was one of our words of the week at school, so I was just showing off my vocabulary skills.
My buddy Cal caught this shark at the beach. I thought it was really cool until I was told that this means those sharks are swimming in the same water I swim in. EEK!

Almost 5 weeks, and I'm hacked off because I can't get enough food in my belly and I've got baby acne.

So I'm back in school and mama is packing lunches in my laptop lunch box. I usually eat my veggies (carrots in ranch [little purple container] and tomatoes and fruit (strawberries) really well, but I don't like protein. So, mama has resorted to making shapes with my cheese in an effort to get me to eat it. First example, a ferry boat, with a truck in the back and a car in the front. Appetizing?

And here, a container vessel. Despite mama's efforts at cheese art, I ate the tofu, pretzels and apricots, and told her that the cheese boat was busy sailing.