This week I've been going to dinosaur camp at Imagination Campus. I've had a super good time and like the new friends I've made, although I never remember their names. On Tuesday we went to the "Dinosaur Museum." It was my first field trip ever, and even though I saw some awesome dinosaurs, my favorite part was riding in the bus to get there. I've never been on a field trip bus! Mama and dada were a little uneasy about me going (mama made me wear a big sticker that said "no nuts" on the back of my shirt!), but they survived and I got home safe and sound. On Monday, I made this cool dinosaur project and I even got some dinosaurs to put in it. Finn tried to eat one of the dinosaurs but we stopped him before he chomped them down. The summer is turning out to be all right.

Our cousins are here! They drove all the way down from St. Joe to visit us. Marianne and I became fast friends. She thinks I'm cute, and I love that she dotes on me.

Brenden and his "favorite cousin."
Just kidding (kind of). He likes me pretty well too.
Look how happy Ga is with all her grandbabies in one room! Including Mac, who is actually the only one that is not looking at the camera.

The garden is pretty sad this year, and not just because it misses Ga. There has been so little rain and water from the hose just isn't the same.

We have had a pretty good feed on squash and beans though, and Ga's okra actually grew.
Now that, my friends, is one big zucchini!

We've got major Angry Birds fever over here! Who's ready to party?

When I want to play with legos, I have to do it on the dining room table so that Finnegan doesn't find them and eat them. I have been warned that if I build legos and leave them where Finnegan can get them, they get taken away. I've only had them taken away once, so far.

I like to make all kinds of "Transformers" and other machines.
I also built a jail, to "put the bad guys in."

I'm getting closer and closer to walking. I pull up on everything, and will let go and forget that I'm not holding on to anything, until I remember and then I drop straight down on my bum. I am walking around things, especially when mama leaves me a trail of snacks around the table. I will hold onto someone's fingers and walk a bit, but usually I just like to jump up and down and dance.

Cheeks for miles.

Helping dada clean the fish tank.

Sometimes my brother and I really have a good time playing with each other.

This makes me very happy. Keegan is my favorite person. I love to watch him run around and do silly things, which Keegan does a lot.
One night Keegan let me get into his "boat".
We rode along on the high seas.
Two sweet boys.

We got to spend a super long weekend at the beach to celebrate Memorial Day, and the best part was that the Byman boys (and Mr. Matt and Ms. Allison) stayed next door at Dale and Debra's house. We had so much fun, we could hardly stand it.

The boys played and played under Ga and Papa's house. Davis and I hid in the floaties.
Luke made cool patterns with chalk.

We thought a convict escaped from the pen, but then we realized that it was just Papa, dressed up in a jumpsuit to keep himself clean while he mowed the grass.
We ate lots of tasty meals over the weekend. Our buddy Eric brought a mess of blue crabs, which he barbecued. The kids weren't into them, but the adults had a feast.
The big deal at the beach was shaking out all the seaweed to find little sea creatures, like mini crabs and baby shrimp, and making a habitat for them. We spent hours doing this.
There were tons of hermit crabs too.
Of course, we had plenty of ice cream treats.
What a great weekend. Can't wait to have the Byman boys down to the beach again!

Yep, I'm a Hochmuth-Pollard Production. That's for sure, no doubt about it.

Pop-eye the Sailor Man! Toot toot!

Happy birthday dada! We all gathered around to sing,

and to eat cake! High five!

While we were down at the beach, we celebrated Ms. Leslie's birthday. She had a "blue soda pop" shaped cake (AKA Miller Lite). Ga had us blow out a candle so that we didn't spit on the cake.

I took my first trip to the water down at the beach since I started crawling.

I didn't waste much time sitting around.
I had places to go.
And sand to eat. Lots of sand to eat. It wasn't much fun getting it in my eyes.
Dada spent a lot of time chasing me into the water, as I had no fear and crawled right in.

Finnegan Roscoe, version .75

Yep, I'm officially almost 10 months old, but this picture was taken a few weeks ago. I am wearing two different socks because I like to pull off my socks right after they are put on, so the adults put on any old sock when my toes get cold. At my 9 month appointment, I weighed 18 lbs, 3oz (11%), am 28.5 inches (54%) and my noggin is 17.25 (10%). Everyone was sure that I weighed more, but now that I'm crawling like lightening, the doctor says that I will be lean until my appetite catches up (for those keeping track, Keegan was 17lbs, 15 oz, 28.5 inches, and his head was 18 inches). I crawl so fast it's hard for everyone to keep up with me. On Easter Sunday, mama and dada moved me up to my own room (and wondered why they didn't do that sooner). I am still not a very good sleeper - I definitely try to get in the mama time I miss during the day at night (like 3-4 times a night). Mama knows that someday she will miss this time, so she tries to soak it up while buying stock in coffee. I am a pretty good eater, and have a definite opinion about what you feed me. If I don't want it (salmon, asparagus, sweet potato) I push it right off my tray (I am starting to figure out Mac eats it then, which makes me giggle). I love, love, love blueberries, pears and veggie puffs. I had 2 bottom teeth forever, and then all of a sudden I got 2 top teeth, followed by 2 more bottom teeth in a week. That was not a fun week for anyone, but we think things are getting better (although 2 more top teeth are starting to poke out some). I like to wave bye-bye, and Ga is working on high fives with me. Me and my brother are starting to hang out a little bit, when Keegan is feeling patient. Guess that's all for now.

Sweet outfit from Jacinta, all the way from Canada. Thanks for making me look so dapper!

Happy Mother's Day! We celebrated at home by letting mama go to the gym to spin, and then made her a tasty breakfast. We also celebrated at school by inviting our mamas in and singing to them. We sang Skinamarinkdeedinkdeedoo, I love you. I actually sang, and did the hand movements, even though I usually don't sing in groups. Mama was very happy and proud of me.

We also got to tell our mama's their favorite food, drink, desert and thing to cook. I said nachos, Coke, ice cream and meatloaf. Mama's not sure about nachos, although they are pretty tasty, she definitely doesn't drink Coke, I was spot-on with ice cream, and I was really thinking of Ga when I said meatloaf because everyone knows that mama doesn't really cook, much. She was a little embarrassed because her sign was next to Ms. Salad, Water, None and Healthy Dinners, but what can you do?

Happy Easter everyone! Ga gets the award for being the only person looking at the camera.

Posing with mama and dada. Believe it or not, we all went to church with Ga. It was pretty nice, except that I let out a large toot and laughed. Other than that, it was good.

We went to the beach for Easter weekend. I colored eggs, and Finn ate. Finn loves to eat.

After we were done coloring and eating, we went outside to play. There are no pictures of me because I am downstairs hunting frogs. Finn was sunning himself on the deck.
Happy Finn, still with two teeth.
What a perfect day, a perfect weekend.