::little wiglet::

He moves so fast it's hard to get a good picture of him, no matter how hard I try. Even this one is a little blurry because he was sitting up on a chair in the kitchen and I was concerned he was going to jump off at any moment--which he proceeded to do. He sure is a darling. Sweet faced and sweet natured. A good combination.

::swimming::

This post will just be a celebration of a cute and adorable baby loving the pool.

This is notable because the last time I put him in a pool--at Disneyworld I think--he was very unsure of himself and skeptical of it all. And when I took him over to a little splash pad he just started crying.

So when we were in Phoenix a couple of weeks ago I wasn't sure whether he'd be excited about the pool or not.

But when he saw it--just saw it--he got so excited.  All he wanted to do was walk over there and GET IN.

And once he was in, he was so happy.  Splashing was the best.  Max chasing him in the water was also the best.  And as all little baby boys do, he got overconfident and dumped himself in several times.










The baby floaty was great.  Those are hard to find.  When we were in FL in jan I saw one at a grocery store and snagged it.

When I had to get him out of the pool he bawled and screamed.  Many adults sitting around the pool doing nothing gave me dirty looks, which was lame.  He just didn't want to get out EVER.  But it wasn't that warm and his lips were blue.

The rest of that trip anytime we left the door of the hotel he tried to run towards the pool.  I was just glad there was a fence around it.

And yes, Max is wearing the GoPro, so if you're interested in some super cool footage you can come over and check out the swimming videos.

::last year::

In honor of Sandy's 16 mo birthday today here are some photos from last year's today.

Lots of things can change in a year and lots of things stay the same.

It was sunday and Sandy was trying on a really weird hat that I made one of the two or three times I actually sewed something. He looks very gnomish to me.

And really he looks unsuspecting of the hat.
We were still in our rental house.
Last year at this time we still had Kris's dad with us, though he was so sick. It really is crazy how much can change in a year.

After church last year Max went adventuring. Kris hid a geocache out in the yard and sent Max a-geocaching. Something that hasn't changed is the fact that Max loves adventures.


We haven't geocached much in the last year, but we've definitely talked about it a lot. Max loves the memory of it, so I'm sure we'll do more.


To end the day last year, Sandy got his first taste of (real) food. It was pretty early on in his life but we were trying to figure out some way to help him to sleep through the night.
Little did we know that even still today sleeping thourgh the night would only be a once in a while thing. Little stinker. He usually sleeps pretty well, but wakes up at least once--he sleeps the whole night maybe once a week, ok maybe twice if we're lucky!


Aw, he's so little and cute! His eyes look so huge.

Happy month bday little Sandy. We sure do love you. It's been a good year.