9/16 Part 2: More Pics

John is enjoying books more and more. Here he checks out "I Am a Baby," given to him by his Grandma Kennedy.

John at play...
...and more play.
John already prefers Han to Luke. Good boy, John.
John enjoying a walk at his Grandma Baze's.

9/16 Part 1: Introducing Senor Ocho

We are encouraging John as he masters the dangerous art of octopus wrangling. Here, in a sequence of graphic photos (not for the squeamish), you can see John conquer his nemesis-- the five-legged Senor Ocho...

Thanks to uncle Josh and aunt Allie for cephalopodic sparring partner.

August and September

September is here, which means John is about a month and half from his first birthday. The five teeth above prove it...

John was all smiles when his Aunt Allie and Uncle Josh came for the long weekend...

...both John and Josh were on their best behavior at Sunday brunch at Lydia's.

Josh and Allie were back for Grandpa Baze's birthday. John had plenty of birthday smiles for Grandpa. He's looking more like a little boy every day (see below).

John had a great time catching up with his aunt and uncle. They showed him lots of pictures from the honeymoon in Paris and Rome...

...and Aunt Allie taught John some important international communication techniques.

The long weekend brought a visit from Aunt Allie and Uncle Josh. John had a lot of fun catching up with his family and seeing pictures from the honeymoon in Paris and Rome...

Finally...

a new pic... this might be my favorite ever pic of john...

June 23: New Pics - Swimming, Josh's Wedding and Back Home

John is turning in to quite the little water baby. He is loving swim lessons, and time at the pool close to his Grandma and Grandpa Baze's.



John took his first big road trip the weekend of June 14th to attend Uncle Josh's wedding in Chicago. He was a trooper, and enjoyed the beautiful wedding on a perfect weekend in Chicago.


In true road trip fashion, we introduced John to some classic Americana. A stop in Atlanta, Ill., an old Route 66 town, was full of fun scenery.

(Insert your own "big wiener" joke here...)

As much fun as it was, John was glad to get back home to storytime with mom...
...music time with dad...

...and general "laying around and looking cute" time.

One more

So what, it's like, June?

Here is a long overdue update to catch you up on a lot of John "firsts." The pictures above are from John's first trip to the zoo. John and mom went to the zoo with mom's friend Krystal and John's friend Aidan.

John also started swimming lessons three weeks ago. He's having a blast-- we're not sure if he's loving the water or the interaction with all the other babies, but we're having a great time on Saturday mornings:

(before)

(during)

(and a big smile after!)

May also brought John's first taste of Nike Dunks...

literally.