kidpictures

Who is way too stinkin' cute?

2006-03-06T20:24:00.000-05:00

Kidlet & Dad

2006-02-14T01:40:00.000-05:00

I bought some adorable felt magnets off of Etsy and kidlet is just in love with the dang things. They're very sturdy and durable, so I have no fear of his mangling them. The moment I opened the package he ran off with them, and fifteen minutes later I entered the kitchen to see this:

Another chapter out of the book of Things My Two-Year-Old Does That Amaze Me. Not only did he line them up, but he turned them so their faces were right-side up.

Then he came in and told about them, showing me each one...

...even kissing one of them.

I love how expressive his face is.

After he was done, he carefully lined them up on the floor.

Needless to say, the magnets were a big hit.

Here's a couple of kidlet and Daddy goofing around.

Kidlet = Not Amused.

Say CHEESE!

Pics from 11/2005

2006-02-06T19:32:00.000-05:00

I don't have any new-new photos at the moment, but here are some pretty recent ones from Nov 2005.

Great Uncle Dan, little Michael, and daddy Michael

Great Aunt Patty (Thomas' mother), kidlet, and daddy

Little Michael with his very handsome (first) Cousin (once removed) Thomas

12/30/2005

2005-12-30T22:21:00.000-05:00

I was looking on Snapfish to see if I could find any pics of my mom's kitchen, and while doing so ended up browsing a bunch of old photos of kidlet from 2003-2004. Here's a sampling for your entertainment. It's amazing how much he has changed in such a short time, he looks so babyish in these.

This is from before Michael could walk, he was only cruising at this point (9 months?).

Crazy hair! This is one of those photos that he will be moritifed that I show to people.

This hat doesn't even fit him any more.

I will listen to The Cure today in honor of this picture.

OMG my whole life - it's right here.

xmas fotos

2005-12-27T22:13:00.000-05:00

And now a break for some pictures of kidlet in the snow over Tgiving weekend in CT...

At first he wasn't too happy to be dressed up to go outside.

Then he got outside and realized that there was snow everywhere!

Snow is very interesting...

and tasty!

Pitchers

2005-12-15T21:51:00.000-05:00

Just got a bunch of pictures developed, prepare yourself for cuteness!

Over Labor Day weekend we went to CT to visit Grandma and Grandpa and while we were there we went to the childrens' museum.

My boys (note the backpack):

I can't imagine why anyone would mistake my son for a girl...?

I love this picture - I don't think kidlet was too sure about the snake.

Poor kidlet had a black fly bite on his head that took forever to heal.

I took this picture at home, whenever I get closeups of Michael I can totally see what he's going to look like when he grows up...

*sob*

At tgiving we were in CT again and kidlet's schedule was thrown completely off. This is from arriving back home after a day of playing in the snow, then going to the mall, then going out to eat...

I did manage to get his pants, coat, and shoes off of him at the very least. He didn't even stir.

This was taken back in September, I think...we had played blocks with kidlet before but he had never built anything on his own other than a tower. I walked into the extension one afternoon and found that he had built this:

I don't know why it impressed me so much, I guess it's because it actually looks like something. Michael deliberately placed everything and it gives me a glimpse into the thought process behind it.

These two are very recent...every once in a while I take a couple of pictures (out of, like, 2-3 rolls) that I think are pretty good. I want to get these enlarged and framed so I can bring them to work.

11/19/2005

2005-11-19T12:01:00.000-05:00

A bonus picture of my kid, just for kicks:

2005-11-02T12:02:00.000-05:00

Okay, wait, I forgot the cutest pictures of all from when Jenn dropped Katy off for a few hours. I can't wait to give her the doubles from this set.

I put Katy on a blanket on the floor and she started to cry because she was hungry. While I was warming up her bottle, Michael decided to entertain her by sharing a bunch of photographs I had cut out of magazines for him. He showed her each one and tried to put it in her hand.

Eek, gah. How cute is this kid? Seriously? My ovaries are singing and doing the cha cha!

I call this one "Caught in the Act".

Then Michael offered her some of the toys she had in her diaper bag.

Michael feeding the baby. So sweet, he didn't want me to take her when she was finished.

Feeding a baby is serious business. It takes concentration to really jam that bottle into her mouth, poor kid.

Why is this shot so cute? Because he's feeding baby Katy and he's holding her hand!

This incident convinced me that Michael will make a wonderful older sibling.

Pics, lots of em. Grab a beer.

2005-11-02T12:01:00.000-05:00

New kidlet pictures!

I really liked this tableau from kidlet's birthday party in August. Here you can see daddy Michael, kidlet Michael, me, Sharon, and her daughter with her back to the camera. Between Michael deadpanning for the camera, Michael exclaiming about something, and Sharon blowing up a beach ball, I thought it was an interesting composition.

This is Michael and his bestest buddy/partner in crime, Thomi (short for Thomasina). Here they are on the porch of Heide's house (which I covet...I adore farmer's porches). Don't they look like they are totally up to no good?

Heide and Thomi. Heide is one of those sickeningly tall and willowy people who always look great. Of course she calls herself "huge" and "lumbering", to name a few adjectives. She's pregnant in this picture, can you tell? Of course not. Now of course she's farther along, and has one of those completely adorable round baby bellies that makes me want to vomit from envy.

My blue-eyed boy.

Michael and Thomi sitting on the counter in Heide's kitchen. Note my kid's serious two-pack.

I just love this picture, I can't wait to give a copy to Heide. Thomi is saying "Ewwww!" It cracks me up every time I look at it.

Naked babies sitting on doggie beds reading books are cute.

Hey, get out of here! Can't you see I'm trying to read?!

Baby in a Speedo:

Jenn and Leonard's baby, Katy. Rather than assuaging the baby fever in me, spending time with her just makes it worse. I mean, come on! LOOK at those cheeks! Sigh.

Okay, so Thomi is two months younger than Michael, yet she's got about four inches and five pounds on him. No joke. Don't believe me? Take a look at this:

When we go out, people think that Thomi is the boy and Michael is the girl. Ha!

And a total blackmail photo:

Last but not least, Michael all geared up to go for a ride. Jacket, check. Books, check. Sippy cup, check. He's been obsessed with his umbrella lately, loves to open it in the car and hide under it, saying it's a tent. He put the sunglasses on himself, and as you can see he's tremendously proud.

That's enough for now. See you on the flip side!

Happiness is...

2005-10-06T12:01:00.000-04:00

...figuring out the still image grab feature of your video editing software.

There's something really hot about a man who can make a little kid in Spider-Man jammies laugh.

08/23/05

2005-08-23T12:01:00.000-04:00

While I was taking the latest crafty pictures little Michael was rambling around the guest room and getting into the dresser full of his winter clothes. We finally had to put stuff in there or else he gets into the drawers and tries to shut them. Total boy.

Dig, dig dig

I call this his "undreadable look"

08/17/05

2005-08-17T12:01:00.000-04:00

I grabbed my digital camera and took a few quick shots.

Flopping down and laughing raucously on the doggie bed

Mommy, cheese!

Wreaking a path of destruction

"I be back"

I like this one, as the mousepad is a photo of him at four months old

Shut up and show us the damned pictures already!

2005-07-14T12:48:00.000-04:00

More recent pics I just got developed. Snapfish loves me.

Maine Fiber Frolic - June 12 2005
Matthew and Michael take felting very seriously...either that or they're just trying to eat the bubbles (at least in Matthew's case this is true).

Very serious Michael...I'll concede that he does look like a girl here.

Matthew thinks chalk tastes very lovely indeed.

Ogunquit - June 28 2005
More beach photos...

Kidlet is greatly disturbed by the sand on his hands and feet once sitting still.

Just waking up at lunch.

Okay, that's enough mom. Get that friggin thing out of my face.

On the way to Perkins Cove, we walked along Marginal Way. This is a shot of Ogunquit Beach around noon, the same place we had gone earlier that morning. The beach is under all that fog...it looks creepy! I'll bet all the people on the beach thought that the day was overcast, but everywhere else the sky is nearly clear and the sun is shining.

(reminds me of that Stephen King story)

Walking with Grandma and Grandma in Perkins Cove:

Jenn's Birthday Party, July 1 2005
Every pregnant girl needs a silly birthday party before the baby arrives and gets all the attention!

Leonard, Jenn's husband...bald men in party hats crack me up.

My boys know how to party down.

This is blurry, but it cracks me up - Michael was calling peoples' names and then blowing his fwee at them.

Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast - June 19? 2005
Not at all impressed with being woken up and hauled out of the car.

(People ask why I dress him the way I do...it eases my paranoid mind because it makes him distinctive. Should he get lost, I don't think anyone would forget his wild hair or bright outfit.)

Nothing says quintessential Maine like that big yellow and white striped tent and some pancakes.

(that's a giant bug bite on his forehead, btw)

He's not belching, but I think "BRAAAAAP!" would be a great caption for this photo.

Random Pictures - June 2005
Proof that my boy is naughty - I caught the cup in mid-air!

Totally sizing up one anothers'...um...toys. It's amazing the dynamic between two similarly-aged little boys, they become extremely possessive and show off constantly.

Newer pics, older pics.

2005-07-13T11:46:00.000-04:00

I found one of those one-use cameras lying around that had some pictures left on it, so I snapped them and sent it off to be developed. It was pretty old!

Here's the most recent pics from it:

Michael, sometime last week:

After three years of sitting in our driveway, Michael finally called the junk man to come and haul Esc away. I didn't talk about it because frankly I was too upset.

Dave with Michael at what I think was his first birthday? Look how chubby my baby is! Look at his short hair! Aiee!
(and can you believe Dave turns 50 this year? I can't.)

Not a particularly exciting photo, but I liked the way Michael and Michael looked in this one.

Ha! Check out that post-napping hair!

Wah! He's growing so fast!

Forest, kid, beach, oven mitt.

2005-07-05T14:57:00.000-04:00

I got some more pictures developed, from our camping trip the first weekend in June and our trip to Ogunquit last week.

Mt. Blue State Park - June 6 2005

artsy shot of the forest.

artsy shot of an evergreen.

artsy shot of some leaves.

artsy shot of an evergreen, part II.

the thing I love about nature photos is that trees and mountains stand still.

behold my dorky sunglasses.

At home - June 05

Michael calls them "mippins"

gotcha!

Ogunquit Beach - June 27 2005

the perfect time to go to the beach is at 7:30 in the morning before the sun comes out

Michael's footie prints

closeup of one footie print - he runs on his toes

birrrrddddiiiieeeeee!

here, birdie...

totally loving the beach with dad - still running around 9am

Lunch a couple of hours later, kid is plum tuckered out

June '05

2005-06-21T12:09:00.000-04:00

I got two more rolls of film developed, these were taken within the last two weeks. Rollover for captions.

Unapologetically photo-filled entry.

2005-06-07T11:24:00.000-04:00

Eat this, dialup suckas!

All right! My pictures are up at Snapfish. Here's a sampling. Rollover for captions.

Random - April and May 2005

Midwives of Maine event - May 14 2005

Baby asses are funny.

2005-06-01T16:12:00.000-04:00

2005-06-01T08:54:00.000-04:00

I just put 4 rolls of film into the mail today, should have those back within a week or so. I got two developed over the weekend so there are some new and some old pictures of kidlet. Rollover for captions.

I also had one of those one-use cameras developed that had been sitting in his cubby at daycare, so there's a wide range of pictures on it.

Some recent fotos

2005-05-19T18:03:00.000-04:00

Exactly as it sounds.

2005-05-19T17:17:00.000-04:00

I started this blog called "kidpictures" so I can post pictures of my kidlet. He's darn cute, if I may say so myself.