First Fat Lip (it's David Attenborough of the BBC's fault)

To take a closer look at the BBC DVD boxed set of 'Blue Planet/Planet Earth'--you know, the great big one with many, many heavy discs because David Attenborough must be so terribly thorough in his heady narration of the wonder of nature--one has to stand on his very tippy toes and r-e-a-c-h. And of course, two of the realities of our gorgeous planet are gravity and the softness of curious baby's faces. However, if mamas had complete reign over things, the laws of gravity would never apply when hard, heavy, British things are aimed at sweet babies.

And he slept with it that night

Happy Mother's Day!

Thirteen Months!

Gus Loves:
Dancing, dancing, dancing
Nursing
Dogs
The Beach!
Climbing stairs
Hiking and walks with Mama and Daddy
Books
iPods
Adventures
Learning new words and signs

Gus Does not Love:
Unapproved transitions to a new activity (results in what we call the 'tiny tantrum')
Unapproved exit of a parent (see 'tiny tantrum' above)
Unapproved removal of desired object ("")

Guess who's the boss around here?

First gorgeous Saturday of the season

Up here in the left-hand corner of the map, we don't care if it's still 55 degrees, the sun's out! Let's lay around at the beach! From top:
*Waving at Canada
*On a mission (to eat seaweed)
*Changing out of wet, sea-soaked clothes in the parking lot. Classy.
*Funny bronze tortoise
*Train tables at our local bookstore. Who likes them more, big dude or little dude?

Helping

Bounce