cheerio war

Emanuel and I share a bowl of cheerios every morning. I man the bowl and spoon, he works the hinges on his mouth. I think we should switch jobs, because he doesn't seem that impressed with the way I control the cheerios. I let the soggy sticky O stick to the side of the bowl. I know. How did I pass the motherhood test with this kind of bad habit. In my defense, I never even thought about it, and yes, it is the inside of the bowl. He firmly believes that all cheerios should be constantly floating in the milk. Or in his mouth. Getting chewed and swallowed. But the evil cheerios sneak up and stick to the side of bowl. Trying vainly to escape death by drowning or chewing to hide under the table where they will be able to petrify before they to face death by vacuum cleaner in a week or so. Emanuel is vigilant though. When he sees a wayward O creeping up the side he slips he pudgy fingers down to grab it for his own mouth, if it isn't currently full, or push the poor O back to it's rightful place in the milk. Just one of the little things I love about this boy.

mosquito netting

Emanuel had a great time with this netting.


This cracks me up. Cute face.

christmas!

Last Christmas..

And this one. My, how he has grown.

Christmas packages! (A perfect place to load your guns)

Ripping like a pro!


The fruits of his labor..


P.S. Emanuel got two cell phones for Chistmas. He is chatting away and pressing buttons constantly!

sick baby

Don't worry. He's all better now (:

Chattin' away

Emanuel has always been interested in all electronics, but just recently he has started 'talking' on my cell phone. He thinks he is just the cat's meow when he puts it up to his head. I'm inclined to agree. And furthermore; I think anybody who could see it would be thoroughly charmed as well, so if somehow you're haven't decided if he is the most darling thing to cross your screen today; here you go!

"uhh, hold on a second. Yes? Can I help you?"


Expect some walking pics soon, 'cause this tot is starting to toddle!

fall leaves

catching up..

Wow! It's been a long time since I've posted. Here are a ton of pictures to help catch up.

This is a picture of Emanuel at the park. He went with some of his friends. Emanuel loves being outdoors.

Here's a picture of Emanuel brushing his teeth. It's never too early to take responsibility for your hygiene!

And here's a lovely shot of those teeth!

We went to the local Greek festival the other day. Here's a picture of Dustin sharing his greek custard with Emanuel, Even though his face looks funny he really did enjoy it. Yummy!

At the same festival Emanuel got a balloon all of his own.

He fell asleep on the way home, but maintained his death grip on the balloon. He surely loved that balloon, He loved it so much in fact that he was, uh, kissing it later that evening and bit a hole in it. And that was the end of that.

We went for a picnic yesterday. We set the timer to take a family picture. I had visions of Christmas cards dancing in my head, but after a careful review, I see that wasn't meant to be.

He wanted Daddy! He has no respect for cameras..