Hi Mommy!!

I'm so fortunate to have such a cute kid, who is "interested" in so many things. Here he is, increasing his body of knowledge with such classic novels as, "Pooh Goes Visiting", and "Eeyore Has a Birthday". My little scholar here was so happy about "reading" he had to "read" ALL of his books!!!

See related photos below!

Mommy, I'd like some of these things please!!

My little cutie patootie couldn't quite figure out how to open his bag of fruit snacks. Good thing he didn't, cuz' they'd have ended up all over the floor! (see bedroom carnage photo below!)

Puppy Love #6-final installment...note to reader, it may be best to scroll down and start from #1 !!! lol

In our final installment of the "Puppy Love prison break saga", we see the two friends making up with a kiss ( Um...YUCK!). Our story ends with Mikey eating his lunch like a good little boy, and Bailey was released on good behavior and time served.

Like I said, the two have a lot of time for play and mischief in their future together!!

Puppy Love #5

Said suspect child, is here attempting to console his convict friend on her confinement, and his inability to free her.

See photo#6...final installment

Puppy Love #4

Admitting defeat, the two delinquents sit it out and await their "punishments" (yeah right, this was just too darn cute!)

See photo #5

Puppy Love photo #3

In photo #3, we see the suspect attempting the prison break is caught in the act, and tries to smile his way into the good graces of officer mommy...

See photo #4

Puppy Love photo #2

Mommy's flash not working aside...photo #2 depicts the child attempting to open the gate for his poor incarcerated pet.

See photo #3

Puppy Love...photo #1

It's also a well known fact that Mikey LOVES his puppy. He will sneak up on her and envelope her in the cutest little baby hug you've ever seen! She really doesn't like it :( because she's a bit afraid of him at this point. However, I'm positive the two have a future of fun and mischief ahead of them!!!

Anyway, in this pic, they're on opposite sides of the fence, so to speak...lol

Bailey was relegated to the kitchen because Mikey was SUPPOSED to be eating his lunch.

See photo #2 :)

Can I have some?

It's a well known fact that my child has a great love of food. He's absolutley NOT shy about "requesting" (schmoozing, begging...)some from whom ever may be eating. Here he is at it again, trying to get some ice cream from "Uncle Cracker" and Aunt "Panda".(Long story...maybe I'll tell it later!) He did get some...geez, could you resist that kid?!? I've been feeding him a lot more fresh fruit to offset the occasional sugary snack...hopefully he'll have more of a sweet tooth for the fruit...I doubt it, but I've got to try!!!

Mommy, what are you doing on my toy?

My mother (God rest her soul...oops, she's not dead, I think I meant to "off her" for taking this pic though!)

decided this was photo worthy. I'm a big enough person, however to admit it is damn funny to see a grown woman (in her pajamas no less) on a baby's riding toy. He thought it was funny too, you just can't see it from his vantage point I guess!!! (note to self...hide the camera when Mom's in the house!!)

Carnage in the bedroom!!!

I left Mikey's bedroom door open (we usually close it because he likes to close himself in and scare himself) just to let it air out and warm up a bit...well the little goober emptied his bookshelf onto the floor!

Giggles!!

Someone was trying to sneak up on his Mommy while she was playing with the camera. Fortunately, I "caught" him in the act and tickled a few giggles out of him!!

"Uncle" Matt

Here's Matt playing Guitar Hero III, hereafter referred to as GH3...We've got another addict on our hands!!! My sister Amanda and I have been getting together on a weekly basis to play together. It's been a wonderful "bonding" experience!!!

Large projection screen TV-free

Surround sound stereo equipment-$100

GH3- $80

Incredibly fun bonding time with friends and family and getting to watch your 1 yr old dance to the music-PRICELESS!!!!!

(I know what you're thinking..."That TV was free but you had to pay a hundred bucks for the sound!" Well, the gift of the TV from Mikes brother and sister-in-law just wouldn't work without the surround sound!...literally...lol)

Dinner Party Fun

We had a nice little dinner party on Thursday with a couple of our friends from the DZ and their respective girlfriends. "honorary uncle" Tim is here with an "Oh so enthusiastic" Mikey. Tim and his GF Jen, and Matt and his GF Jessie enjoyed a nice evening of pasta (courtesy of Tim and Jen) shrimp coctail and cheese cake, and Mikey got to enjoy all but the shrimp!

We all had some fun playing Guitar Hero III on Mikes Xbox 360 after dinner.

Mikey dances to the music...it's so much fun!!!

Key: GF=girlfriend

(The pina coladas were not mentioned with the other menu items because it would be horribly irresponsible to drink with a young child in the house...mommy was the "designated parent" in this instance. Mikey was asleep anyway;)

Goofing off

Alright, I know I've been slacking in the picture posting department, as many of my family and co-workers are quick to point out!!!

I've been really busy with school! It's not a good excuse, but it's a good reason!!

So, to make up for my extended slacking, I'm posting a bunch of pics tonight ( well, it's actually 2AM).

Mikey and I had a bunch of fun running around the house and dancing with him on my shoulders. The little froggy slippers have rattles in them, so we were making our own music on our adventure!!

Mommy, I WANT that camera!!!

I thought the black & white effect on this picture was really nice. And Mikey looks so cute sucking his thumb! It was getting really close to bedtime...he only sucks his thumb when he's getting tired.

Mikey decided to fill the drawer with mommy's sneaker. I guess its better than when he was trying to chew the sneakers...while they were on my feet!!!

Congratulations Aunt Tracy and Uncle Mike!!!

Aunt Tracy and Uncle Mike announced this weekend that they're expecting baby #2 in late August around mommy's (Lisa's) birthday.

Congrats and good luck!!!

Walking you say?

Even though Mikey is using one of his walking toys in this pic, he can now walk on his own!!! My sis, bro-in law and nephew were in town this weekend, and once Mikey saw his cousin AJ walking, he must have decided he was ready to let go of the furniture. He's still going slow, but he's definetly found his confidence and is getting steadier by the day! I'll post a video soon.

Michael and Vincent

Mikey and Vinnie have gotten to play together a couple of times over the past few weeks, and Mommy and Aunt Lisa had a nice time chatting.

OK, so I know this picture is from November, and it's now January, but with the thousands of pics that I have of Mikey, it seems I missed a few here and there. This is one of Debbies dogs... Mikey seems to be quite the dog lover. He has a habit of grabbing on and hugging them or chasing them down. The pooches don't always like it, but at least they tolerate him!!!

Ain't he the cutest little guy you've ever seen? I love the little green sweats that Lisa and AJ got him for his b-day.

Fun in the Snow

I forgot to check the camera the last time Debbie had Mikey for the day, so I was nicely surprised to find a few cute pics of my sweetie tonight that I hadn't seen before!

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Eve at Gramma and Poppy's house. Mikey stayed up pretty late...he had to see and snuggle with all of Daddy's family!!

He loves his cousins Nick and Vincent!

Well, there was too much stuff to choose from, so Mikey didn't know what to play with first!

Pay no attention to the haggard lady helping Mikey...lol...He had fun opening all of his gifts.

Merry Christmas!!!

Birthday Presents!

Here we are opening presents...he especially likes his little alphabet pal from Aunt Vicky!

Mikey really liked the cake, and "shared" with mommy...well, my sweater anyway!

dig in!

Get ready for cake!

We had a little contest to see who would dig in first. Sydney won, but by mere milliseconds!! This is just before we sat down to let them dig in!

M1, M2, and M3

Well, once again, I'm late getting pictures posted. These are from Mikey's 1st birthday party with his cousins. My baby boy is 1 year old!!!

Hi !!!

Hi there!!!

Playing with Bailey...I think he'd be happy to just play with the dog and a remote control all the time.

Playing on the floor with Gramma

Playing in the family room. He was chasing Bailey again.

Mikey and Daddy

My two cuties :)

Ok, so he's kinda leaning on the wall, but he is standing. I wasn't fast enough to get him while he was standing in the middle of the hall trying to take the remote away from daddy!

After work greeting

I thought this was adorable...which is why I grabbed the camera...this is how I was greeted when I got home from work on Thursday. My baby boy jumping up and down, and Bailey wiggling next to him. What a nice welcome home!!!

Fun in the tub

Hi there everyone!!! Mikey REALLY loves his bath time now. He crawls into the bathroom faster than lightning when he hears you turn on the water! I think he just likes to splash mommy!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

Hi There! Sorry that I'm always a couple of days late with the holiday pics...I'm trying to catch up on some homework that I didn't do while my fam was in town.

From the left: Me, Michael, Mikey,

my sis Tracy, bro-in-law Mike, and nephew AJ, other bro-in-law Eric, and sis Amanda.

Play time!

Mikey and his cousin AJ got to play together a lot over Thanksgiving. They were pretty good considering they wanted whatever the other one was playing with. No fighting or crying, they just kept taking things away from each other. It was pretty funny actually!

What's pumpkin pie without whipped cream?

Doesn't my little punkin' look scrumptious?!

Mmmmmmm....whipped cream!

Ok, maybe I'm a bad mother, but this was fun...he needed a bath anyway...lol

Thanksgiving Dinner

Mikey got to try just about everything we had for dinner. He likes it all, so it wasn't any trouble getting him to try some new things!!

Bouncing baby boy

Can you believe this cute little boy is 11 months old??? It feels like just yesterday I was complaining about being sick of being pregnant, now my cutie is almost a year old!!! Time sure does fly with this little guy around!!!

My Angel, all ready for bed.

What a face~!...he hates being in the play pen, but I need a break here and there!!

Mikey LOVES this cute walking toy!!!