What up stud!

So I want to apologize for not writing sooner!! I thought I would have more time this summer but it flew by so quick! I have just started my second year of graduate school and have been staying busy as ever. Your mom has become quite the photographer and quite frankly I think you and Eve have a future in modeling! I have enjoyed seeing you grow and boy are you! You are so different from your sister at that age, you are into throwing and running and just doing boy things, except for that high pitch girlie scream you have. Man sometimes I have to hold the phone away from my ear when you get upset!! It seems that there is never a dull moment at your house between you unrolling a complete roll of toilet paper to Eve dressing you and herself in every piece of clothing she can find! Well kid I sure miss you and hope to see you soon!
Love you,
Aunt Jill

current event update

Looks like the presidential candidates are getting ready to announce their VP running mates. Michael Phelps won an outstanding 8 gold medals for swimming at the 2008 Olympics in Bejing. A truly amazing feat. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have twins without in-vitro to increase their total number of children to 6. Gas prices reached an incredibly high price of $4 for the national average.

Just trying to make sure you get updated on what's happening in the world since there's so much going on.

That's all for now.

tiny dancer

We have frequent dance parties in this house and you are no stranger to breaking it down once in a while. You've been really enjoying dancing to "The Little Mermaid" soundtrack with Eve and mom. You particularly enjoy spinning and are quite an adrenaline junkie. You even spin by yourself to get dizzy and just smile.

You've been frequenting the garden with mom, dad, and Eve and love picking cherry tomatoes. We try to keep you from eating the green ones, but they are too tempting and we usually end up prying them out of your mouth since you can't pierce the skin with the few teeth you have. You love eating the ground cherries, plums, figs, and blackberries.

Your favorite toys have become balls and cars and you will make car sounds whenever you play with something that has wheels. You've also recently discovered that looking at books is fun, especially the animal books because you like trying to mimic animals sounds.

You also notice and are aware when you want something you cannot have. You use an incredibly high pitched scream (thanks to Eve) to make your presence known. We've been trying to teach you that screaming is not allowed, but not much progress has been made yet.

You're still charming the ladies with your big dimples and if they are lucky, you stick out your little tongue and give them a head tilt.

birthday boy

Happy 1st Birthday Little Man!
Love you.