Gotta luv those diggers!

Anyone who knows my son at all knows that he is obsessed with construction trucks.
He has a secondary fascination with fire trucks but diggers come first.
So yesterday I was able to take him (just the two of us) to a real construction site and have a look around. He insisted on wearing his hard hat and of course his back hoe shirt. The latter is something he wants to wear nearly every day (and night). When it's not available he gets quite upset and I have had to bleach it a number of times. Eventually it will disintegrate off his little body. Anyway, here he is on our special digger outing.

Oh, and in case you never noticed,
there is a bar at the right of this page that links to my YouTube videos.
There you can see him in action!

Summer mornings and two fresh teeth

Look closely and you'll see Lilly's first two baby teeth!
They made it without too much fuss
and she makes good use of them already
particularly on my finger...

Lovely Lilly enjoying a lovely morning

Do-over

I didn't like my easter pix very much because A: it was still snowy and brown outside and B: my indoor lighting is not so good and C: she was still a little too small for her bunny suit. So I thought I'd try it again now that she fits it perfectly and the grass is green. Of course this time she wouldn't smile for me but she's still a cutie, I think.

And while I was at it, i figured, why not try my little catapillar too

Go on, try to resist the cuteness ;)

My girl

Taking his sister for a spin in his wheels

Mr. Beautiful

Recently Keith bought Dakota his first fish.
A pet for his very own.
(this is what happens when I let them wander off in the grocery store together)
Keith says it's a good way to teach him about death!
but I don't know about that.

So when I asked him what we should name him it went something like this:

Mommy: what is his name dakota?
Dakota: Yellow?
Mommy:Oh, is his name yellow?
Dakota: Nooooo...... um, Jesus?
Mommy: Oh, is his name Jesus?
Dakota: Nooooo..... um Paper?
Mommy: Oh, is his name Paper?
Dakota: Nooooo.....
Mommy: What is his name?
Dakota: Beautiful!
Mommy: are you sure it's not Paper?
Dakota: it's Beautiful.
Mommy: Okay, hello Mr. Beautiful....

Update: Swing fling

caught snuggling in a hammock.

I missed a cute shot only moments before when they were sitting back to back with their legs spread out in opposite directions. Once he caught a glimpse of mommy's watchful eyes he began his escape.

But she convinced him to stay a few more minutes.
Too cute!
But that's enough now.