My Future is so bright, I gotta wear shades

Just a Sunday afternoon chillaxin in my new red adirondack chair at Mimi and Poppa Joe's lake house.

Conquering the Step

Sonny's favorite thing to do is climb the step in our living room, over and over again. He just can't get enough...up and down, up and down again. He has defiantly conquered the step!!! He is very determined, its gotta be just right. Mommy is so proud of my little puddin!!!

Yoga Pose

Sonny is really getting into his new found way of moving around, he is crawling, climbing, and trying to stand up and pull himself out of his crib. Michael got a few pic's of him trying to stand and play with his toys at the same time. He's all about multi-tasking. He has to play at all times...his rules!!! He is a very busy little boy, always looking for the next thing to do. We are having a great start to the summer and are enjoying every minute of it!

Paparazzi...Please

Here are a few pic's of Sonny I took when he was 7 months, he's almost 8 months now so I am a little late in posting but I had to put this up because I love the look on his face. It's almost like he knows he's being photographed. I'll post some more of his signature pose that we think is hilarious. I am trying to come up with a name for it like in the movie "Zoolander"...its not quite the Blue Steel, but it is definitely worthy of a name...

Swimmer's Sleep

Sonny started swim lessons this week, so he has been very tired in the evenings. The other night we were in the kitchen having a snack after the dip in the pool, dinner, bath time, and PJ's...he was sitting in his high chair watching his DVD player and eating his puffs and a teething biscuit. I walked outside on the patio to water a plant and came back inside and he was fast asleep. He was out like a light...the flash of the camera usually wakes him up, but I probably took about 15 pictures and even called across the house, "Daddy come look"! And he never woke up. I picked him up, removed the rest of the biscuit out of his mouth and put him nite nite. Those of you who know him well, know that he's not a great sleeper, so you can see why I was so surprised....looks like we'll be swimming every day this summer:)

Cinco de Mayo

Well, I guess you could say that Sonny is a ladies man!!! Michael, my brother and I took him out to eat for Cinco de Mayo and he was a hit. We sat out on the patio so we could be sure and have lots of room to play and you know to set up camp...haha! Women were coming over from all over the restaurant to say hi and talk to him...and a couple of ladies even asked to hold him while we ate our dinner. Maybe it was this cute little face and smile that they couldn't resist....or his festive shirt! We had a great night with lots of laughs...

Just a Swingin'

We have been doing lots of outdoor activities since the weather has been so nice (except for all the wind)...one of our favorite things is to go swingin' at the park. ViVi and I took Sonny to the Arbor Hills Nature Preserve, if you haven't been...its a must, so beautiful and so much fun. These pic's are from his first time in the swing...we put him in and he started eating and chewing on it then he went right to sleep. Then we took a short break and tried it again and he loved it!!! So I ordered one for the backyard, we are just waiting on it to come in and for Daddy to hang it up...yay swingin'...

All this talk about swingin' reminds me of something...

A song my brother used to sing all the time when we were little...here's to you Uncle Kole...

There's a little girl, in our neighborhood.
Her name is Charlotte Johnson, and she's really lookin' good.
I had to go and see her, so I called her on the phone.
I walked over to her house, and this was goin' on.

Her brother was on the sofa, eatin' chocolate pie.
Momma was in the kitchen, cuttin' chicken up to fry.
Daddy was in the backyard, rollin' up a garden hose.
I was on the porch with Charlotte, feelin' love down to my toes.
and we were swingin'
yes we were swingin'