Better Photos

While Chris seems to want to show everyone how weird Tommy can be (an he can be a pretty weird child - but he comes by it honestly...), I decided to put up a couple of more normal pictures, somewhat out of order.

He was just being so cute one day last week that I had to take a picture.


And this is after a long hard day at daycare (his first one). Obviously it didn't upset him at all.

Our son is remarkably mature

Thomas is growing up at an alarming rate. He's practically an adult already, as you can see from his mature, dignified portrait below.

Further mayhem

Tommy's decided that we don't take good-enough pictures and needed to take matters into his own hands. You can see here his first foray into the world of self-portraiture.


Next, Thomas decided to demonstrate his remarkable grasp of pop culture (for a 10-month-old, anyway) by doing his best Blair Witch pose. Surprisingly no snot or tears. We aren't complaining, mind you.


I know, I know, this looks like Andrea's decided to celebrate our new dining room table by nibbling on Thomas's soft belly. Don't worry, it was nothing of the sort -- she was actually just checking to see if he'd make a good placemat.

(He doesn't make a good placemat, it turns out... Too lumpy.)

They grow up so fast...

It seems like just last year that Thomas was born, but already he has his first car...


He's also learned how to kick back and relax in his chair. He's really remarkably cat-like in his ability to take up all available space...


Thomas has actually figured out how to go up at least one stair. I was trying to get a shot to prove it but the second he saw the camera he climbed back down and struck a pose.

More poser

I have different ideas than Chris about which poser pictures should be posted.

Tommy is just so much more manly in this picture...


Okay, he's not so much a poser here, but they were soooo sleepy.


And apparently the suprise sweater is very shocking indeed!

What a poser

Thomas is shown here modelling his fabulous new sweater, known as a Baby Surprise sweater. The surprise? That it's a sweater! (You have to see it in pre-sweater form to be able to appreciate how bizarre it is.) Thomas may have only warmed up to the camera slowly but you can see now that he's grown to love posing for pictures.


Unfortunately, while Thomas has learned how to pose -- and personally, I think this is an excellent manly pose Thomas is demostrating -- he hasn't yet learned not to make silly faces. I think he's trying to lick his own tongue in this shot.


This one's not so much of a "modelling portfolio" shot as it is a "look, my son thinks he's a beaver!" shot. A more attentive father might have, say, tried to stop him from eating the furniture, but my natural reaction was to reach for the camera. Probably bad for Thomas, but funny for the rest of us, so overall I'm counting it as a win.

He's a blur...

First things first... almost none of our pictures from our trip to Nova Scotia turned out. There are no more to post.

Since our return, it has been increasingly difficult to take pictures of Tommy. He's moving so fast he's a blur.




However, in the two weeks since our return, he got a second tooth, he learned to get from a laying to a sitting position, he took off crawling (forwards as well as backwards now), and is now pulling himself up on things.



Life is only going to get more interesting from here.