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.

Generation gap

Despite his rather sombre expression in this picture, Thomas was delighted to spend time with his great grandmother during our recent vacation. Every time he looked at her, he got a great huge smile on his face. I think he was actually a little upset at leaving.

Get me away from these girls!

Tommy doesn't look overly thrilled at receiving a hug from Laurie.



Actually he quite enjoyed both giving and getting hugs from both Erika and Laurie.



Playing with Aunt Nadia was pretty fun too!

Mmm... Delicious, tasty fingers...

As you can see, Thomas has discovered that his fingers make a tasty, nutritious snack. We keep trying to convince him that, say, his actual food might be even better, but he has too much fun smearing food through his hair (and ours) to bother with something as trivial as eating it.