Cousin Luke is Cool!

Thomas' second cousin, Luke, came to Boise for a visit and got to spend the day with us. Luke was such a fun buddy for Thomas. We had a great day playing and going to the zoo. Thanks for coming to visit us, Lukey!

We started the morning with a little concert.

Then it was off to the zoo. Here is Luke riding the carousal while Thomas watches.

After the carousal Luke went through the groundhog tunnel and popped up into one of the bubbles to view the groundhogs.

 Then he pet and fed the goats . . . .

Then he climbed on all of the stone animals, the elephant was his favorite. . . . 

Then he did a few sprints in the park!

He did a great job wearing Thomas out! :-)

Come see us again soon, Lukey!

Uncle Andrew Visits

Uncle Andrew came to visit and it was an amazing time. Thomas took right to him and would often reach out for Andrew to hold him. It was so special to see the way they bonded in such a short period of time. It could be that Uncle Andrew and Thomas share a love for the guitar. Thomas goes wild for guitars and if there is one in his sight, he clamors for it.

 

 

A very special visit and a rare family photo. Is it obvious who the center of attention is these days? ;-)

Pals

This is Thomas and his pal Benny. Nothing like sharing a walker together. 

We plan to show this video to these boys in 2029 at their high school graduation party. :-)

Shaggy to Short

The Beiber shag could only last for so long. The time finally came to give Thomas his first haircut. 

Here is the original shag in all its glory.

All set!

The first snip and still happy (sort of).

Of course no first haircut is complete without a few tears. 

The tears did not last long at all and mommy was able to keep Thomas distracted for the remainder of the cut. 

All done! Our stylist, Bailey, was awesome with Thomas!

Our big boy after his first haircut!

Here Reggie Reggie Reggie . . . .

One thing that Thomas finds super cool about the ability to move is the opportunity to keep up with Reggie. Fortunately, Reggie indulges Thomas (I think he likes the attention).

That is a mischievous grin if I ever saw one . . .

Off to track down Reggie.

Getting closer . . . .

Shoot, Reggie gets away again. Better luck next time buddy. :-)

These I had to post because he is just so dang cute post-bath.

Always a smile for the camera.

Taaa Daaa!!

After wiggling, rolling and some solid army crawling, Thomas decided to make it official and crawl for real! He still prefers the army crawl but as you can tell from my enthusiastic cheering, I think this crawling thing is super cool!

Sun Valley with my buddy

Scot had a conference in Sun Valley this weekend so Thomas and I went up there with him for some resort living. Our friends, the Wolff's, were up there too so Thomas got to hang with his buddy Alex.

Scot is the coolest dad and pulled the boys around in a wagon during apres ski at Sun Valley.