A Laughing Matter

I know it's been a couple weeks but I'm back in action. And hopefully this one will be worth the wait.

So last night Dad and I were playing and all of a sudden he started whacking me with the rings, and man, I just loved it.



If that wasn't enough, this one's got some real deep belly laughs.

6-Month Bday Alert

So Sunday was my 6-month birthday, and you know what that means... yep, photos of Charlie the Bear and me.

First, though, let's not forget about my 5-month birthday even though Dad seemingly forgot about it and missed posting photos. I have to say that after all those guilt trips I finally got a birthday card on my 5-month birthday. The Richmans came through with flying colors… thank goodness at least someone cares about me.


So we've arrived at my 6-month birthday, and as you can see, I’m bigger than Charlie the Bear now. With each passing month my desire to eat anything in sight is exponentially increasing, and good ol’ Charlie began to resemble a slice of Pequod’s pizza, complete with oregano, parmesan cheese and some red hot chili peppers. Needless to say I spent much of the photo shoot trying to eat him.




Oh, and I'm sitting up now all by myself. I gotta think I'm kind of a child prodigy with this whole sitting up thing. And if I continue to work at it, every single day, eat well, stay away from the booze, don't fall in with the wrong crowd, listen to gospel music, do the dishes, and stay focused, I've got a shot to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics, which I'm hoping will be held in Hilton Head. When I set that world record for Sitting Up, you can all say that you saw it in me way back when, that you knew I was headed for greatness; that I was Phelps-ish, Phelps-like, Phelps-ian.

Hey La, Hey La, My Boyfriend's Back!

So my boyfriend, Jake, came over this morning to play and we had fun. He 's kind of a big shot because he can walk and all, and he's getting his license next week and promised to take me to the movies.

We're off to my cousin Isaiah's birthday party today, which is going to be a lot of fun. I'll post some pics of me at the party tonight or tomorrow.

Uncle Brian's Back!!!

So remember when I told you that when Uncle Brian gets back I'll have more vacation pictures for you? Well, he got back today and I got my hands on some of those photos I wanted to show you all. Had to go through about 7,841 pictures that he took over the course of two weeks, but we got what we wanted.

First of all, I have to tell you that the best part of my vacation was the fact that I got to hang out with my cousins all day, every day. I just loved sitting in the walker watching them run around, talk, scream, laugh, play, the whole nine yards. So to start things off, here are a few photos of the Motley Crue.

Here are Luke, Hannah and Isaiah at the beach.
And here is Sophie picking lint out of Eli's belly button. See, Eli wears a lot of linen suits to work every day so he often has lint in his button, which Sophie gladly cleans out for him. One day she actually found a cheeseburger in there.

And here's all of us back at the beach up on the life guard's chair. If you see at the top, Dad is in the photo. Yeah, he wanted to be in the photo so I had to hold him up on the chair... not sure what he'd do without me.

So there they are. Now you know why I had so much fun; I mean, just look at them. Now it's on to some photos of little ol' me on my first trip to Hilton Head.

Here's me snoozing hardcore in the cabana at the pool.

Here are a couple shots of me at the beach.


Here's me hanging out with Papa, he's making me laugh. What he doesn't know, and we won't tell him, is that I'm laughing AT him in this picture, not WITH him.

Here's me with my 1970s hairdo. There's a good chance you could take this photo and transport it to 1974 and I would fit right in. Hell, I don't think anyone would be surprised if you told them I was sitting in the chair listening to "I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family.

Lastly, here's a great shot of Dad, Mom and me at the beach. Yes, that's a wifebeater. Yes, people still wear those things. No, it's neither normal nor acceptable. But it's my dad, so he gets a free pass... just this once, though.