remember christmas?

a selection of long overdue christmas photos.

at the fairfax travis house.

at nana and grandpa raufer's house.

 i am sorry we put you in that monkey suit little buddy.

 at great grandma raufer's house and the great raufer gathering.

finley's cousin, attison. they are bound to be partners in crime at raufer gatherings. lets at least hope their misbehavior is clever.

 attison's mom.

at grandma and grandpa travis's house.

 and or our own memory's sake.... pere fouettard, hard at work.

day after christmas... finley tells vera about his favorite presents.

finley's first tooth

 

 

the shirt seems awfully appropriate.

 

you know you need an exorcism when........

....... your kid looks like this. everyone, meet night time finley. last night jess and I were watching a movie when we heard a racket and confustication arise from the area we last saw daytime finley. after waiting with hope for the raucous activity to subside for some time we realized that our son had been replaced with his demonic doppelgänger. after we braved entrance to his chambers we found this.

ok, so the black stuff shows up later. actually the black stuff was our doing. that's his tummy medicine. he was too animated to swallow it like he normally does and this is the result. although he looks fine here, nighttime finley didn't calm down for two hours and jess and I still don't know if Reese Witherspoon chose Paul Rudd or Owen Wilson.

bad dad

what would childhood pictures be like without the "beer drinking" shot? it would be incomplete, that's what. and no, of course fin did not imbibe. pshaw.

day after

after a night of screaming, howling, summoning spirits and general bad behavior, this little guy likes to adoringly gaze into the ether - letting his blue eyes sparkle in the sun while the snot dripping from his nose glistens in the most innocent manner possible, causing his dad to forgive the events from just a few hours ago, take pictures and write run on sentences for the whole world to see.

sharing

sharing isn't always tangible.

how could I forget

in response to my son's last blog..... here are some photos that should have been posted ages ago.

DAD! you don't blog enough

satiation

first unfinished bowl of food since he started eating.

carnivores

so, we had dinner at the buchs, and things were going splendidly when suddenly they were forcing meat on the kids. not just any meat but LAMB. you can see what's left of the lamb with the photographic evidence that was left behind.

ok, that story is only partially true. mom handed fin a bone with a little tiny bit of meat left on it and fin went to town.

hungry

this kid likes to eat. i am not sure if i like to feed him though. my fingers get way too close to his selachiian jaws for comfort.

little angel

Pretty sweet huh?