Konk on the Head

RJ loves pictures of himself sad, so I caught some of him crying when he hit his head on the table.

He asks to see "sad RJ boy" all the time.

Lollipop

THANKS GRANDPA! I LOVE IT!

My dad would always bring RJ a dum-dum sucker every night from work when we lived there.  So RJ was thrilled when Grandpa sent him the traditional dum-dum, plus the HUGE sucker!

He was blown away with how huge it was.

He wanted to open it himself.

He doesn't lick it, but tries to fit the whole thing in his mouth...

...which is why it didn't take too long to have white dried sucker all over his face.

I guess it'a actually a giant jawbreaker on a stick.

 I caught RJ with a genuine real smile.  He's getting so big, he'll turn 3 in 3 months.

Followed by a really intense fake smile. 

Glimpse of his new life... Thomas and Percy the trains. 

He wanted a mean face.  When he saw this on the camera, he laughed and said: "scary teeth!"

Just thought this was cute, and made me realize I need to be better about lotioning his cheeks.

Chocolate Cake Batter

RJ's faces

I was taking pictures and RJ would tell me an emotion, pose, then want to see the picture.

Here's the photoshoot.

SAD:

MEAN: 

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID THIS WAS: 

HAPPY:

This is his fake smile.  Whenever I take a picture of him and tell him to smile, this is what we get.  Pretty funny.

This last one he said: "I'm Dace!" then stuck his fingers in his mouth.

Dace is his cousin who sucks both fingers like that, apparently all the time. 



Bedtime Stories

RJ likes books.

Lately the Berenstain Bears.

My mom gave us her old copies, and a few I wrote my name in the front as a kid.

His favorites lately are:
The Spooky Tree and Bears in the Night.

I think he likes the scarier stories.

I wanna Paint!

More exciting on skin than cardboard

fun to pick off

all clean!

Guy Time

 RJ watching Aristocats with his Papa in our bed, and giving me the "get out of here" look

He has loved puzzles lately, and I've helped him do this Aladdin puzzle so much I hid it.  But Rhett was still fresh.

RJ thinks phones are just had held games.  Or at least Rhett's phone is just games.

Insulated Coveralls...in August

Rhett's sister dropped off a bag of hand-me-downs.  I was putting things away, and hung these awesome coveralls (which are huge on him 6T size) in his closet, along with the snow boots.

A while later he came down dragging everything, wanting to wear the boots and coveralls.

He wanted to play outside, and it was hot.

He had brought with him the tiny red christmas ornament mitten (to wear) and needed another glove for the other hand, and was satisfied with a huge gardening glove.  All set to walk around the yard for a good 40 min. before he got too hot.

Toy Story 3

His first big movie with Grandma, Nett and Drew, and cousins

All Boy

4th of July

Talk About Relaxed

He often sleeps with his hands behind his head.  Or he rides in his carseat with hands behind his head.

Reminds me of when Herschel was little.

Airplane

For the 24th of July I took RJ to the Navy Blue Angels air show.

He loved the planes parked as we walked in.

Panty Liners make good Shin Guards

Needless to say, all feminine hygiene products are now stored high and out of reach.