Is that?

Yup - it is.

Another sock faces the wrath of Jaynie.

I've been trying to get this on film forever.  She chews her tongue and sucks her lips and makes smacking noises and always stops when I get the camera out.  So here's a slightly blurry pic of it - hopefully I'll get it on video soon.

You really believe that Momma?  Heehee.

Sitting up on the futon.

I love this one.  It's such a grown-up look on her face - like there's really something going on in that little peanut head of hers!

Happy baby.

I couldn't decide which of these two I liked best...

so I just included them both! =)

I'm WATCHING you, Victoria!

Oh - hi Mommy.

No no no - I wasn't planning on doing *anything* to that kitty!  You worry too much, Momma!

Hmmm.  I'm not sure how I feel about these glasses.

Let's see - if I can just get them off...

Ahhhh.  In the mouth is much better than on the eyes!!! 

The thumb sucking returns!  (She hasn't been doing it for a while now.)

Do you MIND, Mom?

Sitting up in her new seat!  (Yes she's strapped in - the seatbelt is just hidden by the dress.)

Must... get.... kitty...

Sigh.  There he goes again.

Jaynie demonstrates this chair's ability to stay upright.

No matter how hard she might try to tip it.

I just wanted my Glow worm!

Really - is that sooooo much to ask???

If I hit him just right, he plays Twinkle Twinkle!

picture of concentration.

You'd better not be mocking me, Mom.

Hmmm - maybe I'll play with my keys, instead.

I love this picture.  I realize that I got her mid-blink, but look at that spit bubble!!!

Yumm.  Yes - the keys were an excellent choice!

Look

at

her

sit

up!!!

Jaynie doing her zombie impression.

And giving me her first shrug.  ("Eh - I could eat!")

Watching a kitty.

Veeeeery closely.

Post nap.  Look at those rosy cheeks.  She is sooo sweet when she first wakes up!

Whoa!  What's happening here?

Augh!  The monkey's hanging upside-down!

What?  He always hung like that?

Hehehe.  I knew that!

Really, Mom, learn how to take a joke already!

More chins than Chinatown!

I see you, George!

Mommyyyyyy - I wanna get down and play with the kittyyyyyyyyy!

I'm very cranky with the camera for focusing on Cookie Monster in the background, instead of this whiney "I wanna play with the kittyyyyyyyyyy" face.

He's...right....THERE!

Augh!  The monkey is upside-down!!!

What?

Oh - heehee - you're right!  We did already go over this!

Some delicious ice.

And a very coooool hairstyle, to go with it.

Look at that tongue!

These are the feet of a baby who is very focused on getting something into her mouth.

Ah - well this explains the feet!

It's sippy-cup time!

Oh, sippy cup, why do you defy me?

Now we have a ton of pics of her in the highchair.

She just looks so cute in all of them, I had a really hard time leaving any out.

Well of COURSE you did, Momma!

Look at me!  I'm ADORABLE!

And look at this skill with the cup!

Ugh!  There's WATER in here!

The cheeks, the mouth, the toes - this baby is cute all over.

And don't forget this hair!

Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!

Haha!  I yelled at that cat!

It bugs me that I didn't notice that hair stuck to her cheek while I could've done something about it.

Oh well.  Forever immortalized - hair stuck in drool. =P

Jaynie up, happy, and playful at 10pm.  I thought this was worth taking a picture of.  Then came the night of the 5th....  

::sigh::

This will teach me to try a photo shoot while the Daddy video is playing.

I cannot get her attention to save my life.

It's like I'm not even in the room.

Look at this!  I'm directly in front of  her, and still no eye-contact!

You'd think the flash, at least, would get her attention!

Fine!  Mom - what do you want???

Can't you see I'm in the middle of something, here?

Why don't you try back later, when my show is over - mmmmkay?

Oh - sure - Victoria can distract you from the tv!

Look at that hairy little hand that she used to pet the cat! 

Good morning, beautiful!

Look how she's gripping that pillow with her little monkey foot. 

She sure is happy first thing in the morning. It's not enough that she looks just like him - she has to be a morning person like her Daddy, too?

All this empty, padded floor space in the middle of the room...

and the kid rolls under the crib.

YOU can't tell me what to do, Momma!

Baby sitting up!

Baby sitting up long enough to take 2 pictures of it!!!

What a little sweetie.

Who, me?

Yup - I am pretty sweet!

BABY SITTING UP!!!

Can you tell how far away I am from her?  There is NOBODY helping this baby. =)

Holy chubs! 

If you are wondering what happened to the elephant shirt she was wearing earlier...

Jaynie did her special magic pooping trick!

Where she magically poops straight up!

Nailing the shirt, while the shorts stay perfectly clean. 

I do not know how this works.  It seems to defy the laws of physics.

In this drool picture, we can see proof that gravity does, in fact, exert it's force on this baby.

The world may never know how she does it.

Jaynie covering herself.  She's decided there are way way WAY too many naked and half naked pics of her on the internet.  

(Is it just me, or does this kid actually have a little cleavage there!?!?)

Baby tongue on display!

Yup - happy happy playful baby at midnight.  Look at those eyes - not even a little bit tired.

I took this about an hour after she fell asleep.  The time on the picture file says 2:30am.  I am one tired Mommy!

It's exersaucer time!

Toys, Daddy video - what more could a baby want?

See - the problem with taking these close ups is that if she moves at the last minute your picture is toast! 

We were having a very zurbetty day.

Ppppphhhhhbbbbttt!

I stick my tongue out at you, Daddy!

Whoa!  Something new to stick in my mouth!

Mmmm. Don't mind if I do!

Ppppppphhbbbbttt

I stick my tongue out at YOU, Momma!  (At least she noticed that I was in the room this time.)

6 packs are for wussies!  I have an 8 pack!

Act now and I'll throw in this extra chin as a bonus!

Oooh - come here little kitty-rattle.  I won't hurt you!

CHOMP!

Hehehee - stupid kitty falls for it every time!  (Tell me she doesn't look like she's doing the Dr. Evil laugh here!  Mwah ha ha!)

Victoria has figured out that the way to score more camera time is to get between me and the baby.

This was going to be a picture of Tori sniffing Jaynie's head - but Jaynie rolled away at the last minute.  (And look how ticked off Tori looks!  Her has mean eyes!)

BABY UP ON ALL FOURS!!!

This photo session is DONE!

Just hanging out in the crib.

Haha!  Hi Momma!

What a sweet little CHUNKY MONKEY!  (Well - really - look at those thighs!)

Question - how do you keep a baby entertained after she's outgrown the chair that lights up and plays music?

Answer - put her in her new big-girl chair, and pull it up right in front of the one that lights up and plays music!  She sat like this - watching and playing with her old chair for almost 40 minutes while I folded laundry and packed our suitcase!

Apparently she was chilly...

she grabbed the corner of this blankie and rolled herself up in it.

What?

This

is

one

sad,

overtired

baby.

WAAAAHHH!

Aha!  I'm having a fabulous time at Grandma's!

Hmm - something sure has her attention.

Figures.

Jaynie attempts to suck in her belly for the picture.  (Look at that face!)

Sweetie - relax.  Big Buddha Bellies are super cute on little babies.

Heeheehee!  Good to know, Momma!

I realize I have lots of pictures of her sitting, but this was a momentous occasion.

This was the first time she actually sat up, from laying on her tummy, on her own.  She's soooo big!

She will now demonstrate her sitting-up technique. (She also takes this opportunity to model her adorable new clothes!)

1) Push up and back with your arms - stick butt into the air.

2) Plop butt onto floor - push upper body up, up up!

3) Dazzle everyone with your amazing new abilities!  

OOOoooh!  Grandma bought the baby new toys!

All her old ones were starting to lose their flavor.

MmmMmm.  Yumm.

Deeeeelicious!

You thought that sitting was impressive!  Watch this!

I'm up!

Watch me closely - any second now I'll be crawling!

Here's the problem with all these new tricks.

No matter how tired she gets - she doesn't want to stop playing and go to sleep (look at those eyes!)

She's exhausted, yet attempting the monkey crawl.

Ok Mom - I give up.  Take me to bed, please.

AAUGH!  I hate this stupid floor!  I hate this carpet!  I'm tired of laying here!  I wanna CRAWL!

Ooh - Didn't see you there with the camera!  Cheese!

You gonna give me that elephant or what?

Mmmm.  Thanks!

What're you looking at?

Can't I get a moment to myself here?

AAAUUGH!  I dropped him!

I don't know about this yellow block - it's staring at me!

Heeheeheeeeee!

Poor baby woke up from her nap with the sweaty  head.

And being the mean Mommy I am, I immediately gave her the sweaty-head mohawk.

You're out of control, Momma!

Poppy sings the classics to Jaynie.

She joins in on the ones she knows.

Hi.

Madam on the blanket that Mommy slept on as a baby.

Grams puts Jaynie to sleep.

Eight minutes later (according to my camera), Jaynie returns the favor.

She has 2 teeth now, that are most noticeable when she's fussing.

So being the bad Mom, I took a bunch of pics of her when she was cranky, instead of picking her up.

She managed to hide her teeth in each and every one.

That'll teach me.

Napping on Grandma Sharon.

Jaynie has a disgusting habit..

of pooping while we're on the road.

So Mommy perfected the art of changing a diaper...

in the trunk!  

This is one tired baby.

But  I wanted to get some pics of her in her little hoodie.

How cute is that!?!?

Aunty Suz!

And a half-naked Jaynie!

Heeheehee!

Jaynie successfully avoids a kiss from Aunty Suz AKA "Dragon Breath".

Look - you can see her eyes tearing up from being that close to Suz's mouth!

Look at her watching baby Jaynie videos - the arms were cracking us up.

Here's a closer view - she sat like that for several minutes.  It was hysterical.

Jaynie and her Great Grams at the Cheesecake Factory.

Gorgeous girls in the sun.

Holy COW!  And I do mean COW!!!

Jaynie puts Grams to sleep again.  Watch out for her - she's like a living, breathing, drooling Sominex.!)

Not sure how this pic got on here - isn't this supposed to be the Jaynie page!

Suz tries to interest Jaynie in the Sesame Street placemat.

See!  And here's a hidden letter "A"!

Yah - that's fascinating Aunty Suz.  Chomp!

Jaynie continues to chomp the incredibly interesting placemat, Grams and Suz say Cheeeeeese!

These pictures are entirely staged.

I, of COURSE, was not feeding ice cream to my 6month old.

Just ignore that stuff on her face - that's certainly not melted ice cream!

We all scream for ice cream!

Suz attempts to take a picture of herself.  Apparently she's got a ways to go on the old Photography major.

Another staged shot - I assure you, noooo ice cream went into that little mouth.

I'm not going to get away with this, am I. :)

These pics just showed up on my camera without my knowledge.

I guess Jaynie decided to steal my camera and take some pictures with her crazy Aunty Suz!

What are they doing with their hands?

Ok - everybody say Cheeeeeese!

"You guys take more pics if you want, I'm outta here!"

Mema tries to get Jaynie to crawl.

Or stand up - whichever!

Madam and her Aunt Laurie.

And Aunt Lisa.

Cute girls.

It's Jaynie and Pepa!

Pepa shaved off his beard because it scared her - that's love. =)

Hey Grandpa Vic - you think we can get one with your eyes open?

No no no - you blinked again!

Allllllllmost got it....

There we go - Jaynie and Grandpa Vic modeling their Hawaiian shirts. 

This Beautiful Baby, Mateo, belongs to...

The Gorgeous Gladys.  How does she look so fabulous, while I'm sporting the ponytail/minimal makeup/spit-up on my shirt look?  (Not to mention - sitting next to the 2 of them, Jaynie and I look like albinos.  Sorry baby! I see many sunburns in your future!)

Our last morning in Florida.  Jaynie gets a tour of the yard with her Grandpa.

Then has a little quality time in the grass with Grandma.

They sure look like they're having fun!

Although madam seems a little concerned by all that fresh air. 

DADDY'S HOME!!!!!

Airport reunion.  My happy family. =)

Madam tries out a fun, new experience...

smearing bananas all over herself!

Your probably thought I was going to say "eating bananas", huh?

Does it look like she eats them to you?

Jaynie enjoys a little fresh air and sunshine.

While still enjoying the taste sensation that is her exersaucer.

Haha!  I'm outside so I get to wear this cute hat! 

Jaynie and her Daddy.

Ugh.  Drool situation!

Daddy is wishing he had a shirt on to catch drool drips.

!

After a walk on a warm day, nothing beats a cherry Popsicle!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!

I have no idea why we have the red eye here - is it reflecting off our red lips?  

Um, Momma?  WHAT have you done to my hair?

Seriously, Mom, next time play with your own hair, Mmmmkay?

Haha!  I look like Pebbles Flinstone!

We are obsessed with the chubby feet....

And have been taking lots of pics of them.  Look at those looooong toes!

That is one enormous foot.

La ti da.  I'm just eating these keys.

Joe took about 400 pictures of her chewing on this thing.

Pic #398....

Ack!  Hairball!

Pic #399

Yup - you guessed it - #400!

Jaynie sings a little song...

"An Ode to My Toy"

Hi Daddy!

Look of concentration.  (Or maybe she's just pooping)

Jaynie moves tooo fast for the camera to catch!

Naked baby in the mirror!

Look at those chubs!  (How adorable is this kid?)

Washing the bananas down with a little H2O.

Imagine if Gene Simmons was a baby.  A baby covered in bananas....

HaHA!  I have banana in my eyebrow! 

Jaynie believes in having fun with her food.

Wearing it is soooooooo much more fun than eating it!

Squishing it between her fingers is pretty cool, too.

This is pretty yummy, though!

Ok - we did the bananas - what's next????  =)

Daddy and Jaynie running around topless.

Her shirt was covered in banana paste - I'm not sure what happened to his. .

They sure are cute, huh!