Jaynie contemplates her new quacking duck (thanks Dakota!)

Deep in thought.

Hey, Momma!  Let's play with chalk!

Chomp!

Mmm. Chalky.

I'm done with this chalk. It doesn't work on the grass, and it tastes terrible!

How about some BUBBLES!?!

C'mon Mom!  Everyone loves bubbles! 

What's that?

IT'S A DUCK!!!

Cheeeeeeeese!

Jaynie, you have a little something right there.

What?  Where?

Actually, Mom, you have a little something on you...

Let me just get that for you...

Hold still now!  It's almost off!

I'm rescued by Grandma.

Look at that belly!

No, I don't need any instructions on how to sit on a potty.

I've certainly seen it done enough times, right Mommy?  Hahahahaa.

Aaah! Wait!  This can't be right!

A little help please?  My foot's stuck in there!

Ok - how's this?  Is this better?

I'm almost there - I can feel it.

There - that wasn't so hard.  You sit in it like this, right?  No big deal.

We took a very mellow baby to the zoo.

The reason she's not looking at me is there was a million field trips there that day and all the noisy big kids were way more interesting than Mommy.

Well can you blame me, Mom?  Now - let's have some more cereal over here!

Jaynie,  honey, can you move that thing out of the way so I can see your cute outfit?

What, this thing?  Hahahahaaa!

Ok, Mom, take your picture.  Sheesh.

I'm adorable! Ha!

Seriously - have you ever seen anything so adorable before?  Didn't think so!

Whoa. There's a big bug right next to you, Mom.

Don't worry!  I'll stomp it!

Or maybe I'll just cute it to death. Bugs hate cute!

See - there he goes!

Told you I'd protect you, Momma!

Hey Grandma!  Can I get a cracker over here? (She's patting her elbow - her sign for "cracker")

Mmmm.  Thanks!

I'll just take this one to go, thanks.

Grandma doesn't stand for that. Crackers come at a price - kisses!

Look, Grandma - here's your ear!

And this is your nose!  Aren't you lucky to have me around to explain these things!

Uh oh, baby with a weapon.

Yeah - it was right about here that she pointed the sprinkler directly at me and the expensive camera.

What?  I'm just chomping my hose over here!

Heeheeee!  The water's getting me!

All those crackers made her thirsty, I guess.  

Wow - that is really convenient!  A water fountain right in the middle of the yard!

Looking a little worse for the wear, after her water adventure.

Still pretty cute, though.

The end. =)

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Mother's Day #2 - even better than the first one. 

Me and my Twinkie.  What more does a Mommy need?  (Well - the "day at the spa" gift I got from Joe and Jaynie is pretty nice, too.)

Grandma and Jaynie spend some last minute quality time on the lawn.

Can't have her getting on a plane without a few more renditions of the itsy bitsy spider!

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Up came the sun.... 

Jaynie doing the sign for "Frog" (She'll also happily "ribbit-ribbit" if you ask her to.)

And showing me her shoe. =)

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Yeeeah.  This is what happens when you move just a little too far away from a baby with a bowl of cereal.

She works until the suction cup that's supposed to hold it down comes loose, then takes a milk bath.

Jaynie got these cuuuuuuute ducky-feet-booties in the mail!

Are we done here, Momma?  I'm trying to eat my apple.

Heeehee!  I love mac and cheese!

Look how happy it makes me!

What?  I've got something where?

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Okay okay - you busted me.  I was saving that one for later!

But it's so yummy, I'll just chomp it now! 

Jaynie's first creamsicle.

It's a popsicle!

I LOVE POPSICLES!

Aaaaaahhhhhh...

Chomp!

Holy Cow, Mommy!

Wait - let me be sure...

I'm sure! I'm sure!

There's ICE CREAM in here!  (Or - in Jaynie-speak - "EYE BEAM!")

Seriously, Mommy - I love you.  

This is delicious.

I don't think it gets any better than this, ever!

All done!  Noooooooo!

Madam tells her Dad all about the amazing creamsicle experience.

Do you mind, Momma?  I'm trying to talk on the phone here.

Little Miss Fashion Plate - modeling the very latest...  bikini as hat!

How cute is this dress as a top?  And how sad is it that it used to fit her as a dress? 

Speaking of all grown up...

Look at this big kid!

Hair in pig-tails, 

eating an apple, 

watching Sesame Street.  =)

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Duck Feet!

Here, Daddy, have some frozen bagel. (I guess he either looked hungry, or like he had a new tooth that was bothering him.)

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I am a genius.  Every morning Jaynie wakes up with clean, soft hair.  Every morning she has a bowl of cereal and gets a ton of milk in it.

No more spiky-stiff milk hair for her! Now we wear a shower cap at breakfast.  (Bonus - Jaynie thinks it's really cool to wear a "HAT!" to the table.)

Daddy always makes time for a story, even when he's trying to get to work on time.

Look over there, Mommy!

Ducks!  There are ducks at this park!

Daddy tries to get Jaynie to wear his glasses...

No, really Dad, they're for you.

Time for some swinging! Yay!

WoooHOOO!

We should have lunch here every day! 

Jaynie enjoying her first Tootsie-Pop.

Trying to get her attention was a lost cause.

She was in Tootsie-Heaven.

Have a big cardboard box in the house?

Make a slide!

Wheeeeee!