"Goes to the Jungle" Paul style

Here's Lilly the Elephant.


Banana Man


Captain Patch


Paloombo


And, my personal favorite, Mr. Missionary


The only downside to this whole adventure has been Paul waking up at night terrified of being bitten by a worm.

Wiggle Worm Song

And how's this for cute? I heard him singing to himself while playing with his toys, so I asked him for an encore for the camera.

Pilgrim Video

Sorry it's sideways, but I thought you'd like this.

Deja Vu

Where have I seen this before? 

By the way. There's no entry fee on the game below. Feel free to submit as many guesses as you like.

Paul's Literary Pursuits

Hall Ball

Here's a little clip for you sports fanatics out there. Up-and-coming fresh(really fresh)man Paul Crocker has fairly mastered the game of Hall Ball. I think he's got a bright future ahead of him. It's possible that he may even influence his peers to rethink the '80s shorts. It really works for him anyway. And now, the clip. Then back to you in the studio.

What I Found

Despite my pleadings to "Keep your socks on during this nap, okay? I don't want your feet to be cold." Paul consistently pulls the useful and (often) cute little socks off every single time. The fact that I just allowed that redundancy should drive home the point that this happens without fail. I would be taken aback to walk into his room after a nap and find him happily playing in the crib in sock-clad little feet. Seeing his darling little toes after (here's another one) each and every nap is a regular occurrence. This, however caught me completely off guard.




Poor kid. Imagine standing in your crib calling for assistance in getting out only to have the door flung open by your beloved mother who, upon laying eyes on you for the first time in 2 hours, bursts into uncontrollable peals of laughter. It's got to be traumatic.

The Boots

When Jon was little, these were his boots.

Okay, so he didn't start at as happy as he could have been.

M&M's

Asking for M&Ms is a whole body experience.

I think he's got the hang of it.

Ride 'em, Clippety.

The Dryer Adventure

It's been a while since there have been new pictures up, I realize. The primary reason for that is that a vast majority of the readership of this blog has been present with it's main subject. So there hasn't been much need for long-distance updates. But we're back, and we've got some good ones. This episode took place July 29.

So I think it would be safe to say. . .

. . .our kid likes smoothies.

This is actually V8. The rest are smoothie pictures.

The Real Question Is . . .

. . . Did he mean to say it? I acknowledge freely that that is precisely what he said. Too precisely, if you ask me. That seems to be the real downfall. But I'll keep my opinions to myself and let the audience decide. In another post, I'll show you the Fathers Day pancake that prompted my retrieving the camera in the first place, but all in all, this was probably the biggest fluke that has ever taken place where I'm concerned. Here's what had to happen: 1) He said it 2) He said it after I did 3) He said it while eating it 4) (and this is obviously the biggest "no way" involved) He said it while we were rolling the camera DURING breakfast ON a Sunday. Do we ever just go, "Hey let's get some footage of Paul stuffing his face just for fun. It's Sunday morning, and we all have to be walking out the door by 8:50. We've got time. Let's do it."? No. We don't. Until today, I would have said we never would. Hence. Biggest fluke of my lifetime.

And, dear readership, I realize that it's too perfect. I understand that we have nothing but our sterling reputation for utmost honesty in the past to offer as proof that what takes place on this video is an exact representation of what actually took place. We have neither the means nor the know-how to alter the contents of digital video. We're asking you to trust us. This is genuine.

Kindly do us the favor of submitting your input on the poll. And thank you. We knew we could count on you to take our word for it.

Giggle Box

This really needs no comment.

Would you be surprised if Mattel asks us for the audio on this to put in their next Push-My-Tummy-And-I Giggle doll?

Beginning Walker

Look what Paul can do!

Playing Outside

We'd like to start off with a special Thank You to Mrs. Schlichting for the content of these pictures. The haircut and toy are compliments of her. After the haircut, Paul had so much fun playing in the yard with Nathaniel and Julianna that Mrs. Schlichting insisted that we take home the truck for Paul to borrow.

Last night Paul was able to putter around the yard for about 4 minutes before we had to get in the car to go to visitation. That made getting in the car a devastating experience indeed. But, it turned out that the nursery has a similar toy (for girls, but we didn't tell Paul). My friend Ashlyn kept the nursery with Paul, Jakey (a 2-year-old), and her son J.J. Now, J.J. is right around Paul's age. So, back to the toy. Paul apparently found it and began pushing it around the nursery. Then, according to Ashlyn, J.J. wanted to get in on the action as well. So he sat on the toy, and Paul gave him a ride around the nursery. We all wish there were a video of that. But it's a cute story anyway.

Now for today. Paul donned what Aunt Laura would refer to as a "See Jack run." outfit (presumably because of the quasi-Opie Taylor / All-American-kid-you'd-find-in-stories look it conveys), and we headed out.


Quick Clippety stop on the way out


Pushing Truck


He was fascinated by the "flowers."


Assessing the damage after a crash


Getting stuck


Getting unstuck

Sooo big!

All right, I know he hasn't quite got it down yet, but it's still cute to watch.

I LOVE this video!

Okay, you've heard the expression "all boy." Please note the truck sounds he makes near the end.



The joys of learning to walk. Remember these days, Aunt Kendra?

31 Seconds in the Life of Paul

This pretty well encapsulates his non-eating, non-sleeping moments.

Da-Da

Paul's new favorite topic of conversation.