The Latest...

Here's the last batch of photos from last weekend.  The first one there is a picture of when I was a baby.  Hmmm...Brennan doesn't look much like me.  A few more pictures can be seen here.




















I love this picture of Brennan with his "Bapa"

Father's Day Weekend at Whidbey

So I get home from work on Friday, around 4:00, and tell Julie about my long and tiring day. We do something we don't normally do...we act spontaneously, with Brennan even, and 40 minutes later we're totally packed, baby fed, and we're on the road to spend the night with my family at my brother's place on Whidbey Island. I took quite a few pictures and am uploading them one bit at a time. Here the first batch, the Friday night sunset pictures.  Click here to see the whole album.

Julie had this idea to shoot the weeds...I took some shots and they turned out great.

Happy Father's Day

To all you Father's out there, Happy Father's Day.  May your day be blessed and filled with whatever fills you...although most men are pretty simple.  Food, Gadgets, Tools, Sports, and a long nap.  Of course what we really want?  Make Father's Day a week day and a national holiday and give us the day off of work!

This is what I woke up to today...

Lots of updates...

Got a number of updates in this post...all pictures, (no video).  As always, you can just wimp out and click here to see all the pictures (43 of them), but then you'll miss my rockin' captions explaining what you're looking at.


First up, a birthday balloon for Mama!



2nd: Julie on her birthday, checking out the tide-pools at Larabee State Park






3rd up: an old-school soda machine...including the semi-so-rolled back price of $.50



4th up: some shots from Taylor Shellfish Farms (off of Chuckanut)






5th up: a stare down with curious george



6th up: a series of great shots called "the car seat smiles."  Here's one of them - you'll have to click here to see the rest.



7th: I met YODA today!



8th - Julie gave Brennan a big cup of chocolate and then he fell asleep.  Ok, not really...



9th up - Taking a nap with Bapa

Guess?

Yep - more videos of Little B - including a trip to Whidbey Island...his first over-nighter.

New Videos...

Hey all - here's some more videos.  I put a couple of them here, but go to my youtube channel to see them all.  He's really laughing and smiling now.

Kyle's 13th Birthday

This past weekend, we celebrated my oldest nephew Kyle's 13th birthday (on the 13th, no less). It was a great day and I am so proud of him - he's growing up to be a fine young man. As you can see from the pictures and video, he has a special way with Brennan as well.

On that note, I've uploaded 7 new videos (here) or so and a bunch of new pictures (click here).  See below for a sampling.




















6 weeks old and already holding up his head!

Mother's Day

Yesterday was Julie's first "Mother's Day" and to fulfill her wish, we went out for a little walk in the park, and had a nice afternoon "tea" complete with scones (thank you Traci), fresh strawberries, and hot tea.  In case you're wondering, the park is Hovander and is up in Ferndale.  It's a huge park and has old barns, an old homestead, an orchard, a few gardens, some old tractors, tons of open grass fields for picnics and gatherings, and a beautiful lake with a board-walk that goes out (we didn't make it to the boardwalk).


At any rate, here are some pictures from our day as well as a video.  As always, click here to see all the pics.


"Happy Mother's Day Julie - you are my best friend, and an incredible mother! Brennan couldn't have it any better.






And to my Mom, Carolyn, who is no longer with us, and to Grammi Martie, who is also in heaven, Happy Mother's Day. You are not forgotten and your love you showed us will be passed on. Below, my Mom's favorite flower, "lily of the valley."







Get it?  A "flower bed."

Brennan Smiles

So I was playing with him this morning and managed to get some smiles out of him.  It was the best part of my day!  See all the smiles here!

More pic's

Ok, so every blog I write lately can be titled "more pictures of Brennan." But I just post and trust that you all out there, whoever you are, like to look at these pictures. Sunday, Brennan turned 1 month old...it is unbelievable! Time flies. Today, Tuesday, Julie called me at work and I got to listen to Brennan over the phone "sing/sleep." It is precious.  Click here to go to all the pics!