Here are some pictures from some fun at a picnic yesterday…..Patrick really enjoyed the skateboard the big kids had. You can see he was NOT happy when he had to get off and take turns. Then when we got home, he took Matt’s keys and tried putting them in the doorknob! Very smart! He’s picking up on a lot of things lately. We happen to think he is extra-smart, of course, but we really have nothing to compare him to. 
We went to the doctor today for a checkup for the first time! (Well, besides the ones Mrs. brenda did for a while after I was born.) It was alright…I had to get nekked and they pulled my legs and checked my thighs. That tickled, so I laughed at the silly lady. They put me on a boat-looking thing and said I was “21 pounds”….whatever that means…..then they stretched me out and said I was “27 1/2 inches.” they looked in my mouth with a flat dry thingy, and it was kinda funny at first. But then I didn’t care for that because I was hoping it was a boobie, and it was not. So then I cried until I got some milk, and that was nice.
The doctor lady was very quick, and didn’t really play with me much. I peed on her table after she didn’t put my diaper back on tight enough and it leaked out. heehee… I wish Mrs. Brenda did my checkup! She always had lots of time for questions, and she played with me more. Mommy says we will have to look into this, and also some other things the doctor mentioned that she isn’t sure are true and/or wouldn’t be best for me.
I still didn’t nap for a while until after noon in the car on the way home. I think Mommy left me in the car for a while when we got home because I was finally sleeping. (She kept checking on me every few minutes, though.)
Then this evening I got to lick some homemade bread! I tried to grab it and stick it in my mouth, but Mommy wouldn’t let me very long. But she did let me have some polenta from her plate at dinner! It tasted like Herbes d’ Provence, or however you spell it. I think I kept most of it in my mouth. I licked some homemade salad dressing off her finger, too. All in all, a pretty eventful day!
I went with Mommy on two photo shoots today! I got to sit in a vibrating seat and watch some musical toys light up in front of me. I wanted to touch it but I didn’t know how to make my hands do that. So then I watched Mommy walk around the room. She’s really nice. I also talked with Brooklyn for a little while at the end. She is pretty cute! Mommy thinks I’m a flirt, though, since I won’t talk to Branch (he’s a boy).
Here’s a picture of me talking. I have a bit of a smile, but not my very best one.
Me and Mommy looked at black and white fractals today. We both liked it. She also uploaded pictures from my first official photo shoot the other day! You can buy nice professional prints of them here. Mommy says they look much nicer than printing small ones off the computer or going to Walmart. I believe her!
Here is just one:
Hmm…I guess that was my hand and not a boobie after all…
