Archive for December, 2006



Frank had partied pretty hard and by 8:15 he was down for the count.
Trish and I stayed at home for new year’s eve for the first time in nearly ten years. Which was fine, because by 12:45 we were both asleep. Party-time parent style!

He’s got a cold. So he’s a snot machine. He blows snot bubbles out his nose, which would be gross, if it weren’t so cute. They’re clear, so it’s not nearly as nasty as it sounds.
His spirits are up nonetheless. He’s bouncing around and playing with all his toys.

I try to keep the food in his mouth, I really do, but he’s a constantly moving target. A messy moving target.

I missed a couple of days with traveling and such. Frank doesn’t seem to notice. He’s too busy chewing everything.

Lots of photos. He really loved opening presents. Mainly because he likes chewing the paper.

He wet his Christmas jammies, so he wore this while they were being washed

He and his cousin got matching Vans from Santa Grandma

Afterwards, he fell asleep on Grandma

Here’s a whole batch

We visited my Mom today for Christmas. Her and Frank had a great time, except someone doesn’t like to poop on the road and was a little cranky. Normally, that’d be Trish, but this trip it was Frank.

We drove to Illinois to visit my family for the holidays. We spent the first night at my Dad’s house. He and Frank chilled out watching TV. We also had a south side thin crust pizza. Which is the best pizza from my childhood. Sweet sauce, cracker crust, and the best [...]

I’m cheating a bit, as this photo is really from 12/23, but I couldn’t admit missing another day, and it is a cute photo.

Day 213 (12/21/06): Bundled boy

Day 212 (12/20/06): Greasy Boy

The battle against the cradle cap continues. Check out the greasy hair on Frank!