Hi everyone!

Mommy took me to the park by nana's house the other day. It was fun. Here I am missing my race car and pretending to drive using this big, green steering wheel. Uh... what the heck is that? Just when I think my hair is finally filling in, the wind blows the wrong way and reveals some notable gaps. *sigh*

Without Allie around the corner these days I have to rely on mom to play with me so when I'm on the see-saw she gets on the other side but, let's face it, she's too heavy and instead of enjoying the fun she's all lame and tries to take pictures of me. That's why when she told me to smile I made this face instead.

Eventually I moved on to the sandbox and tried to play with a few diggers, but, to be honest, my heart wasn't in it. I was kinda... distracted.

soooooo, does anyone know a good palm reader? I wonder if there's anything about hair growth written on there...?

Well, I kinda lied before when I said I'd update you guys in a day or two. I realize it's been more like a week or two but it's been pretty hectic trying to get settled in at Nana's house. Plus, mommy and daddy have been working at the cafe so there's a lot going on. But I'm here now!

Other than the aforementioned move everything's been pretty status quo - I've been playing, eating, running around, shoving things in DVD players and other A/V equipment, you know... the usual. In fact I don't really have much to blog about so I'll post a couple of pics from my playdate last weekend.

I hung out with my big cousin, Sammy. We went swimming and then went to the park near Sammy's house. She showed me around (as pictured above) and introduced me to a few key people. Then something very exciting happened: we came face-to-face with our first BULLY! YES people, that's what I said, a real, honest to goodness bully! It was something up until then that I'd only heard about in books. A girl tried to keep us off the monkey bars and kept shouting "NO" and held her foot out near my head like she was going to kick me (lucky for her she didn't try anything or I would have had to show her my super-south-korean death grip. Pray you never need to know more about it than what was just revealed). Our tactic was to just hang back and wait for her to move away and then we went climbing anyway... ha ha, sucker. Our moms were pretty proud of us and didn't have to step in once.

Then Sammy schooled me on the big scarey world outside of the playground:

Sam: "life's different 'out there' Jules. It's not all climbing and wading and having fun. People talk in full sentences and use stainless steel cutlery. Don't worry - I'll help you figure it all out."

Please Stand By...

Hey everyone. Sorry - no pics or videos from the last few days as we've been moving. That means that everyone's really distracted and picking up heavy things and driving them around and then putting them down again. I'll give you more of an update and some pics in the next day or two.

Bye!
love,
Jules

Nature vs. Nurture

Hey there,

You know what I really enjoy doing? Running without purpose or direction. Oh, and yelling while I do it. I wonder where I get it from?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIyKK14RAAk

2 minutes in the park

(Barry White plays softly in the background...)


Uh oh... oh no... what's she doing? *mmmmwwwwah*

Hey, I could get used to this. Girls are aaaaaaalllllllright.

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY SAMMY!

It was my cousin Sammy's 2nd birthday party today - whooo hooooo! I do love a good party. Above there's a pic of Sammy with her cake (and he-hem, a certain handsome young man featured in the background) (no, Daddy, I don't mean you). And below is a pic of Sammy enjoying some of the fun and games at the "Kid Zone/Fun Land/Don't Make Your Mom and Dad Clean Up The Mess After Five Zillion Toddlers Have O.D.ed On Sugar" party location.


Not only did they have a slide and some balls... they had a bouncy castle. Have I ever told you how much I enjoy a good bouncy castle? Well I do. I really, really, really do. And so I bounced. I bounced like I've never bounced before...

I bounced with my cousin Matty...

I bounced with my cousin Ally...

I bounced by myself...

I even bounced with this kid (although I wasn't entirely sure what he was hoping to get into)

But, alas, all good things must come to a screeching & freaking painful end... Look at me... Look at my beautiful face. I look like a reject from last night's bare-knuckle underground fight club meeting. In actual fact this was caused by nothing nearly as cool as that but simply what we'll from here-on-in refer to as the bouncy castle "incident" of 2007 involving some particularly rough carpeting and a husky young girl named Ruth (it's a biblical name, yes, but let me tell you there was nothing Christian about this pint-sized hussy). I may never now strut the runways of Milan... *sigh*... Well, I'd better go learn to read or something. Looks like I'm going to have to rely on my brains afterall.

A WORD OF ADVICE

Calling all web-surfers that are 3-apples-high (like me). Something to try: when mom gives you a snack in a bowl (fish crackers work well for this), try taking it over to the couch and dumping it all over the place and stomping the bits into the rug a little. It's fun because then you get to watch your mom take apart all the furniture and carry stuff outside to shake it into the backyard and once you've swept everything up and thrown it outside, squirrels come right up to the door to eat your leftover snack bits! It's like African Lion Safari... Ya, that's what a said - African Lion Safari... Hey, listen, some of those squirrels can get pretty aggressive, alright?

Anyway, the other cool thing is that while mom's distracted & cleaning everything up it'll give you a chance to throw her cell phone into the toilet.

Nascar, Here I Come!

Well, some pretty exciting things have happened recently. Not least of all, I've become a champion race-car driver, as you can see here. I don't know who that old guy is, but he seems to think I'm all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips so he can stay.

I do have a secret to confide, however. It's true that photoshop can make things seem a little more "Hollywood" than they really are. So I've included a few photos of me in my new race car that mommy took so you can get the true picture.

I wonder if I make this face and squeeze really hard if I can make all my hair stand up?

Cooooooool - it worked!

Hey... wait just one cotton-pickin second... What are you guys all laughing at?

... whatever, I still look super fly. *honk honk!*

I have to go spray some champagne around now so I'll catch you guys later!
love,
Jules

measuring up...

Here I am at the beach the other day and then the picture on the left was taken on the same swing but last September. As you can see, my legs have grown quite long and shapely since then.

I still enjoy checking out the ladies, though, as they walk by (okay, maybe it was a dog... but it might have been a lady dog)

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SO I'LL MAKE IT A GOOD ONE!

Well, I must apologize again. Mommy's been sooooo busy that even though I ask her every day, she's had no time to help me update my blog. She's been so busy, in fact, that I had to offer to help her out by being put on the payroll at her and Nana's gardening company... Yes, that's right. I am officially a Strategic Planting employee.

So here I am on the job. As you can see it's dirty work but somebody's got to do it. At least I make peat moss look good.

Alright, enough of this "working" racket. I'm throwing in the trowel.

Oops... I really did throw it in. I wonder if mommy's going to want that back?

Yesterday we didn't have to work (for once) and it was SOOOO hot outside that mommy and I went over to my friend Natalie's house to swim in her pool. I was the only man there so I decided to check the water temperature for the ladies and... he-hem... "jumped" in when mommy had her back turned. Luckily I had my life jacket on so I was okay. After we'd swam Natalie and I got all kinds of naked and played on the deck. It was fun until...

OW! Hey, I don't know what you're into lady, but pinch your own damn nipples!

That's it. Keep your naked self away from me - I'm outta here! You'll never catch me!

Where'd she go? Maybe if I jump in this car I can make my escape and my nipples will be safe once and for all!

Finally we had to get some clothes on so mommy and I could go home. For all the pool accidents and nipple pinching I had a blast so I hope Natalie invites me back to swim again soon... Oh, ya, did I mention that I peed on their deck? Maybe I shouldn't expect that invitation any time soon.

Finally, for posterity, I thought I'd make a list of all the words I can say now. I think this is all of them but I'll let you know if I think of any more:

1) Hi
2) Bye
3) Cheese
4) Cold
5) Uh-oh
6) No
7) Oh no
8) Moo
9) Nay
10) Baa
11) Meow
12) Woof
13) Car
14) Truck
15) Bubble
16) Hat
17) Mommy
18) Dada
19) Nana
20) Momo (some of you may know Momo has "Moby" our cat)
21) More
22) Poo-poo
23) Water (I only said this one once, but I think it still counts)

I think there are more but *yawn* I'm kinda tired. I'm going to go to sleep and I'll continue the list tomorrow if I think of any more.

Bye guys! Sorry it's been so long since I blogged. I'll try to get mom to be more on the ball.
Love,
Jules

GEEZ, FINALLY!

Well, I've FINALLY (after a month of harassment) got mommy to come on and update everyone. Sadly, mommy & daddy's camera broke which means no cute pictures of little ol' me. I've decided to start a fund-raiser, though. Anyone who thinks the sun does't shine quite as brightly without updated pictures of me on my blog can call 1-800-CUTE-BOY and pledge to help mommy and daddy raise enough money to buy a new camera.

Please, help put an end to the suffering. Donate today.

(by the way, I've been very busy going to the park and the zoo and I say lots of new words, like, "hi" and "cheese"... It's been an exciting time. Too bad you missed it. Just pick up the phone and have your credit card handy).

love,
Jules

HAPPY EASTER!

Hi everyone!

Well, seeing as it was the holiday weekend, I've been taking things easy and here I am relaxing with my morning coffee yesterday.

Oh, I almost forgot to roll up my rim. I hope to win the flat-screen tv for my bedroom.

Today my cousins came over to celebrate Easter. It was great because the Easter Bunny had come by and hidden some chocolate eggs and he didn't skimp - there were probably 100 eggs and so my cousins helped find them all. I mean, I don't need all that chocolate myself (it is almost bathing-suit season).

Here's my cousin Sammy with her eggs (and Moby is also featured going in for a little Sammy love)

My cousin Ally was definitely the most ruthless of the egg-hunters. She'll steal an egg from right under your nose if you're not careful. You can even see here that she has her game-face on.

Ally: "I pity the fool who tries to mess with my eggs..."

and here's my biggest cousin, Matthew, with his eggs (and a fat lip that he got at school this week).

Here's a group shot of the cousins that our mommies tried to coordinate. I'm all, "Whoop-dee-do (get me outta here)".

Now check out this action shot. This is what happens when you try to reason with your older female cousins while they're trying to break into a bathroom.

Me: "hey ladies, why don't you let Auntie Sandra do her business in peace?"

Them: "Did you hear something? Cuz I didn't" *thump*

...and next thing I know I'm on the ground! Geez. Women.

Well, g'night everyone!

love,

jules

PB&J ALL THE WAY

Today for lunch mommy gave me peanut butter & jam on toast (as seen here along with my slices of cucumber). I've had peanut butter and I've had jam so I was, like, "what's the big deal, mom?"

I think my expression says it all - a symphony for the tastebuds. Mmmm.

Hey everybody, check out my big balls!


.... what.... what'd I say?

Anyway, I'm off to bed. Lots going on this weekend (with it being Easter & all) so I'll post some more in the next day or two for sure.

Bye!
love,
jules

THE LIFE O' RILEY

Hi everyone! Tonight we went to my Riley family's house for dinner. It was a lot of fun. Mommy and Daddy forgot to bring my travel highchair so I sat on Mommy's lap at dinner & squirmed around so much that Mommy got fed up and put me down so I could run around and explore (works every time). That was great until I slammed my fingers in the lid of a wooden potato bin. Ouch. That smarts. Here's a picture of me with my Uncle Paul. Hey, Unky Paul, aren't you getting married soon? Can I come to your stag? Don't listen to Mommy, I'm totally up for the party.

Here's a picture of the steak I ate for dinner. Pretty impressive , huh? Okay, Daddy had a little of it, too, but I ate most of it... well, some of it... okay, fine, Daddy just gave me a bite but I had a late lunch.

I love going to other peoples' houses for dinner because they let me do things I'm never allowed to do at home. Like, sit & stare at dessert before dinner's even over. Um, could someone please give me a hand with this protective covering? I promise not to put my fingers in the icing... (as if, heh heh heh)

...and drink red wine. Yum.

Whew, drinking sure makes you sleepy, though. I'm ready to go to bed. Or is it considered "passing out" now that I'm a booze-hound? Anyway, night-night everyone! I'll have more adventures to report on soon.
love,
jules

I LOVE THIS "SPRING" THING!

Well, everyone kept telling me how much I would enjoy the warmer weather this year (last summer I was still a baby so I only have fuzzy memories of playing in the grass). So this is me saying, you're all right! I love nice weather! We get to go outside and run around and go to playgrounds! Here's a picture of me and Nathan inside a cool slide at the playground across the street from his house.

this is a playground for big kids so the slides are pretty high off the ground. Here is the proper way for a little person like me to dismount the slide (I've heard Mommy say it a million times "turn around, on your tummy, shuffle backwards")

it was a lesson that finally hit home today after I first dismounted by leaping off face-first into the mud, as seen here.

Hmm, what's this? Looks like something I could use to give Mommy a heart attack, so up I go.

I'm an excellent climber, if I do say so myself. You can't really tell in the picture but I made it all the way to the top (nearly). Mom's hand is there "just in case" but I could totally do it by myself.

C'mere Nathan, you gotta try this. Hey mom, can you help both of us climb this rickety ladder meant for kids much older than us AND take pictures all at once?

(We won't sell you out to Nathan's mom if he gets hurt. Promise.)

Today Mommy tried to corral me and Nathan into a picture with her (that she took herself, of course). This goes to show that 2 toddlers + 1 mommy + camera = a picture that's probably not going to become a treasured keepsake.

Gosh, I do like how my hair's coming in, though...