Mahout and elephant

 

 

 

Walking is tiring

 

I wanna climb this

 

 

 

Barefoot wanderer

 

 

 

Beggar boy tennis

Kieran is walking back and forth between the breakfast room and here in the office where I'm working on pictures. Here, he begs bites of pancakes from me. Then he goes toddling off to beg oatmeal from Mommy in the breakfast room. Then he comes back to me. Rinse and repeat. Note that this is after a full breakfast, including said same pancakes.

Getting to the business of the day

 

Still groggy

 

Waking up

 

Basket case

 

Close-ups

 

 

 

 

Little dig

 

 

Mine.... all mine

 

Very high

 

Away they go

 

15 months

How the time flies.

The main attraction

 

 

Lunch was fine, but stairs are the best.

Out to lunch

 

White teeth

 

You can see his new incisor, and his not so new bicuspid or premolar or whatever that is. He's got another one on the other side, and a big tooth on the bottom right that I'll have to sneak a picture of.

Hey, someone chewed this already....

 

Only happy when it rains

 

Rained in enthusiasm

 

 

Ballboy

 

 

Bedtime story tidbits

One of Kieran's bedtime stories is a touch-and-feel book, That's Not My Puppy. Unlike what you'd expect, he doesn't do much touching. Instead, he likes to grab my finger and move it so that I'm touching the feelie spots. I dunno why.

One of the other bedtime stories is the classic "Goodnight Moon." As far as Kieran's concerned, the moon might as well not be there. For him, it's "Goodnight Bunny." Anytime we're on a page with the bunny, his little index finger stabs at the page, and he says a loud "Buh! Buh!"

Uma makes Kieran lose it

Kieran bangs around in Uma's room

Earth mover

 

 

Look, there's Mommy

 

Me? I didn't take any cheese

 

Look at them cluck

 

Look at him walk

 

In the great green room....

 

 

 

Snnnngrrrk

 

Comfy beanbag torture

 

Walking outside picking up sticks

 

 

Got his shoe off

 

Somehow doesn't give him the thrill it used to.

Bench warmer

 

Sideways

 

 

One going up

 

Kieran sleeps in the car

1.11

Does not enjoy the taste of the electrical tester

 

So happy twogether

 

Thirsty play

 

 

What the heck do I do with these?

 

 

Kieran and Uma go walking

5.48

Ga ca ca

Kieran loves graham crackers* so much he has learned how to say it. Sort of. Sometimes he throws in an extra "ca," but he definitely seems to be saying it in between the joyous giggles.

* code word when we don't want him to know what we're talking about: "uncle"

Lazy boy

 

 

 

No sunglasses

 

Desert trek

 

Learning that sand isn't just for eating

 

 

 

 

3 in a row

 

Look, Nature

 

Or, untranslated, "ka."

Sated

 

Falling asleep eating?

 

Sitting on tables is a special baby privilege

 

Going to vote

 

Maybe they can take a hint

 

 

 

Nope.

This seems uncomfortable

 

But as long as he sleeps...

Leverage

 

Snip snip

 

 

 

After:

 

 

 

 

 

On your marks.... get set....

 

The sandals must come off

 

Off the beaten path

 

 

By your command

Kieran understands the instructions:

• Stand up


• Sit down


• Go out


• Put back


• No come


• Drop


• Give


• Eat


• Close (as in door)


• Big Mouth

There may be more, but those are the regular ones.

The men buy groceries

 

 

 

Hey, wait, I didn't put that in the cart...

 

Incoming

 

 

The new one is the one just to the left of the top front ones. The matching one on the other side is less advanced; he also has a pair of premolars downstairs making their way out; one has begun to emerge, but the other is still hidden. They're going to take some time to push through.

Falling Down + Sharp Teeth = Fat Lip

 

 

 

Ambitious

 

Ball boy

 

Too many is just enough.

Petting zoo

 

 

On walkabout

 

 

 

Messing with my seismograph

 

Wishing for a sock to pull off

 

Food goes in here

 

Beans and rice

 

 

Turns out he loves rolls

 

 

 

 

Washing up in the big boy bathroom

 

 

 

More gravel

 

What's down there, Alex?

Gravel doesn't excite him like it used to.

 

 

Playground ponderer

 

The mad hatter

 

 

 

Uma went through a stage like this also

 

Dr. Uma tends to her (only) patient

 

Silverwar

 

Stuffing his face