Teeth. Bird calls. Help. M&Ms.

Not much is new around here, we've just been taking it easy lately.

Sean is growing some molars, as you can tell by the drool drip spots on his shirt.

Sean was practicing his bird calls one day.

Here Dad is trying to help Sean out in saying "help" instead of "hep." L's are difficult letters to learn how to say as well as to teach!

Here Sean tries to decide which color of M&M he would like.

That's about it for now....

Around the house

I like this photo because Sean was actually looking at the camera with a half-normal smile. He's been quite anti-photos lately, so it's been hard to get any of him looking at the camera.

Sean liked my mango cookies. They were more like cakes or muffins rather than cookies, but good nonetheless.

We found a wheel yo-yo at the dollar store last week, so of course we couldn't leave without it. Sean carried it around all the time for a couple of days. Here we are setting off on a post-dinner walk up the hill to see the horses.

There are a few mouse houses around, so we always look in them to see if we can find any mice. I saw one once - the mouse was just sticking his nose out of the ground. He was probably thinking, "What's all this noise about?!"

Checking out the blue reflector in the road on the way home. Sorry I keep forgetting to rotate the pictures!

That's about it. We've been doing some other stuff - we went to a fair and to the beach/hiking too but I took photos on my film camera instead of the digital. Don't hold your breath to see those - I haven't even gotten the film developed yet, much less scanned in!

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Sean turned two on Friday. We had a fun, busy day. Sean first came downstairs in the morning to find balloons all over the place!

Sorry I forgot to rotate this one before uploading.

Grandma and Grandpa Hogan sent this awesome toolbox! Sean loves it.

Grandma and Grandpa Spoonhower sent this really cool board with latches on it. When you undo a latch, you can open a door and there's a picture underneath of an animal.

We made birthday sugar cookies with sprinkles. I was so busy trying to take a picture I forgot to rotate the cookie sheet for Sean! So the cookies right in front of him got a lot of sprinkles.

Inspecting the final product. (I probably should have had him eat more apples before starting on the cookies! Haha)

Waiting for Dada to get out of work so we could go out to dinner.

Dada's here!

Sean got many phone calls from family members wishing him a happy birthday!

Here is Sean at dinner waiting for his favorite food, French fries. He's not really pouting, he just very much dislikes having his picture taken.

He cheered up soon once the food arrived.

Aunt Elizabeth sent a stuffed horse (his new favorite - he says "No more Marley" which is the formerly-beloved cat) and a horse book. We are still trying to think of a name for the horse. Any suggestions?

We had a fun day and realy appreciate all the birthday wishes and gifts! Thanks everyone!

Happy 2nd Birthday to Josh!

Murphy's Law

Why is it that when I schedule a photo shoot for Sean's second birthday, he proceeds to get multiple injuries?

Yesterday he clobbered himself on a corner of furniture, then he fell headfirst off of one of the horse benches in downtown Novato. He now has two knots on his forehead with scratches, and I am trying to heal them quickly with lots of ointment. He's getting annoyed at my dabbing ointment on his head all the time.

Today, I accidentally zipped his neck into the jacket zipper.

We will try to be careful for the rest of the week so I don't have to reschedule. I really want to get the photos done on his birthday. However I think the more careful I am, the more injuries occur....