One December Day

I found these pictures from a day in December, I thought they were cute. When we were forced to let Junior play in the kitchen (because he could crawl under, or tear down, the gate) he loved playing in the kitchen drawers. His favorite drawer was the one with all my measuring cups and baking utensils. Not long after these photos were taken we installed child locks on all the drawers. He wasn't very happy about that.

I'm pretty sure that's a candy thermometer in his hand, and I'm pretty sure he broke it.

This video may not seem exciting, but I thought he was so cute playing with the measuring cups and thinking about sharing them with the dogs. Then you get the cute wave goodbye at the end.

Every day with this kid is a new adventure. I love him so much! Hope you have happy moments like this one.

Loves,
Karen

Halloween 2012

When Halloween actually came around we were ready. We tried to get better pictures of our little cowboy and I think they worked out okay, well, one of them did.

Excellent timing!

I look horrible in these pictures, but my little guy looks so cute!

Obviously he couldn't stop taking his hat off. We had to go to extreme arm-holding-down measures to get the cutest photos.

Allison's kids stopped by, well, the trick-or-treating aged ones.

Then Savannah came over with her kids to do a little trick-or-treating. So I took Junior out and he loved it. He walked the whole way and loved being with his cousins. He wasn't that into the whole asking for candy bit, but he loved walking up to people's doors and seeing all the decorations.

 

 It was a very fun night. Can't wait until next Halloween!

Loves,

Karen

Saluone Family Halloween Party

The (mostly) annual Saluone Family Halloween Party was a hit this year. It was so fun to have a little toddler to dress up. But have you ever tried to get a good photo of a 14 month old in their full Halloween costume? For me it was impossible, as evidenced by the many blurry photos of my little guy.

He was having so much fun running around while we set up all the games and tables that he did not want to hold still for one second. Here are some shots of before the party.

 

I was too busy running the games and playing with the kids to get any photos of the actual party, but I did get some time at the end to film the hilarious donut eating contest.

For non-Saluone family members who read this blog you probably won't care about watching all these videos. I posted them all mainly so our family members could enjoy watching their kids make fools/pigs of themselves.

Hope you had a fun Halloween (five months ago) and I'll keep trying to catch up and post more current photos in the future.

Loves,

Karen

Just My Size

A while back we found this little camping chair at Sam's Club. When I opened it up at the store so Junior could test it out he fit perfectly. And when I made him get out of it so I could fold it up and put it in the cart he cried. So we bought it and brought it home and he loves it! You can see from the pictures below that that's true.

We can't leave it out all the time because he likes to move it around the room and stand on it so he can reach things he's not supposed to be touching. But he still likes his little chair - just his size.

Loves,

Karen

Farewell 2012

For my last post of this year I thought I would actually post something current. Here's our Christmas picture this year. I think it turned out quite well for being a very impromptu, auto capture photo. We had a great Christmas and a great year. I hope 2013 is just as good - or even better!

 

 

We wish you all a wonderful 2013!

 

Loves,

Karen, J, and Junior

Dancing King

Our little Junior is a dancing fool! He loves music and when the mood is right he will shake his hips and move to the groove. Here are a few videos showcasing his rhythmic talents. I like the last one best :)

I can't wait to see what this kid's going to do next! He is so funny and cute, he's just the best!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday. The annual Saluone Family Christmas photo will be posted soon!

Loves,

Karen

This Kid is Too Smart!

I know you all are probably getting sick of seeing my kid, but I'm not! He's growing so fast. This is a video of just how smart he's getting. Okay, this video is from the end of September so it shows how smart he was three months ago. I hope you like it as much as I do.

This was the first day he learned to do this and he actually didn't continue doing it until about two weeks ago when he would repeatedly do it whenever one of us was in the kitchen and he wanted to join us. So, we have now moved the gate to an area where there isn't a 6 inch gap beneath it. But I'm sure he'll quickly learn how to get around it in another way. That's the joy of parenthood, I guess. Isn't it wonderful?!

Loves,

Karen

One Year Pictures

I totally forgot to post Junior's One Year photos when I posted about his birthday. I think he is so cute and awesome and the girl at Kiddy Kandids was so good at getting him to smile.

I don't have to tell you that I think my kid is the cutest, do I? I just can't get enough of the kid and his silly antics, he's the best!

Loves,

Karen