Caught in the Act!!!

Michael is a fairly well behaved kid, but he has gotten into the usual toddler naughty streak.  Joe and I just hope his wild stage is shorter than Lizzie and MaeMae's! <-Said with love. Let's remember the easier baby naughties.

Michael loves paper products....

Please note that he was able to reach onto a table for that box at eight months. Darn that 90th percentile!!!!

Understanding that he's been caught, he tries to flee the scene on foot ....er....knee, and hands as well.

Unfortunately, he leaves a trail of evidence.

Remorseful?

I doubt it.

Halloween

Michael's second Halloween was much different from his first. We did it all. Carved pumpkins, dressed up for the family party, and trick-or-treated. He seemed to love it. Here are tons of pics!

Helping daddy clean the pumpkins. Joe took a high-tech approach to carving this year.

Apparently it was too chilly outside for Laney.

The finished product!
For the Schwandt's Halloween party Michale borrowed Aidan's teddybear costume. It wasn't fitting well so by the 31st he used a frog costume from the neighbors.

A random pic of the fam.

Trick-or-treat time!

So big!

Michael turns One!

As a new baby

At three months

Six months

Nine months

One Year!

We went to a pumpkin patch for his birthday. It was 80* and he loved it! I don't have many pics of him in the patch but got a few cute ones of him walking back!

We can't believe a year has gone by so quickly!

Ok...ok..I caved.

Because my family (read sisters, including katie) have done such a great job updating the blogs recently I've decided to cave to the pressure and do one myslef. Besides, my kid is cute too. So to start here are a few favorite pics to share.

Playing at home is always a good time. Please note that our house does not look a mess at all. Selling a home does have a no clutter bonus.

We went to Gaylord for Alpenfest. Laney won the Ugly Dog contest and Joe and Orlando came in first and second, respectively, in the "Stone" spitting contest. (that's cherry pits to the rest of us)

We spent a lot of time at the lake.

We spent a lot of time on Grammie and Gramps' porch, and hanging with family. I don't have pictures of all the family.....there's an awful lot of family!
 It was a fast summer!