Overdue Photos

We had a great time seeing Beth's brother Chris and his wife Ali along with daughter Zoe (now 2 years old!) They were here for a whirlwind of a week at the end of February.

Ali had a hard time putting Keller down

Chris was happy to entertain the kid who wasn't running windsprints down the sidewalk

Here's Keller in his new kiddie pool. He had a fist full of compliments on that hat within hours of us getting it.

A goodlookin' guy in a red plaid shirt

Bath Time

Tonight was one of those great nights when I got home before Keller was asleep. Decided it was time to snap away on some pictures while getting him ready for bed.

Lonely Monkey

- Mix 2 parts empty house

- 1 part kid's toy

- 1 part nice camera

- Shake well with a sleepless night

And I give you... the lonely monkey...

-Justin

Lonely in Orlando

Well, the house is quieter than it's been in 8 months. Beth and Keller are up in Indiana at my parents house for the long weekend and I'm left with a couple of cats and a good night sleep. I mean...

My brother Brandon posted these videos on YouTube earlier today so I thought I'd post them here. I think I'm going to make Keller screaming + mom & dad's dog barking my new ringtone. The orange eating is hilarious. And him talking on the cell proves to be worth all that practice we did on his toy phone.

Here's a few pics.

This is his new Elmer Fudd jabbering he's been doing lately.

And mom was kind enough to make him his first Rasafarian knit hat. I think he needs a few more months to grow out the dreads mom.

Soooooo.... I'm gonna go back to hanging out by myself. Just me and the Blue Wagon camera, Keller's sock monkey, and... wait a minute...

-J

New Photos

Sometimes it literally hurts, how beautiful he is...

"Hey Grandma ... "

So many possible captions for this picture...

"Hey Grandma... how many milk jugs did you have to knock over at the carnival to win that giant stuffed animal?"

"Hey Grandma... does Paramount Pictures know you stole the Curious Case of Benjamin Button?"

"Hey Grandma... how hard was it to hijack one of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade floats?"

"Hey Grandma... how does Grandpa feel about you embracing another grown man?"

"Hey Grandma... if I were you, I'd lose the Empire State Building costume because King Kong is looking a little bit rowdy."

"Hey Grandma... Look! Our kid is recession proof - he hasn't dropped below the 100th percentile!"

"Hey Grandma... I thought we talked about feeding the animals."

"Hey Grandma...  if you hold reeeaal still... you'll probably pass out before he can hurt you."

Best Laughter Yet

The real treat here was what Beth was doing in order to get him to laugh so hard. Unfortunately I wasn't able to capture that.... this time.....

30 Seconds of Monkey Business

what? can't a dude hang out with his best friend without everybody whipping out their cameras?

Christmas @ The Johnson's

We flew north for Christmas week to see my whole side of the fam. It was a lot of fun since the last time we were all together was 3 years ago. My brother Brandon and his wife Rachel were back from South Africa where they've been for 2.5 years - and Ryan was down from Chicago.

Brandon came down to the airport with Dad to pick us up. Keller did really well on his first flight.

There were a couple hundred thousand people without power because of the ice storms in Ft. Wayne. Luckily mom & dad's came back on while we were on our way from the airport. It was awesome to see snow again.
Here's Keller clowning around with Brandon at Coney Island.

Yes you are, son.... yes you are.

Fun family portrait.

Mom got him an Exersaucer for their house and he ate it up.

We were able to get pictures with all four great-grandparents.  Here are my Grandpa & Grandma Johnson.

And mom's side of the tree with all of us.

We had a great time. View our whole photo gallery here.