i pretty much love everything about you.

he's crawling, he's pulling up easily onto all tiered surfaces and even on the walls, tonight he played peekaboo with his cousin nate (opening and closing the curtains in front of nate's face), he's wriggling himself off the couch backwards so that he lands on his feet, he can fall (usually) with no incident now... landing firmly on his tushie and not clunking his head. and all this within the last two weeks. amazing. now if you'd just quit resisting diaper changes, clothing changes and cleaning off your face i'd be blissfully happy. oh, wait i am.

here are a few pics from his latest photo shoot with molly. i'll post more as soon as i receive them.

you won't believe this but...

tonight he began to crawl, on his 8mo birthday no less. there goes my freedom, peeps. the below picture makes me now think that he's saying, "peekaboo! look at me now, because i'm about to run clear to the border."

state fair and ironwood.

finn visited one of his sets of great-grandparents (we call them gg's) in the UP a few weeks ago and got his first taste of lake superior. he was not so much a fan of the cool water. hmm... must be a babycakes like his father. oh well. i've got lots of time to toughen him up. and he even had a new carseat for the ride... it's called the mr. bigguns carseat.

we also took him to the state fair last night for his first of many visits to the great state get-together. he even had a teensy nibble of cheese curd and a french fry. i swear not to make this a habit! he even went on a ride on ye old mill! ah, minnesotan-ness at it's finest.