Cute Pictures of Christopher

Chris was chillin' the other night...nothin' was happenin'....just chillin' out...watchin' some t.v. Wow, there's not even anything on. This is terrible. Mom and Dad are watching this stupid show called "Bridezillas." Its really stupid, but I can't seem to divert my attention at all. This is craziness. I wonder if Mom and Dad are thinking the same thing I am. I really hope so. Seems Dad has that damned camera again...let me give him a cute pose so he'll leave me the hell alone....

Here...


Now get away, Dad.


Damn. Can a kid get no peace?

The Sabatos and Aunt Jenna Come to Visit

So, my Uncle Mike, Aunt Debbie, their baby daughter (who is now amazingly almost 22 years old...how time flies), and my Aunt Jenna came to Levittown to visit the Kane family and Grammy Stevie. Surprisingly enough, they too, thought Christopher was cute and amazing, although I'm beginning to think people are just telling me that! Anyways, the Sabatos were in the area from Anchorage, AK, and my Aunt Jenna from Jersey somewhere (I can't remember which city...sorry Aunt Jenna). So we met at my house, exchanged pleasantries, and departed to meal at the local Charlie Brown's Steakhouse. My mother and Aunts drank like fish and stuck Uncle Mike with the bill! (We actually split it between Uncle Mike and myself). They took my mother to Atlantic City to gamble (its going to be hard to believe, but she lost all the money she brought!). She had fun and is now back to work babysitting Christopher during the day. It was a nice time with family I have to say.

Christopher's 1st Swim

Chris has his first ever time in the "Big Boy" pool!!!" He was "manned up" about it...trying to contain his excitement about the whole thing. Swimming with Mom, Dad, and Emmy....he was juiced! He was able to keep his emotions in check until the very end.....

YES!!! I DID IT! IN THE BIG BOY POOL! FIRST TIME! WHOOOOOOO!!! WHAT, SONNNNN-AH!!!??? YEAH-YEAH-YEAH, BBBOOOYYYEEEE!!!!

Christopher Must be Proud

The God Parents above....and the Godfather and the "Godaunt (? for lack of a better term ?) Christopher must be proud

After the Party

After the whole party, Dad was drunk, lying on the floor not even knowing who or what he was (I'm already used to this...how sad is that?), and Mom and Me pooped out on the sofa....its been a long day for me....Good Night.

Love, Christopher the Catholic (a/k/a L'il Dude)

(I change my name more than Diddy and Ol' Dirty put togetha!!!)

Post Christening Party

After the gala event, the real party started at the Kane Estate. There was fun, there were games, there was music....of course we had to debut the original flow by The Kane Train (a/k/a L'il Dude), "Chris-tening" at the party. I think its a sure-fire hit....don't you? You should hear the mad beat that goes with it....CRAZY!! The boy's a genius, son!!!


No that I'm partial or anything....

Pre-During-Post Christening

Christopher Michael was purged from the bowels of damnation Saturday, July 13, 2008. This means, of course, that he is now officially bound from "The Inferno" into the open arms of our Lord and Savior....and The Pope....can't forget ol' Benedict. This is, of course, pending future behaviors and avoiding of evil ways (I sure hope he takes after his mother on this one). I give you a 3-picture still of the event. First, the pre-christening ritual, where Christopher is adorned in his, as I understand it to be, "traditional" Christening gown by his mother and Godmother (also traditional behaviors from what I understand). This is followed later in the morning (after 12:00 mass) by the actual Christening event where, among other liquids and scents such as oils and whatnot, he got the official water treatment by the Deacon of the church...the indoctorination into the realm of Catholicism. This is, of course, followed by Mom and Dad holding the newly "found" lad in his Christening garment.

"Chris-tening" by The Kane Train (a/k/a L'il Dude. Baptism Records

"Yeah....yeah, yeah, yeah...uh...uh....yo....uh, uh...yo

I'm at the Christenin' I'm glistenin'
Listen while I sit here an' I'm spittin' in
A whole new flow fo' the show...

You know I'm preppin', high-steppin'
I'm wreckin' an gettin'
In a funk-filled mode I showed
The world I'm flexin' wit-it

Chris be Christenin'
Yeah, yeah,
Yo Chris be Christenin'...
uh...uh....uh, uh...
I be Christenin'...
Yo, yo-yo-yo
You know I be Christenin'....

WWWUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRDDDDDd UUUUUPPPPP!!!!

C-diggity in the hiz-dizlle, ya'll...

I'd like to give a shout out to Pope B...you know?
Yeah, yeah...yo...
And Father D....you know you feel dis...
uh....uh....uh...
To the late Pope J.P. Deuce...
yeah, ya'll .....

I'm out!!

PEACE!!!

I've figured it out

Now, for those of you who've possibly been trying to post comments (I have no idea who has and who hasn't), I've fixed the problem. I didn't know that the default was to have only blogger.com members comment. I've since learned the errors of my ways and have made it so that anyone can comment. Sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused. Thank you for your patience and taking the time to dig the blog.

Thomas

Christopher's new Bumbo Seat

Christopher got a new present today. Mommy and Grammy went to Target and bought him a Bumbo Seat and a tray to go with it. My wife, being the wonderful Occupational Therapist that she is, couldn't resist trying him out in it the first chance she got. While my mother (Grammy) and I were at the store Mommy put him in it. We got home to this! How damn cute is this?...

and I absolutely love the "serious" pic. I think I'll call it the "Law and Order" pick. I dig the serious looks my kid shows off sometimes...they're funny

Dora's Special Birthday Magic Trick

My sister, in complete innocence and, obviously without paying much attention, inadvertantly put the candles on the cake...it just so happened that they made Dora look like she's got a large, blue penis...who'da thunk?

See Dora's Birthday present?

"¡SOY ESTE GRANDE!"

Yes it is, Dora. Yes it is.

"Nothing under my hat....y uno...y dos...y tres...presto!!!

[POOF!!!]

¡Mi presente está ardiendo! Cumpleaños felices!"

Bella's 4th of July Birthday Bash

So my in-law family was having their family July 4th picnic on, amazingly enough, July 4th. So, we thought it would be a good idea to include my nuclear family into the party-mode by celebrating my niece's 3rd birthday. Sure, her actual birthday isn't until mid-July, but I thought it would be both a wonderful sentiment and a nice way to send them all off back to Kansas (my sister's family went back to Kansas the following day). So we ordered a cake and got some presents and everybody helped out and made it a wonderful night for my Marie (my sis), Justin (her hubby), 'Bella, and my mother. They seemed to really like it. 'Bella got her cake, blew out the candles, openned presents, watched some July 4th fireworks, then went back to my house for bed. It was a great birthday night.

Isabella's first music lessons

Bella decided that she really wanted to learn how to play some instruments other than just the piano. So, Uncle 'T' introduced a few of the more uncommon instruments that he owns. They first started with the Tongue Drum, a member of the Idiophone family of instruments. For those who don't know, an Idiophone instrument is one which vibrates throughout its entire body when struck to produce its sound. The "tongues" are pitched, so they create a specific tone. Mine has only 4 tones, but they have up to 12 (to match the chromatic scale). Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals are a popular band that employs the Tongue drum fairly regularly. The orgins of the instrument date back to ancient African and Asian cultures. You might also know the Tongue Drum as a "Slit Drum," an "Xylodrum," or a "Log Drum." She was really feeling that one, but we could only find one of the mallets, so that got pretty old.

So, they moved on to the more traditional Tin Whistle. As we all know, the tin whistle, created in Ireland, is also commonly called a "Penny Whistle" due to the Irish vagabonds and beggars who would use it for entertainment and "panhandling." I personally like the more uncommonly used alternative name for the instrument, "The End Blown Fipple Flute." Don't ask how I know that, but I do. Regardless, 'Bella dug that for a little while. She blew through the "Fipple Flute" with vigor, making the pitches high and shrill. 'Bella and Uncle 'T' both got irritated by this and moved on to the next instrument.

We decided that the next logical step was the "Slide Whistle," or the "Piston Flute." This instrument proved to be a tad more challenging a concept for 'Bella because of the long slide. The instrument might have been a bit too long for her to use. So, Uncle 'T' blew into the whistle while bella pulled the "slide" out, making the pitch lower, then pushed the "slide" in, making the pitch higher. This was fun for a while, but 'Bella was more into the drumming....

...so, we opted to try out Uncle 'T's Djembe. He got this small, fancy djembe in Indiana at a world-market store. We had a lot of fun with that. Uncle 'T' held the drum for her while she struck the drum. She liked it, but much more prefered the "tongue drum" because it had a "stick," as she put it.

Anyway, that was Isabella's first musical lesson. We all had fun and, at least hopefully, learned a lot.

Day the Aunt Bet's

Today we spent the day at Aunt Bet's house. She was babysitting her grandson, Ben. Ben's cousin Kaylee decided she wanted to come over and play with Isabella and Ben. They got to swim in the "big pool" and the "little pool." They also got to frollick around in the inflatable fountain and do some swinging and sliding on the playground equipment. It was a great day of fun and games for all involved!