New Summer Buzz-Do

Below are some pictures of Christopher's new short hair-do. With the onset of Summer and the hot, humid temperature and climate the season brings, we thought it best to give it a shot. I have to admit that we were initially concerned how much we would like the do without the curls. I have to admit, though I prefer the curls, I like this look for him. He really looks to me like he's graduated from being a baby or a toddler (even though he still is a toddler) into a little boy. I've put up some pictures of him with his new do and him playing with his new fascination,"cart-uhs" [pronounced kar-tuhs]. He absolutely loves about anything with wheels (which is strange because none of us have any remote fondness for such things....at least to the point where our child has such a crazy addiction to them). He's gathering quite a collection of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars...but he still loves his blue Easter Bunny that sings "I Love You a Bushel and a Peck". Good stuff. Anyway, enjoy the pictures.

Some Random Recent Photos and Some Pretty Cool Stuff

I apologize to those who follow this blog. Colleen and I have been dealing with very busy schedules. I have had a crazy work/school/choir schedule and Colleen has been working like a fiend. I haven't really had any time to post anything, but I found some recent photos and got a decent video of Christopher singing the alphabet song with his Sesame Street Alphabet Bus. Enjoy...

...and I'll try to get better at keeping this up.

The Latest Pic of Our Latest Edition

I would assume that most of the people who peer at this blog from time-to-time know that the Kane family is about to grow 25% this summer (20% if you count that stupid cat, but I don't since I can't stand her). This is the latest picture we got after our doctor visit last week. So far everything is going well.

The baby's heartbeat is strong and fluid, spine is there, brain is there as well as they brain casing, heart and all 4 appropriate chambers are present and visually accounted for (I mentioned the audio portion with the first independent clause of this sentence), and all appendages are at appropriate lengths and quantities. Good news thus far. Baby Kane a.k.a. "Deuce" has an estimated T.O.A. of July 27th. We'll see how things go.

Easter Day

Easter day with the Kanes and the Tierney family was a good time. We got Christopher all monkey-suited up and ready to hit the town. As you can see, in was a ham in full-form rockin' the cat-walk with his gray suit from J.C. Penny. The suit came with a tie, but he wasn't having it. He rocked the cat-walk anyway with the C.S.I. Miami-look.


After we got to Colleen's Aunt Chris' house, play time began full ahead. Kaylee, Max, and Christopher rode around for a bit in a big, red wagon. We had another Easter egg hunt, but Christopher was more interested in a toy bus that he found than finding eggs. The kids got bubbles and got to throw balls around...good times were had by all.





Oh, and did I mention that Christopher turned 2 years-old on Easter this year? Well, he did...here is the "airplane" cake that Colleen and I made for his celebration. He got loads of presents from a lot of different people. The birthday festivities were a nice cap to a very good Easter Day.

Easter Egg Dying

Every year with the Tierney clan (that is my in-law family for those keeping score) seasonal festivities are tradition. These festivities usually involve holidays, themes, and food/booze (which definitely makes them pretty interesting if nothing else). Saturday night was no exception. Every year, usually the Easter-Eve, we all meet at Aunt Bet's house to dye Easter eggs. This is fun times for the kids because Aunt Bet's back yard is, quite literally, a mini-park -- fully equipped with swing sets, slides, basketball court, lots of riding toys, and a play house (among other things). The kids, then, have a nice place to play and the adults can sit on the chairs and benches and keep watch over the tykes while eating, drinking, and being merry (as adults should per Irish tradition). The dyes for the Easter eggs are always out and at the ready so that anyone can dye eggs at any time. Christopher was able, for really the first time, to sit up and dye the eggs...and, of course, I got pictures....

Easter Egg Hunt

Christopher, Daddy, and Nana Marianne went Easter Egg Hunting this morning. Good times were had by all (except for the moments when Daddy had to do a lot of chasing and disciplining, but those times were few). He got the concept of gathering the eggs and putting them in his basket better than I expected...and, for that matter, for a much longer duration of time than I expected. He actually participated in the egg hunting for about 2 minutes, which was about 1 1/2 minutes longer than I thought he would. The kid keeps on surprising me at least once every day.

The Easter Bunny met us as we arrived to the Easter Egg Hunt location

Christopher was taught the "hunting" concept by Nana Marianne. He took to it like a fish to water...gathering many eggs very quickly...and, surprisingly, very focused on the task at hand.



As you can see, he abandoned the "hunt" for a more physically demanding activity....basically running around the Easter Egg hunting grounds. He found a big, open field and ran around all over the place. Then he found some steps and climbed up and down them for about 10 minutes or so. He seemed to have had a great time...and that's what really matters.


All Done

fin

Random Pictures

There's no story here....just some pictures of Christopher that we've snapped over the last few weeks. Enjoy.