Hey Jude!

So here is the little Rascal...

...I mean Jude.
Sleeping...
sleeping... sleeping.... and sleeping!

Early Addiction

Ever since Grandpa gave me a sip of his Mt. Dew, I have had such a craving!

Finally, I found some!
Gulp, gulp, gulp!
Oh, that tastes good!
Chug it! (But don't tell my parents!)

Visitors

We had lots of visitors these past few weeks!

Aunt Tracy came and stayed with me for a whole week.
Grandpa was here too.
Aunt Tracy spent a little time with Jude too.
And these 4 deer came to visit too! Two bucks and two does right in our yard!
Grandma C. was here to welcome Jude home.
The Burton's came to visit too.
Hope came to see us. And her parents, Sarah and Dustin too.
" What are you looking at?"
Sorry, Hope, my parents are a little camera-happy!
P.S.-My Aunt Lisa, Uncle Aron, and Valerie and Erica came this weekend, but we didn't get any pics!

Adjusting to Brotherhood

I thought having a little brother would be a lot of fun...

...but so far he is too busy sleeping to play with me.
I like to give him hugs...
and push him in his swing.
Here he is with his Godparents, Traci and Bill.
Here he is sleeping again! I think he misses being inside that belly.

My New Roomie!

I am a big brother now! Meet my new best friend, Jude Kolbe.

Here we are with Mom.

Here he is. He is pretty cute, but I don't know if he is quite as cute as I was at that age!
Here's Jude and Grandma C.
I got to go visit him in the hospital. Boy, were there some neat toys to play with.
But now I have to share my Grandpa.
and Aunt Tracy.

Here is my cousin Kirsten with Jude. She is a PSU Gorilla, just like my Dad.

Here I am with Mom in the hospital.

I waited and waited and they finally came home.Welcome home brother!

Summer Days, Drifting Away...

Well, summer is coming to an end and the pool is closing. That means a luau, complete with goldfish catch. Yep, they throw a whole bunch of fish in the pool and let the kids catch them!

Since my hand-eye coordination isn't quite up to par, Dad helped me.
Here's our catch!
I am really going to miss hanging out at the pool.
But at least I still have my music table. Let's Dance!
So I am presenting this picture to the production manager at Westhoff Interiors in hopes that I can be their mascot. What billionaire wouldn't want to buy a yacht from this face?

Birthday Fun!

We had a jam-packed weekend of birthday fun! Grandma Crockett turned 50 so we had a luau.

Complete with pool party.
Here is the whole Rinke clan! All of my great aunts and uncles and second cousins were there.
Grandma even got a cake.
Then Sunday came and it was time to switch gears to a wild west theme.
All the cowboys came out for a shindig at high noon.
Joachim and Benedict were there.
And cousins Erica and Valerie.
I think they had a great time playing.
I got my very own boot cake...

...but everyone was singing and clapping and staring at me.
They all wanted me to eat it, but I didn't want to be gluttonous.
They all said I had too much birthday!
I went inside where it was cool and all of my guests chowed down on these yummy horsie cakes.
Mom and Dad said that I could try to eat my boot cake again if I want. So you will have to stay tuned to see if I ever do!