We’ve been taking a lot of head and shoulder portraits lately, trying to get a good one for babytalk.com / Good Morning America’s cutest baby photo contest.  This isn’t the one we submitted, but it is the most recent.  When G-man smiles this big, you can see all 7 of his teeth.

This past Memorial Day weekend we made our annual pilgrimage up to Grandma B’s house in Lake Tomahawk.  On the way, we stopped at the lake for a day to celebrate the greatest, most bestest day of the year…the day we put the boat in the water!  In previous years, we’ve had some limited success with the boat’s annual launch.  One year I forgot to put the plug in the boat…only realizing my mistake when the boat was half full of water.  That also happened to be the same year I connected the battery backwards and fried a diode (or maybe it was a capacitor?) and disabled the boat’s electrical system.  You realize how much you rely on the boat’s electrical bilge pump at a time when the boat is half filled with water.  But this year, the entire operation went off without a hitch.

We had some great weather all four days up there, and G was able to bust out his new swimming pool and swim trunks.  Here are a few from his first dip in the pool.

He loves to put his rubber duck in his mouth while splashing in the bathtub.  Turns out the same holds true for the pool as well.

Two years ago today Shutter Daddy and Shutter Momma were joined in holy matrimony.  Of course at that time, we were known by more pedestrian names of Ryan and Erin.  It’s funny, we even call each other momma and daddy now.

Happy anniversary sweet pea!  I love you so much.

Photo courtesy of Ken Cravillion Photography.

This past weekend we went up to the lake to celebrate Mother’s Day with momma and grandma.  The weather on Friday was beautifully warm and sunny.  G was itching to get into the water, but the lake was way too cold yet (as mommy and daddy can attest from putting the pier into the water).  We instead had to settle for on-shore activities such as hiking to the bend and back, playing on the swingset, and competing in some spirited games of cornhole.  These two photos are from Friday’s lunch out on the woods-side deck.

Happy 3/4 birthday buddy boy!  Before I met your momma, I didn’t know a 3/4 birthday was a celebratory occasion, but now I know it is

We tried taking some sun flare shots tonight.  I definitely still need some practice, but we never throw away shots where G-man is looking at the camera and flashing his brilliant smile.

Why does daddy’s idea of bathtime center around activities not involving bathing?  Quite simply, it’s because one of the most important lessons a father must bestow upon his son is the art of the shampoo mohawk.

I first looked at this photo and couldn’t believe how old our boy looks.  Only 8 months old and already he’s growing up too fast.

We’ve had too many projects going on at home lately…trying to work on G’s toy chest, finishing up the rain barrel, adding features to our homemade DVR box, baby-proofing the house, selling my camera, cleaning the kegerator, fixing the squeaky dryer.   Sadly, blogging about our boy has fallen to the bottom of the list.  Hopefully that’ll change soon as we seem to have gotten on top of the todo list, at least for now.  There are still a lot of projects planned for this spring and summer, but for now I think we’re in pretty good shape.

Here are a couple of G-Man playing around in his crib.  I love the way his baby blue eyes are captured on film…er, I mean digital sensor array, I guess.

Who likes to eat those things anyway?

Hope everyone has a great Easter!

Our boy is very excited for opening day.  At least he seemed excited when we put his Brewers shirt on yesterday.  Unfortunately taking pictures of him has been relegated to lots of crawling around on the floor, trying to keep one step ahead of him.  It’s amazing how fast he’s gotten at crawling in the last week or so.  Turn your back for 10 seconds and he’s probably on his way to finding something to stand up on.  Anyway, we’re very excited that the Brewers season is underway today.  Daddy has been waiting to take him to his first game since he’s been born.