I'm a Firefighter!

Today Daddy took me to the fire department for a tour. I got to ride in a real firetruck! Here I am with my friends Leah, Max, and Cole riding in one of the vintage firetrucks:

I probably should mention I came straight from soccer practice with Daddy, hence my hybrid fireman/soccerplayer outfit.

Train Conductor

Lately, I've really been into my train. Unfortunately, Mommy caught me on tape in one of my 'imagination' sessions. It's really sort of embarrassing, but since I was caught, I should at least clarify what I was saying in this video:

"Chuka chuka choo choo...Chuka chuka choo choo...

Good job Train! Good job Train! Good Job!

Let's go back Train! Ok...

Cheese! That's a picture. I take picture."

Driving to Bebe and Zayde's

Daddy told me a while back that Bebe loves M&Ms! Ever since, I've been meaning to get there, but I didn't have my chance until the other day when Mommy let me drive (or so I thought...)

It's been forever

Ok, so it's been forever since I last posted. I have to apologize. I started to post several times, but each time something came up...we were traveling, then we were packing, then we were moving, then we were arriving, then we were unpacking, then we were settling, yada yada yada ...

Now, things have started to quiet down. As I type "quiet down," Daddy is laughing, pointing to Mommy's belly and mumbling something about the quiet before the storm that will happen on/around October 26th. Sometimes Daddy makes no sense.

Anywho, let me catch everyone up; the cliff notes version: Daddy got a job out in Seattle, so we had to move. Before the move, It was a race to see everyone we could in Chicago. Mommy and I even took a week hiatus to see Gigi and family in Philly during all the chaos. Here's Gigi and I enjoying a good book...

Since we only had about a month when we found out we were moving, I had to live it up while in Chicago. I tried to do all my favorite things and see all my peeps...

Here's me and Anna. She's teaching me to ride a bike.

A quick piggy-back taxi a-la Angela (Jimmy - we got you in this photo too!)

Me and Maddie at our usual hotspot for lunch:

Me, Mommy, Hannah, and Dana enjoying Millenium Park

Me enjoying a fine piece of citrus on a summer day

Daddy and I searching for airplanes...

My and my cousin Anna (Philly) inspecting the local plumbing.

Me enjoying the world at a height of 6 feet (ish)

and at a height of 3 feet...

Once we arrived in Seattle, there was so much to do. Here's me helping unpack...
You wouldn't think it, but unpacking is quite a 'loud' activity. All that rustling of paper and clanking around, and I really needed just a quiet moment out on my new deck:
More to come later, but I'm tired just looking at this picture above!

How to get a smile out of Austin...

I don't really give out smiles that easily, but this was a special occasion ... Mommy just told me that I'm going to be a big brother in October. How exciting!

The Vacuum...

Grandma thought it would be a good idea to get me my own vacuum. About an hour, later she regretted that decision...

My Morfar

I'm in Seattle right now with Mommy as my Morfar is in the hospital. Mommy and Uncle Alex have been pretty busy at the hospital, so I've been rumaging through my photos from Christmas last year. I found a few from when Morfar and I were playing "Where's your nose?"

In the end ... Morfar won. I'm hoping more than anything that I get a chance for a rematch.