funny boy

lil talker

kewpie

i made a huge mistake by machine washing a doll my Nana made for me decades ago. the doll was perfect for Pasquale - all cloth with a sweet round head and big hand-painted eyes. it looked a lot like him and he was enthralled by it - particularly the eyes. alas, the thin material ripped during the washing and when i removed it from the machine i found the stuffing exploded out of head! so disappointing! i am going to ask the talented alison to fix it up for us. while searching online for photos of any similar dolls (i could not find any), i noticed a striking similarity between Kewpie dolls and Pasquale in the shape of his head, eyes, cheeks and chin.....

pasquale loves his feet!

visitors

our brother-in-law's cousin, adam, and his girlfriend, andrea,
are in town from austin, tx.
they came over for dinner last night...

another video

video

playing in his new chair

the cousins

cousin charlie is visiting again - he will be 2 in september

new sounds

the first "baaa" sounds

the shoe fiasco

tummy time for Pasquale

Our friend Jeff works at Nike and gave P these high top sneakers.
I have never put shoes on P before.
It was really difficult - basically it did not work.
Samantha found this hilarious!

...sweet boy...

sweet P

Pasquale took a long bath today

and got really wrinkly toes

really, really wrinkly toes

he has beautiful eyes

and loves milk

a lot

he's trying to sit up alone

here he is in one of his noni's dresses

and bath time again

camping

first camping trip at HouseRock between Sweet Home and Sisters

first taste of food : banana

chillin' in the heat

5 months old

...here's some at 5 months...

it's hard to keep up with this blog sometimes....
these 2 are from when Pasquale was 4 months old

rockin' out with his little sqeaky pirate toy

Carri and Hux

these are a bit old, but i wanted to post them for the cool graininess in this disposable camera (photos by Samantha)

dress up!

Pasquale is a sport about me dressing him up.
Here's his Kentucky Fried Chicken sleeveless tank Mario got for him in Thailand (weird!)

Here's another Thailand special - the bib that says "CANDY"
the shorts with suspenders were 25 cents at a thrift store in Homosassa, FLA

Cutie in overalls from another thrift store and flip flops from his friend, Gunnar

Carrot hat and trying to walk