Father's Day Weekend

It was Ryan's second big celebration as a dad. However, having a one month old little guy sleeping on his chest was a far cry from chasing his energy packed one-year old around Grandma's house. For Wilken's second Father's day, we hit the road to Palm Desert to visit Grandma V and Armen. We had a very relaxing weekend...indoors. On Saturday, it was a record high of 116 degrees! Whoowee! Wilken had a blast exploring the house while trying to get into mischief. On Father's day, we went out to breakfast and Wilken was a champ. What did dear old dad want to do for his special day? Well, he bought a brand new television for one. What else? Organize the garage? You must think I'm kidding. Nope. Dad spend 3 hours in a hot dusty garage setting up his Man Den with new shelves and organizing all of his goodies. What was the biggest news of the weekend? Wilken was finally caught in the act of taking steps! This elusive "almost walker" has been taking steps since 5/30/06 when he took his first 3 steps at Bubie and Grandpa's house. Since then, he has been taking those unsteady and unbelievably cute Frankenstein steps every day...except when we take out the camera to catch him in the act. Whenever a camera appears, he immediately drops to his knees and attempts a full out assault of the photographer to obtain the camera. We finally got him though. So far...7 steps.

12-Month Photo Op

My mom and dad recently gave me the opportunity to get my 1 year photo's taken, so I thought I'd share a few of them with my fan club. From the football field and basketball court all the way to the beach, I'm a man of many hats...