Buddies

Charlie is simply never happier than when he's with his Grandpa John.

Berry picking

Toby helped Jack, Moma and John pick strawberries on a belated Father's Day outing last weekend. You can kind of make out the two strawberries (in the bottom-left corner of Jack's box) that didn't go right into Toby's mouth.

Napping at the park

Charlie tried to keep up with his brother and cousins on a trip to the park during Boudreau-palooza, but the little guy just couldn't keep his eyes open.

Boudreau-Palooza 2006

The "Wisconsin Boudreaus" visited their Pacific NW family for a week in June, and we managed to get all but one family member (Scott) together for a picture. We'll Photoshop Scott in later, in keeping with tradition...

Digger!

Imagine our astonishment when, one quiet Saturday afternoon, a giant excavator truck started rumbling down the alley behind our house. Jack snatched Toby up and raced him over to the fence at light-speed for a close-up look at the truck -- and the driver waved!

Off to the park

Toby couldn't be distracted from "working" with his bucket truck for this pre-park photo.

Sunday swim

Charlie has really taken to swimming at the warm soaking pool in our neighborhood -- this past Sunday it seemed like he would have stayed in for hours if we'd let him. Such a fun Sunday family tradition!

Smiley sleeper

Charlie snoozes so happily with his Moma.

Brothers

What can you really say about this degree of cuteness?

Peas in a Pod

Grandpa John has an uncanny ability to calm and care for the littlest Boudreau lad.

Toby and Moma

Toby put Moma right to work giving him "big pooshes" in the porch swing, and lots and lots of big mucks.

The Love Train pulls into town

Toby & Charlie's Moma and Grandpa John rolled into town last week ready to Love Up these boys, and they haven't stopped cuddling and soothing and playing with them since.

Toby's audience

Charlie, Tib and I took in Toby's antics during a recent bath. That kid is rarely without a highly entertained audience -- even the cats closely follow his antics.

Smiling

Charlie is giving us more and more sugar these days, and we are Loving it!

Laughing!

You can juuuust make out the huge dimple emerging in Charlie's right cheek. His giggles are really starting to show it off. As an aside, we really are starting to worry about his under-nourishment...

Little boy blue

Toby waits patiently for his cheese san-itch.

Uncle Andrew

Our friend Andrew came to visit from NYC this week, and showed excellent uncle instincts by cuddling a snoozing Charlie for a solid couple of hours.

Intimate chat

Charlie and Gagada have one of their regular, lengthy conversations. They really speak the same language.

Charlie smiles!

Charlie has started smiling, though he only consistently flashes a grin for Gagada. His parents are working on him.

Big boys!

Collin & Toby shared a laugh over the good times they've shared in their first two years together. Many more to come!

Collin turns 2!

The Cheneys threw a fabulous party to celebrate Collin's 2nd bday last weekend. He LOVED his cake!

Bath buddies

After an extended dance party, Toby & Maia washed off the sweat with a joint bath. They cuddled a bit afterward while we scrambled to find PJ's small enough for the petite Miz M to wear home.

Maia mucks Toby

We were worried Toby would smush Maia when he asked her to muck him, but she was game, and they made it work beautifully!