The "Messy Baby" Stage

Look who discovered the tupperware drawer. Oh happy day! (for the baby, I mean - not so much for Mom)

In addition to being an expert mess-maker on the floor, he has frequently been requiring multiple baths a day. This is what happens when someone says, "How big is Frankie??" while he's eating chili. The picture doesn't really do it justice, but his entire head and both arms are covered in chili. And yes, he has a "girly" high chair. Our blue one broke, and we are borrowing this one from a friend.

 Looking at all these pictures of Frankie, it has occurred to me that it might not be so difficult to identify whose baby pictures these are in the future. Most of his baby pictures contain glimpses of the ongoing construction in the background.

Yummy yogurt!

And this one is just for fun. We've been seeing a lot of Papi around here this summer. Between the house project and the busy baby, Seth and I have had very little time to tend to the garden. My dad has been kind enough to come at least once a week to make sure everything is harvested, watered and weeded. He's become such a regular, that all the neighborhood kids have started calling him "Papi" as well.