It *was* going to be a picture of "tv," but then gravity took over.
New Zealand sheepskin from Tita.
Why, yes, that's Teddy walking.
New Zealand sheep!
All we like sheep.
Getting up again
Maestro Teddy
Almost being tickled by Uncle Valentin
At the Dunes in Michigan with Mommy and Bunic (Grandfather Tudor)
Three generations of Andronaches: Tudor, Teddy, and Fr. Peter
Trying to shield Teddy from the wind...
Giovanni and Teddy
Jon, Teddy, and Giovanni
Neovi, Jon, Teddy, and Giovanni
Sooo .... tired ....
Meeting up with our koumbaroi
Hangin' out with a good crowd.
SPOON!
Don't eat me, giant baby head!
He gets the watermelon gene from both sides of the family ...
Trying to get teeth (7 and 8) to show for the camera
Taking Jesus on the road
Hanging out with the guys.
Have sheep, will travel.
Celebrating September 11: St. Euphrosynos' Feastday
This didn't seem as enticing as the sand.
No, really, it's just too big.
Much better!
Still scary!
Helping?
Daddy defies attempts at having his picture taken.
What's this?
It's soft!
Waiting!
Could it be?
Oh, yeah!
DOGGY!
Who's this from!?
Wait! Where are you taking my dog?
Aha! I found you, dog-napper!
It's fun to put the shapes in...
... oh, who cares! Throw!
No, we didn't model this behavior for him. He's an original star-stirrer.
Mixing up some love to go with your dreams.
Teddy put tissue paper *IN* the shoe. (I introduced the idea of "in" recently, and he's practicing.)
St. Romanos the Melodist
Playdate with Presvytera Vasso and Sophia.
In cahoots.
Fascinating fingers.
Dancing in the kitchen.
Holding the spoon himself.
Cheerios!
Watching Mommy get her hair cut.
Spatulas. Shazzam!
'Say "aah," Daddy.'
Nakedly baby!
Munch on nakedly baby. Nom nom nom!
Coming or going? He couldn't decide, either.
New outfit.
Getting up into his chair all by himself.
I'll feed you a slimy Cheerio if you let me.
Bibs: not just for food any more.
The playground at the Long Center has music!
Fan.
FAAAAAN.
Helping Mommy make banana bread.
Cousinly balloon fight.
Sheep!
Tuckered out after the party.
Maya's lion face!
Pose from the basketball star.
We'll have to work on this one.
Follow the bouncing ball...
MAJESTIC.
Separating eggs for cozonaci.
... and getting sucked out of the room, evidently.
Arabesque!
I will help you.
No, see, I will help you.
What, my spoons aren't good enough?
Three cooks in the kitchen: Fr. Peter, Teddy, and St. Euphrosynos.
Stir, poke, what's the difference?
Cozonaci for Teddy.
You want me to what?
You seem to know what you're doing, Mommy. Here you go.
Experimenting with pulling.
Um. There's *stuff* on my hands.
Roll? But I like holding onto it.
These look tasty.
There's *still* this stuff on my hands. I don't know how I feel about that.
Too many craisins, Mommy. I'll help you with that.
He might look angry, but the cozonac disappeared fairly quickly.
And the adult-sized cozonaci. (20 loaves this year.)
Potted baby! (Mommy stuck him in the first time, and he liked it, and now he keeps repotting himself.)
Merry Christmas!
Extra-junior choir guest member.
Teddy receives a blessing from His Eminence Demetrios of America.
"Hat," he announced, and put it on his head.
Goggles!
We didn't actually teach him to hold a pen...
Modern pull-toy.
Teddy can now push the buttons on the air purifier.
With Nouno, reading "Doggies: A Counting and Barking Book."
He put himself in here.
Up!
Down!
Harmonica
Blues brother.
Our house
It's going to get me!
Eeek!
I didn't like that!
Honey
Daddy tries to pry his hands off the honey jar. We're raising Winnie-the-Pooh.
House blessing.
Helping Daddy with the house blessing.
So the junior bed wasn't immediately approved.
Disassembling the crib. (Mommy went to go look up how to undo one of the sides which was frustrating, and Teddy actually figured it out by the time she got back!)
Jailbreak!
Not sleeping in the bed? Put a blanket on the floor.
Art?
The most awesomest windchime ever.
Catching Daddy.
First time in the snow or on a sled.
Can I get off now, Auntie Maire?
Auntie Maire didn't tell Mommy she was going to take a picture *right then*, but isn't Teddy cute?
Mommy and Teddy sled together... for Mommy's first time, too.
Auntie Maire and Teddy sled down the hill.
"...and then we got upsot!" Teddy didn't like getting snow in his face, poor baby.
Nothing says "electric morning" like Teddy's hair.
Teddy and Cousin Biren.
Cousin Biren, Teddy, and Cousin Maya.
Dancing with Auntie Maire at Biren's dance rehearsal.
Teddy went and sat in Cousin Mikhail's lap of his own volition, so I hurried to get the camera ...
... at which point he promptly got up.
Hoop: morning, noon, and night. Hoop.
This bathroom comes equipped with its own toy for Teddy!
But wait! There's more toys in here!
Mimi helps Teddy clean up his spill.
Good job on wiping up the spill, Teddy-o!
Auntie Maire's friend Megan lent several cute clothes for Teddy, and here's a shirt out of them.
Prohibited: falling off the counter.
New computer from Cousin Biren.
Early morning happiness.
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Look, Mommy! I found your birthday cake!
A small musician eats birthday cake: Take it from the top!
The day before the haircut.
Surfer hair? We can do a surfer hair picture.
That spray bottle again!?
He didn't so much as flinch when I took this picture with the flash.
Under the kouvouklion. "Traditionally at the end of the [Holy Friday Unnailing] service, as the people venerate the icon, children crawl under the kouvouklion in the form of a cross, a reminder that we pass through the death of Christ to the life of the resurrection." —http://www.helleniccomserve.com/holyweeksupplement.html
Sweet Pascha baby, with Despina having played "fairy nouna" again.
Egg hunt: to see what is inside of One Egg At A Time.
Okay, Mommy, I'll put something in the basket before you lose it entirely.
And lo, when you sit among Mommy's gift wrap, you shall not go away with nothing. (I didn't put it there, I swear.)
Playdate with Sophia.
Helping Daddy (wearing Mommy's hat to shade the baby).
Cocoa!
Capciune. (Strawberry.)
Some serious work involving lining up plates, stacking and unstacking them, and then a magnet icon was also involved... He didn't explain it to me, but was too engrossed to look up as I took several pictures.
