Let's not forget... I wrote the book on cute way back when.
Everything is old school, from the couch to my glasses to fat Matt & Kim. I'm pretty sure this is a pre-addition photo, probably mid-1986.
Our nuclear family and all four grandparents. And Kerry. Circa 1991.
Pops and baby Jack.
Uncle Matt helps Jack with Christmas presents in 2004.
More from Christmas 2004. Still a little red from the cashew incident.
Aunt Kim helps Jack stand in the kitchen. Dec. 23, 2004.
Jack and Scott's cousin Charlotte.
Scott, Jack and Pops at Ergangs' with Nick, Carter and Kirk. I think this is circa Fathers Day 2006.
Aunt Kim performs surgery on Jack's bear.
One of my all-time favorites. At Nicholas-Dowden.
Park time with Pops.
Walking home from the park with Pops.
Jack and Carter perform a piano duet at Ergangs' house circa Christmas 2006.
One of our ill-fated attempts at a family photo for 2007 Christmas cards.
Kim and Maggie in Maggie's very early days.
The Mag Bag.
Jack and Aunt Kim.
Jack rocks the Hawaiian shirt.
Hey Jack! How old are you?
Uncle Matt and Jack Attack. Fishies uh-oh! Not sure who that is passed out on the windowseat.
Maggie with her ears unfloppy.
Jack helps Pops in the garden.
Max slept well on his first night in LIbertyville
Making faces on the windowseat.
Maggie is very interested in Max.
I'm easy. Easy like Sunday morning.
Playing with Aunt Kim and muffin cups.
Kristie and Max taking a catnap on the porch.
Two leashes, one Maggie. A very good idea.
So what if I go through four outfits a day? You have a laundry machine.
Hey. I'm outside. Check out my foot.
Sleepy Kim, sleepy Max. One of these is more common than the other. Sadly, it's not sleepy Max.
Bellied up to the table.
Kim and the Mag Bag.
One of Kristie's favorite outfits.
Max is fine when other people hold him... if food is involved.
Max in his stroller during the Coe band concert at Cook Park.
Jack and Carter sharing toys on the porch.
Baby Zoe -- five weeks old and almost as big as Max.
Smilin' and droolin'.
Big, pretty eyes on Baby Two.
Jack dials in his favorite station.
Looking at Butler Lake near the bandshell.
Max likes water, too.
Rocking the playground.
Jack and Maggie (not pictured) playing with bubbles.
An alert Maggie.
Looking smooth after a bath.
Matt's giant dog, Blue, a 75-pound Australian Shepherd.
Max and Aunt Kim.
Having fun at the combined birthday party.
It takes Max some time to warm to "new" surroundings, but then he really opens up.
Jack watching Pops fix the broom Jack just broke while "sweeping" leaves, so long as "sweeping" means "teeing off like John Daly."
You know that old "Like a kid in a candy store" expression? I know what that means now.
Max gets a ride from Pops during Pumpkin Fest.
Aunt Kim and Max make funny faces together -- and this is before the night of babysitting.
Checking out grass near Butler Lake.
Max rocks the Winnie the Pooh costume.
Jack as Handy Manny.
Having this photo set in front of a construction site helps sell the whole "handyman" thing.
It only took eight months, but we finally have a picture as a family of four.
Pops and Max enjoying quality time on the porch.
Love that finger!
Who doesn't love sleeping with a baby?
Max really enjoyed his bath at Pops & K's.
Really, really enjoyed it.
Even when I gave him spiky hair.
He was still delirious after he got out of the tub.
Same aunt, different nephew. And a dog.
Happy 56th birthday to Pops.
Jack wanted to lick the frosting off the candles. Pops let him have some -- but not all.
Jack helps decorate the Charlie Brown tree.
This is how I view Max most of the times I'm not already holding him.
Jack gets a piggyback ride in his "work clothes."
Lunch was beyond messy, but not so messy it wasn't cute.
Pops and Max making ost-meal faces at each other.
Jack helps Aunt Kim make frosting for the Christmas cupcakes.
Nick watches as Jack and Carter operate the Ergangs' Christmas train.
Max was super happy to have a present... because it meant he got to rip paper.
Zoe gets close to Allison's dog, Toby.
Max doesn't mind Jen, but he's not too sure about Uncle Matt.
Matt and Pops looking handsome, I guess.
Uncle Matt and most of Jen's face.
Ten months old and not a tooth in sight.
Hey look, K! I can tear apart your kitchen, too!
Jack shows off his first present.
It's tough to get both boys in one shot with no tears.
The expression on his face is coincidental, but priceless.
It took Jack about three Christmases to grasp the concept of opening presents as well as Max.
Kim is showing Jack how to play with animal dominoes. Maggie is nosing in, because she gets jealous when Kim plays with little people.
In case you need to know what Max looks like in a sombrero and a sweater vest.
Hey K, mind if I check out your filing system?
Jack and his makeshift drum set. And no feet.
Max enjoys his Activity Fantasy Play Tower. Really, really enjoys it.
Maggie is incredibly tolerant of Max, and Max is doing a much better job of not yanking at her hair.
Morning hair is the best.
Max passed out on K on the porch.
Jack uses K's computer for a video chat with Aunt Kim.
Max with some sweet post-bath hair.
Max goes vertical for a better shot at my head.
Max is getting a lot better at his balance and standing.
Jack waits for Maggie to drop her ball down the stairs so he can take a picture.
Max also is looking in Maggie's direction.
Jack rocks out on the laptop. Not sure why he's wearing the headband.
Pops and Max enjoying some quality time.
One of Max's favorite things at Pops & K's is raiding the cereal cabinet for whatever he can find.
Max's first goal upon entering Pops & K's house? Find the pretzels.
Jack held K's hand all the way to the parade.
Yes, I do intend to put them all in my mouth at once. Got a problem with that?
The giant balloons were everyone's favorite.
One wants to be in, the other wants to be out. Life's rough when you're tiny.
Matt and Pops mastering the grill.
"Gimme have it!"
Jack and Max playing with Maggie's fancy crate. So fancy, she barely uses it.
Pops opens the cheese and crackers, and little boys and big dogs quickly arrive.
What's a summer cookout without sweet corn?
Max ramps up the cute while Uncle Matt looks on.
Pops tries to use lettuce to entice the skunk up the plank.
Skunky McSmellypants looks up from the window well.
Our view from the inside. This is the window above Sharon's desk.
Jack is quite the helpful big brother.
Jack, Max and Kristie watch the Libertyville Homecoming parade.
