-a message from arthur-

dear grandma emmy,

happy birthday. 

i wish we were in oregon so we could eat cake with you. i love cake.

i really think you're a good grandma and i hope you will read the harry potter books to me someday.

i really like all of the funny stories you tell me and my mom.

remember that cool book you gave me for christmas? on one of the pages, you messed up on the recording and tried to record it better, but it kept the mess up. that is my favorite page.

i was really tiny last year on your birthday, but i remember that good hot chocolate that you got on your bumpy bike ride. i think that stuff is the reason i am so fat and happy. i hope you drink hot chocolate today.

i hope you have a really good birthday and eat extra cake for me and my mom and dad.

we all love cake. especially costco cake.

but we love you more than that.

he might be teething....

sweet baby.

he drools non-stop.

he chews on everything he can get his hands on (including his hands actually...).

he hasn't been sleeping well at all.

he has been waking up every couple hours during the night. 

he hasn't done that since he was a newborn :(. 

but he is still the best baby in the whole wide world. 

ever.

so, we went to the zoo.

i was so excited to take arthur. 

he was going to love it....

......

turns out he hates the zoo.

my boy who is always sweet and nice and happy....

cried the whole time until he went to sleep. 

darn. 

it was the dumb snakes that scared him. i know it.

but he sure looked cute in his little bug hat :).

we had fun anyways though :). 

we all got sunburned. 

(except for the babies, thank goodness, because they were asleep under blankets almost the whole time) 

it was 82 degrees.