Growing Up

Remember this picture? It was the first time Rudy fed himself yogurt.

Here's today, after having yogurt for breakfast.

4 months has made a big difference! (And what happened to all the beautiful curls?)

Rudy's Baptism

Rudy was baptized on Sunday. In our church, infants are usually baptized so we were interested to see how Rudy reacted to having water and oil on his head. He took it all very well, for the most part he just kind of stared at the priest every time he came over to us. And when it came time for the water over his head, he didn't complain. he spent much of the rest of the day talking about "agua" on his hair.

Isn't he handsome?

I expected him to be saying "no" or trying to get up, but he just went with whatever was happening.

With his godparents, Aunt Vincie (all the way to the left) and Uncle Bill (in the middle). Bill is my brother and Vincie is my best friend , my former college roommate (a long time ago...).

And of course, he is still a mess! He sure does love his cake.

A Mess

Yes, believe it or not, our boy can be a mess. Like the first time he ate yogurt by himself....

.... when he eats bread...
... mashed potatoes.....
.... and of course birthday cake!

And when we look at these pictures with him, we tell him what a mess he is. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised when we were heading home tonight from seeing Santa at the firehouse (and by 'seeing" I mean from across the room) and Rudy was finishing his cookie and said "I'm a mess!" At least he knows and accepts it!