Coaster Car

This was a Christmas gift from the Harps, Robbie's great-grandparents. The funniest part is to hear Rob yell from the other room, "Kyrsten, Robbie needs a push!" only to go and find Rob on the car and starting to cruise.

Zoo Much Fun!

The St. Louis Zoo was such a blast. We got there early so Robbie could go to the Children's Zoo and pet and feed the goats, bunnies, and guinea pigs. He loved it until we put him on the ground and a goat started coming toward him (we had to be holding him for the rest of the time with the goats). Another wild adventure: a cheetah escaped and was wondering around the zoo! We had to go "hide" in the animal recovery shelter for about 10 minutes until the cheetah was locked back up. Rob wore a smug little smirk on his face for a few minutes, just begging me to ask him why. Finally he blurted out, "Don't worry babe. I'm packin'," before smiling and pointing to his bulging ankle (he favors the ankle hoster). It made me laugh--he makes me laugh everyday.

Kirksville Firehouse Tour

Sight-Seeing St. Louis

Since we have lived in Missouri, we have never left our little town of Kirksville! Well, after Rob finished off his first quarter, we decided it was time to check out a little "MO" of the Show-Me State. Little Robbie was getting over a bug, so he wasn't super enthused this trip (until we got to the zoo, that is), but it was still a great time. Rob's dad was sure to remind us that it was the murder capital of the U.S. last year, so when we got to St. Louis, we were suprised to see how quiet and clean it felt. Fun trip!

Trunk-or-Treat

After two trunk-or-treats, we decided that trick-or-treating could wait until next year (Robbie grabbed enough suckers to last a few months). Anyway, I really just had to post this because Big Rob is so proud of this picture. He dressed up as a cowboy and totally looks the part (I must add that Rob says he looks so good because he simply dressed as himself . . . poor guy, always aspiring to cowboydom).

I can hardly believe that Robbie is already a year old, but sure enough, he is. We had some friends come over for dinner and cupcakes. Robbie wasn't quite sure how presents work, but he definitely understood cupcakes! From the moment the chocolaty goodness was in his hands, it was in his mouth; he literally started inhaling it--it was so deep in his nose we couldn't get it all out. Oh well; as you see, he loved it.

Baby Boating--Summer 2007