Just like Joe

Grandma Hartge pulled out uncle Joe's old rocking chair from when he was a baby. I took some pictures of baby Frank in the rocking chair and looking at the picture of Joe in the same chair we think they are approximately the same age... and I think looking quite similar... what do you think???

Uncle Joe in 1994

Frank Dec. 31st, 2008 

10 1/2 months old and super cute!

such a handsome baby

getting so big!

Wii-Challenge

Frank4 likes to challenge uncle Joe in Wii-Tennis...  The games are typically close but Joe always seems to win the match... better luck next time Frank4!

***wanting to try out the new settings (sports and action etc) on my camera... i saw this as a perfect photo opportunity!

Joe and Frank Wii tennis challenge

Challenge continues

better luck next time Charlie Brown...

More Friends

Today Frank4, Frank5 and myself had lunch with our dear friends Michael Burns and Kelly Curtin. Kelly and I went to High School and college together and she actually introduced me to Frank4. Michael Burns and I met at Ohio University freshman year and we lived together junior year at 15Palmer. It was wonderful to see them again, kelly has not seen Frank5 since August and Michael since April!

Michael and Frank5

Frank (already too cool for the ladies) and Kelly

New Glasses

Daddy Frank got his first pair of glasses yesterday... I guess there is no denying we are getting older anymore... but he sure does look handsome in them!

Liam and Finn

Saturday baby frank got to hang out with his godfather Liam and his brother Finn. Frank5 is always a fan of friends and attention, but he really seems to enjoy the Carstens boys. Liam even changed Frank5's diaper for the first time (like an excellent godfather should). Frank had a very fun time hanging out with them and then going to Skyline for lunch (as usual).

Friends are so much fun!

So many cameras focused on one little boy

Playing with Liam and Finn

Liam and baby Frank

Diaper changing time

More of the diaper changing experience

Five teeth for Frank5

With all the excitement of Christmas we missed the arrival of Frank's 5th tooth the upper right lateral incisor... I know how do you miss a teething baby??? But I guess frank took the you better be good for Santa to come threat quite seriously! Luckily daddy Frank noticed the tooth while they were playing the other night. Thank goodness for my new camera... you can definitely tell the better image quality on these close up shots!

halfway showing off his new tooth

what are you looking at??

see my new tooth??? It looks like the upper right central incisor is not too far behind...

Chinese Food

Yesterday baby Frank spent the day with the Hartge grandparents and uncle Mike helped him eat some rice (one of his favorite foods!). Daddy Frank took some cute pictures of baby Frank using some chopsticks with the help of uncle Mike!

Yummy Rice

Not too sure about this...

trying to eat some more

uncle Mike, you're an ok guy... :)

Wii-Christmas

My parents got a Nintendo Wii for Christmas... and it has been all the entertainment at the Hayes grandparents house... I have never been much of a video-gamer... but I have always enjoyed playing the Wii and I am starting to get to become decent at it... but not good by any means... It took me two hours to finish a song on guitar hero... but I did it! haha. Frank4 has been extremely helpful in setting up the Wii... and thank goodness too... without him, we would probably still be looking at it in the box!

Frank4 teaching my parents how to play Wii

Frank4 and grandpa Hayes bowling

mastering guitar hero.... look at that concentration!

frank skiing on wii-fit

New Toys!

Not only did Frank5 get new toys for Christmas... Mommy got a new camera! I have been messing around with it these past few days trying to figure out all the settings and I think I am getting pretty good! Check out some of my progress

Frank and Grandpa Hayes playing with franks new laptop

typing on HIS computer and not mine!

look mom no blinking!!!

close up time

playing at his workbench

mr. fix it!

such a cute face :)

playing with daddy!

brushing his teeth and pushing his truck... quite the multitasker

The Lexie2004

When my mom and I go shopping we typically take my pooch Lexie with us because my dad and her are not the best of friends... and she enjoys car rides. We joked on black friday that we had the best security system ever to guard our presents The Lexie2004 (year she was born)... If any of you have met her I am sure that statement makes complete sense... because no one would come within 5 feet of our car with killer in the car! Well today we discovered an added bonus of the Lexie2004... when my mom got out of the car her keys fell out of her purse. It was not until we had already closed the doors we noticed the keys were locked in the car... my mom told me to try to get Lexie to unlock the door by tapping on the window above the unlock button and convince her to step on it... YEAH RIGHT I thought... that is NEVER going to happen!... but I tried anyways while my mom was calling AAA... and within a minute or so she actually unlocked the door to my surprise! My mom and I thought it was so funny we were laughing about it most of the day... just an added accessory of the Lexie2004!

Mr. Fix It

After I gave up assembling baby Frank's new tool bench... Grandma Hayes helped put it together and baby frank seems to really like it! Let's hope he learns some handy-man skills because we could really use it in the Hartge household! 

Frank the builder

working at his toolbench

chewing on his wrench

Hayes Christmas

This afternoon we celebrated Christmas with the Hayes grandparents, aunt April, great-grandma Burns, and MY uncle Chris and Kim. We even got a phone call from my brother T.J who is currently serving in Iraq. After last night and this morning, baby frank definitely got the hang of Christmas and loved all the attention and new toys!! I was super excited because apparently Santa thought I was extra good this year... because he brought me a new camera! and even an extra lens!! I am charging the battery and cannot wait to use it and get more amazing pictures before!

Baby Frank's present was bigger than he was!!!

climbing on the box was so much fun

checking out his new tool bench... grandpa Hayes thinks he will be our mister fix-it

Sooo many presents!

Excited to watch mommy open presents

Playing with his new cars and handle hauler

Trying to help daddy get his present OUT of the box... which again is impossible!

Playing with his toys

pushing the buttons on his lawn mower

pushing his lawn mower... but not yet walking