22 months

Taken on June 17. Stephen is eating one of his favorite messy foods-- Ah-pol-Sass!

Playtime roundup

Twisty slide with Bupps (Gramps).
Getting a little help getting up.

Watching the geese.
Woodfield Mall play area.
Peering through some gears.
Playing with Mama's old Fisher Price Pop-Up Camper.

Splash fountain in front of the Schaumburg Township District Library.
Hoping Sophia will share some cashews at Stephen Moll's wedding reception.
Crazy about the bunny at the nature center in Park Ridge, where Christina works. "Hi! Bunny! Hi! Bunny! Hi! Bunny!"

Tired out after a long day's play.

Hanging out with the Wongs

This is another much-belated post from our trip to Chicago. Here Stephen bonds with my very quiet cousin Jonathan by having a food-wrapper fight. :-)

Posing with mom, aunt Susie and cousin Christina at Chipotle.

Meeting Mama's cousin Kiana

This was a special trip for all of us because we got to meet my 7-mo-old cousin, Kiana Adlin Tilsch. :-) Ain't she a super-cutie? Stephen thought so too and insisted on holding her hand and sharing his sippy with her.

A park a day

Stephen loves to go "out-da" and he loves parks. He requests them when he sees them and when he doesn't. Grammie did her best to indulge him this week, finding several different playgrounds to bring him to.


As I chose the photos for this post, Stephen says to me: Za Da-da See Saw! Za Cat See Saw! ZA Weeee!

Our animal lover

We drove from Cleveland to the Chicago burbs on Tuesday, heading directly to the Schaumburg Township District Library to catch my mom at work. After sneaking into T.S. to see her, we took Stephen down to the Youth Services area for a diaper change and a little fun. He made a beeline for this larger than life Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Stephen eats many of his meals in my old high chair. His buddy Jellycat joins him for a banana muffin in this shot.

Trip to Cleveland

We visited the Parrinos in Cleveland last week.
Stephen loved to follow his "Papa" around and imitate his antics. Here they play peek-a-coo with the milkchute.

Mmmm. Pasta! Or, "Bas-Ta" in Steve-speak.

Indulging his inner monkey with Papa. Apparently Stephen can hang from various playground equipment, he's just not so sure how to let go. He enjoyed Gunning Park down the street.. but I only took video, and left the flipcam at the Parrino's :-(

All packed up and headed for Chi-town.
Nona and Papa's house on Milburne Ave. Did I spell that right, Joe?