Who's-a so HANDSOME?

If there's one thing I'll miss when I get my digital camera, it's blowing the end of the roll with a photo shoot in the grass. I did this with Emilyn, too. I have dozens of photos of her sitting in the grass, just making her faces. She, as you'll remember, was excellent at sitting still.

But Allen and I make quite the pair when we do this: Me, squealing my now-famous motherly affections at him, trying to get him to smile. Him, lunging at me, trying to eat the camera. Some of the endearments he likes kind of sound like hog calls. The title of this post, "Who's-a so handsome?" is one. Here are some others:

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• "Who's-a doin' it so easy?"
• "Sa-WEET and BOO-tiful tooKIE!"
• "How's-a my HAPpy man?"
• "How's-a my SUweet man?"
• "This is Mommy's good boy... this is Mommy's sweet man... my sweet man. My sweet, happy man." That one's actually more of a song.

Anyway, these are pretty heart-melting pictures, and clearly his best work to date. So, fire up those printers, gang!