Knock Knock-whose there?

Knoxie is here and we have been so very busy for the last several days.
We have taken advantage of the weather in the early mornings and spent as much time outside as possible before the heat or rain comes which have been a lot of both lately.
we start out drinking coffee and formula together on the porch, crawl around getting a dirty face and body, then eat a little breakast and then we are off to a good morning walk.
He loves the walk. Never needs his paci during this time and notices every sound there is. He is definetly all boy :). His head turns to watch every car and truck go by and he follows them til they are out of site.
we get bathed and then nap our best nap in the morning and afterwards we go visiting or play around the house. We have even jumped on the neighborhood trampoline and played in a friend's sandbox but no time for pictures in those places. This guy is all over the place and there is no leaving him alone for even one second. He has only begun exploring his world and ...

..he is babbling all the while he is opening all my cabinets...
...so I told him we needed to do something productive and if he was going to carry his lovee stuffed hippo around on my floors we need to clean them and he said "say whatttt???"
I handed Knoxie a mop and said this is what you have to do at Lolli's to earn a lollipop.
He said "give me that thing NOW" and he went to town.

He loved the new chore and I think his very first licks at a grape lollipop and then he asked could we do some more mopping tomorrow!

We had one afternoon where the rain was gone and the heat was not too bad so we played in the yard pool and had a big time.

Sunday morning while everyone else went to church (did not want to risk this boy catching any diseases from the church nursery before his first birthday party next weekend), we headed to the neighborhood pool and got a quick swim in before the rain came in for the day. He is blowing bubbles with his face in the water every chance he gets. He seriously will be swimming at an early age. I think.
It has been a blast playing and caring for this little guy this weekend. We've been ending our days with a little clowning around before bedtime! He likes that almost as much as his first lollipop :)