Mommy, Michael, and a 1931 Model A Ford.

Michael sees the little chicks at the Lucketts Fair.

One of many tractors we saw.

A clingy Michael won't pose.

Thrilled by the petting zoo.

Bethany and Michael at the firehouse.

Mommy liked the fire engine, too.

A baby donkey says hi to Michael.

Sociable goats.

Daddy and Michael play Ba-Boom!

At base camp on Mount Daddy.

Scaling the heights.

Aieeeeeee!

Michael laughs like crazy at "D Says Duh."

Letters are so funny!

Mommy and Michael reading.

Colin, in front of the camera for once.

Still a happy boy.

Michael can almost reach all the way!

Sometimes it takes a hand from Mommy to bridge the gap.

Wir haben auf Wiedersehen Karin und Dirk gesagt!

Die Abschiedsfeier für die Sasses.

Michael works on Uncle Steve's birthday card.

Examining his masterpiece.

Caught getting into the extra diapers.

Michael is so excited to have a spoon.

Aunt Helen, Michael, and Spoon.

Enamored of his own reflection.

Up he goes!

Michael is king of all he surveys.

A little marinara finger-painting.

It's great fun ...

... for Michael to be ...

... sixteen ...

... months old!

It doesn't take much ...

... to capture Michael's interest.

Just a day in the life ...

... of a strange little boy.

Such a little clown!

A video card ... so beautiful ...

Yup, that's a belly button.

A juggler-to-be?

Riding his "dass."

For someone so afraid to walk, ...

... Michael certainly doesn't fear ...

... climbing like a monkey.

Michael and Violet toddle together.

A minor tussle over who gets the cart.

Toddling off into the light.

Such a sweet kid.

The Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum.

Michael, Mommy, and Enterprise.

With Great-Aunt Rhetta.

Rhetta and Michael see "aaaah!"s.

Michael tried so hard ...

... to see the space shuttle ...

... from every angle.

On the observation deck.

Observing the parking lot with Grammy.

Craning his neck to see planes.

Michael shows Grammy the vintage Star Trek figurines.

Aunt Rhetta is fun to make faces with!

Michael is strong!

Small ...

... and big.

Michael as Andy Capp.

Checking on his Facebook page.

Airplanes out the window.

A giggly boy.

Petra at Sugar Hollow.

A drought has left the riverbed dry.

The reservoir.

The butterflies tolerated Petra more than they did me.

We balanced the camera on a rock to get this one.

This stump looked like a Shinto shrine.

A curious mink watched me.

Letting the minnows nibble my toes.