Here’s some additional pictures of the various happenings around the time of Ian’s Baptism.

Apologies about the wait on these, everybody… it has been a hectic couple of weeks, and it doesn’t look like things are going to slow down until around the middle of July.

Grandma Marcia and her mom Ada check out Ian’s stylish hairdo. See this image larger.

Grandma Sue and I danced to “What a Wonderful World” at my wedding… Ian’s currently winking and smiling at the girl who happened to sing it during Sunday’s service. See this image larger.

Grandpa Dave smiles at the peaceful sleeper. Ian dreams about a blue fish. See this image larger.

Great Grandma Betty wouldn’t stop making “bunny ears” behind Ian’s head for this shot, so Mama had to intervene. (I’m kidding.) See this image larger.

Ian – “Hors d’oeuvres!!” See this image larger.

Chapmen. See this image larger.

Kaylee is the happiest baby I’ve ever seen. If she’s not smiling, she’s getting ready to! See this image larger.

Papa’s favorite face… more like this please! See this image larger.

Ian – “Help?” See this image larger.

Ian – “No seriously, help!” You can tell Ian’s got quite a bit of Chapman in him when you see Chris holding him. See this image larger.

They look pretty alike from here too! See this image larger.

Connor drops by for quick grin… See this image larger.

Kaylee, such a beautiful little one! And see look, here comes another smile! See this image larger.

Seth – “lessee, howzzit go? ‘One fish, two fish, red fish…’ aw f’get it, I’m eatin’ the yella one.” See this image larger.

Something must have been shiny. See this image larger.

Ian – “Gah!” See this image larger.

Staring contest… begin… NOW! See this image larger.

Ian – “Hey, where’d the yellow fish go?” See this image larger.

Ian – “zzzzz” See this image larger.

Ian – “WHAT PART OF HUNGRY DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND?” See this image larger.

Belly time! See this image larger.

I guess I kept taking pictures. I can’t help it! See this image larger.

Our little prince, indeed. 🙂 See this image larger.

“I have to go where?!?”

Yes, Ian is officially going to daycare, as much as it breaks Melissa and I’s collective heart. He’s doing great with it so far (half days this week and last…) other than one little problem; he doesn’t like taking the bottle suddenly. Not so good when that’s all he’s got to eat. Time to start him on Lunchables I guess 😉 See this image larger.

Can you believe Ian is already three months old? I think we’ll keep him! The last many weeks have been spent mostly trying to catch up on work, so we have a lot of time to catch up on here at Ian’s blog. What better way than through pictures? Not all of the pictures here are high resolution, so only some of these have a “print version.”

Grandma Sue agrees that Ian is growing like a weed. She says that his mini-smiles helped her strength before and after the surgery, but it may also have been from picking up and putting down that big ol’ baby.

A nice image snapped by Grandma Sue during her stay…

Days later Grandma Marcia and Grandpa Dave made the trip to Grand Rapids for Easter, where Grandma Marcia kindly made an excellent meal. Like at every holiday function, Ian hit the bottle pretty hard. (print version)

Grandpa Dave risks his clean shirt in exchange for a belch during the Easter trip. (print version)

Grandpa Dave snapped this picture, and it came out great. What do you think bunny? “Murmfh.” (print version)

“Mama, I need more props, please!” I love how Ian’s mouth exactly mirrors Mama’s in this one. (print version)

Grandma Marcia pulled off this great shot of me (Papa) feeding him. (print version)

Right around that same date we took some new shots so that we could hang a few pictures in the bathroom. I used the regular flash on this image, which I hated doing, but look at the results! One of Ian’s mini-smiles! (print version)

This is the face of a boy who just made the bathwater a little bit warmer… (print version)

Not all of Ian’s fans know that he’s into “the Metal,” but word is getting out now. (print version)

He’s grasping and holding on to things these days. He looks like he’s riding the subway, doesn’t he? A very scary subway! (print version)

He isn’t slipping here, he woke up in the fetal position and stayed that way… had to get a quick shot of that! (print version)

Mr. Brandon (Papa’s close buddy) loaned his nice flash to me for a few images. I was able to bounce the light off of the ceiling for these shots, which started out like this… (print version)

…quickly led to shots like this… “Ello, Gov’nah, top o’ the mornin to ya.” (print version)

And when I finally got the flash angled properly so that it wasn’t blasting in his poor little eyeballs; I got these two. Needless to say Papa needs to start using that kind of flash… (print version)

Funny story about this chair, we bought it for the cat years ago and he pretty much rejected it; however within a few hours of this picture being taken Seth decided that he missed it and jealously reclaimed it by sleeping in it for a bit. (print version)

Granny Sue had some complications to her aforementioned surgery, however she has since re-recovered and is making her way towards “well” as we speak!

Grandma Sue sends her thanks to all of you who wished her well and good luck on her surgery. She’s in recovery at the moment, and immediately said she felt “normal.” The relief on her face told me that she hadn’t felt that way in awhile, and that normal can be a really good thing!