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• "So, was this how you wanted me to smile when you took me to the photo studio the other day?"
• "Look, I can tickle my own feet and make myself laugh -- like this!"
• "When I look up and smile, I only have one chin!" (from Mitch)

• "Can I tell you how pleasant it is to be up here on your level and not down on the floor looking up your nose?"
• "I'm feeling a little tongue-tied right now."
• "Got your nose!" (from Mitch)
• "My smile will knock your shoes off — it did mine." (from Mitch)

• "OK, so now what do I do? When in doubt, just grab your toes - works for me."
• "OK, so how do I get down from here? Little help here, please!"
• "Squirrel!" (from Mitch)

High-definition

• "Oh, no, Dad, do we have to watch another Nets loss . . . er, I mean, another Nets game again?"
• "Well, if you're not going to let me watch Barney, then I'm just going to hold my breath until I pass out."
• "I'm sorry, Dad. You trusted me with a man's job of holding on to the TV remote . . . and I flushed it down the toilet."
• "Sure glad they didn't name me 'I-lean.' " (from Mitch)
• "I am sooooo worn out from all the 'white chair' smiling" (from Mitch)

It is 'hats and dogs' or 'caps and dogs' - I don't know!

• "No, if you're going to make me wear this goofy hat, then of course I'm not going to look at the camera."
• "For some unknown reason, I have this sudden urge to scratch behind my ear with one of my legs."
• "Mom and Dad, you may think this looks cute on me now, but wait until I wear it to high school."
• "Hey, Mom and Dad, how come you don't post the picture of you guys wearing your hat? Hmmmm?" (from Mitch)
• "Uh, did you say you paid money for this hat? OK, then I'll wear it -- but not happily." (from Mitch)

AWKWARD!

• " 'The end is in sight.' Get it, Mom . . . 'The end is in sight.' . . . What? Don't you get it? Oh, bummer!"
• "Some may have abs of steel. I have ripped back muscles -- or is it rippled back muscles."
• "I'm channeling a place in Long Beach, Washington ... a tourist-trap of an establishment called Marsh's Free Museum ... and something called - wait for it - JAKE THE ALLIGATOR BOY!"
• "2014 new Olympic sport — nude skeleton." (from Mitch)
• "Hey, cheek me out!" (from Mitch)

The pause that refreshes

• "When I grow up, I want to be a turtle. Or maybe I can just wear this for Halloween."
• "Ponder as I may, I still can't figure out how this water tipped at a 60-degree angle doesn't rush out of the tub."
• "Thanks, Mom, for the cover-up with the towel. At least my parents have recognized the need for a little modesty around here now."

The guy's smiley

• "Oh, yeah, call this face and smile "cute" and "adorable" now - but I've got a feeling that in a few years, you'll be using words more like "mischievous" and "devilish" and "guilty."
• "Of course it will be our little secret that you let me pull the car into the garage all by myself today."
• "Oh, no, Mom, I REALLY AM SAD AND SORRY that I had to watch you slip, trip and fall."
• "Oh, man, those strained peas didn't sit too well with me ... mmm ... ahhhh. Whew! Never mind, Mom" (from Mitch)
• "I know where your car keys are -- do you?" (from Mitch)
• "I have a binky ... and Collin doesn't!" (from Mitch)

This is sit!

• "So, this is what the world looks like with your face 10 inches off the floor, instead of right next to it."
• "Today, sitting up. Tomorrow, raiding the cookie jar!"
• "So, Mom, what do you think of my gargoyle impersonation?"
• "I've got this sneaky suspicion that I'll be making the same pose and face when my parents take photos of my potty training."
• "So, I take it that these pillows behind me are there for any possible 'crash landing,' right?"
• "Ta-dah -- I'm sitting! ... ... ... So, now what?" (from Mitch)

Floored again!

• "You think this is fun? Just wait until I can roll over ... and crawl ... and walk ... and run ... and reach ... and climb ... and jump ... and grab ... and pull ... and touch ..."
• "Mom, you're so ridiculous - color-coordinating my outfit with the wood floor!"

Daily doze

• " ... I'm dreaming of a puppy ... I'm dreaming of solid foods like pizza and French fries ... I'm dreaming of running around the house and screaming my head off ... I'm dreaming of a Nets' win ... oh, bother - all that stuff is going to have to wait, isn't it?"
• "If I close my eyes long enough in my car seat and wish long enough, maybe I'll wake up and we'll be in Utah!"

A familiar cord?

• "Hey, Mom, this really IS fun ... but are you sure this is the way you learned how to jump rope?"
• "I'm practicing for our family's Caribbean cruise and the "baby limbo" competition."
• "What's that you said, Dad? Something like 'why shell out big bucks for baby toys when Carter can entertain himself with electrical cords and cardboard boxes?' "
• "Pulling this is a blast ... but I really wonder what it would be like to bite? If only I had teeth!"

Blue thingie

• " 'I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy. Come on, Squishy. Come on, little Squishy. . . . Owwww! Bad Squishy, bad Squishy.' " (think of a movie)
• "I'm blue da ba dee da ba die ... da ba de da ba die ... da ba de da ba die ... da ba de da ba die ... " (think of song)

The naked truth

• "Hey, no clothes here - AWKWARD!"
• "Getting out the camera during bath time? OK, Mom, sometime during the next few years, we'll see how you like it!"
• "Listen, folks, before you get the wrong idea, that's a dark-colored mat I'm sitting on in the tub - nothing else!"