Son of a Beach

We took the Coopster down to Seabrook Island with some friends the week after Memorial Day weekend. We did the same trip with the same people almost the same weekend as last year, so it's funny to look back at the shots from 2009. For example, last year Cooper spent most of the time crawling around and eating the sand. This year he spend most of the time drinking the salt water. Last year he spent one night during the trip screaming from 3am to 6am. This year he spent one night screaming from 3am to 6am. The images are pretty self-explanatory, so I'll refrain from my usual wisecracks. I will note, however, that for some reason I seem to be taking a lot of naked shots lately. Partly because it cracks me up. Partly because the shape of his body is hilarious. Partly because he's one of the few toddlers who knows exactly where his "pee pee" is but has never seen it due to an exceeding large man gut. Mostly because it makes Michelle moderately uncomfortable being the mom of the kid running around chasing 9-yr-old girls while grabbing himself.


This one's a little dark because I had the camera set on "beach." One would think that the beach setting would be the best one to capture a picture of mother and son on the beach. One would be wrong.

There are some parents who are great "toy parents." They have electric cars and battery powered whozawhatzitz. We're not those people. Here, Cooper is playing with a plastic shovel in the ocean. We occasionally go kayaking on the lake and he loves playing with the paddle. He kept slapping the water with the paddle and laughing. Who needs toys?

I call this the "Mario Batali" shot. Large gut. Baseball hat. Crocs.


Though we are not religiously affiliated, we have decided to go with the time-honored Jewish tradition of not cutting Cooper's hair until he's three years old. Michelle wishes she still had blond hair. I wish I still had hair. Our child will suffer extreme discomfort because of this.

Hello ladies. My name is Cooper. This is my pooper.

Tasteful nude shot ...

Less tasteful nude shot ...



Sometimes the dudes need a moment together ... even if one of those dudes is in the process of peeing on the chest of the other dude. Next time I might leave the diaper on a little longer ...