Monday Vinnie Blogging

Today, Vinnie is at the beach checking out the babes.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

My nephew Vinnie attends "Stick-A-Baseball-On-Your-Ass" day at Busch stadium in St. Louis.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Vinnie is back after a brief hiatus. Hopefully his mother will supply me with more photos soon.

Here we have Vinnie at one of his favorite passtimes: Going down to the pool, taking off his shirt, flexing his muscules, and making all the babes swoon, and all the dudes jealous.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Vinnie screams in delight as he plays with Uncle Bob's puppy.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Vincent lazing about in the grass with his mom.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

This was not a tumble. This was Vinnie at his baptism breakfast deciding that he wanted to take a nap. He sat down cross-legged on the floor, thought about it for a second, and then... thud... just tipped over frontwards.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Today, we have artistic Vinnie at the piano with his backup band behind him.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

After only 4 days of knowing Uncle Jil, my influence on Vinnie is readily apparent. Not only is Vinnie into beer now... but he only drinks the imported stuff. That's my man.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

You can tell Vinnie is a real man, because he demonstrates typical male "masculinity threat coping mechanism" behavior: If you put a dainty hat on his head, Vinnie compensates by growling and chewing the head off a grizzly bear.

You da man, Vinnie! You go boooyyyy! Don't let that floppy, knitting circle magnolia hat keep you down dude. Fight the power!

Monday Vinnie Blogging

This past weekend, Vinnie's grandparents (on his father's side) were assigned the task of taking care of the little tyke. Unfortunately — as grandparents (i.e. parents out of practice) quickly learn — keeping up with a rambunctious toddler gets to be a drag real quick, and in no time flat, Vinnie had given Grandma and Grandpa the vapors. They went to hide in a barrel, trying to escape Vinnie and get a breather, but as you can see... Vinnie found them eventually.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Vinnie demonstrates basic diaper strategy.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Today we have a guest baby standing in for my nephew Vinnie: My best friend Bob's new bundle of joy, Cristina. She looks a bunch like her dad.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

In this photo, Vinnie is discovering the joys of teeth.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Vinnie is now hitting the lecture circuit. He's actually quite popular, and providing knowledge that is quite necessary to the average college student: Being able to tell if a bottle is full or empty while both you and the bottle are in a prone position on the floor. (God knows that knowledge kept many parties going for me when I was in college.)

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Vinnie and Mom engage in thoughtful conversation on the joy of birthdays. Ivan listens intently, wondering when his birthday party is going to be.


After Vinnie ate cake until it came out of his ears, Ivan had the answer to his question, as he was given all the yummy leftovers.

Monday Vinnie Blogging: Birthday Special

Yesterday, Vinnie had his 1st birthday. Congratulations to Vinnie on making it this far, and congratulations to him for a great year of providing entertaining and adorable photos for M.V.B. at J.I.P. Birthday photos will come in a future installment of Monday Vinnie Blogging.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Having spent most of his life befriended by a dog, with very little human contact, it was inevitable that Vinnie would go native eventually.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

Vinnie is being raised to be a Buffalo Bills fan, because you're never too young to learn to cope with failure, hardship, frustration, and a deep-seated desire to strangle a field-goal kicker.

Monday Vinnie Blogging

I think Vinnie is trying to suck intelligence out of Ivan through cerebral osmosis.