toby's two sisters

eponine
sunny

pooh and friend

"uncle" george sent me this great pooh sleeper and matching santa hat for christmas.

ballad of the green (and red) berets

here i am in the beret i got from my neighbors ella, bob, sarah and michael for christmas. pardon me, would you have any grey poupon?

christmas day

santa toby

am i a lucky guy, or what? my friends catherine and allen, aka mr. & mrs. claus, sent me a stocking filled with goodies (including this 'naughty or nice' t-shirt, the cute hat, matching socks, and the coolio hooded santa blanket), and my great aunt ann and uncle john sent me these adorable santa bear slippers (atop a gift i'm saving to open christmas day). i wore them tonight to the impromptu holiday sing-along and open house my folks through for our neighbor friends. it was great!

these boots were made for sittin'

hey, what do you think of these great new fur-lined leather robeez booties my auntie meeryo sent me for christmas? aren't they great? mommy and daddy are jealous of them, but i can't do anything about that.

blind date

today i made a new friend - olivia grace, who was born one month before me!

my new excersaucer

here i am playing in the baby einstein excersaucer my friends sally and marvin gave me. my feet don't yet reach the bottom, but i have fun with the toys nonetheless.

bunny feet

check out my great bunny slippers from neighbors connie and tom!

white on white

here i am wearing a 6-month outfit for my first time! (can you
even see me? i'm somewhat camouflaged.) this adorable elephant
ensemble was sent to me by my "uncle" daniel's parents, sam and
miryam. i'm glad they like elephants, because i do, too!

jacob's jumperoo

check me out in my friend jacob's jumperoo!

all in the family

everyone wants a piece of rick!

rick can't resist imitating toby's signature pout.

mommy and daddy's little angel

last night of chanukkah

mommy and i light the candles of our chanukkah menorah one last time. until next year...

my first target photo shoot

Grandpa & Sandy Visit

grandpa and sandy visit me during my first chanukkah.

here come the holidays!

how alarmed do i look as mommy straightens my sweater and daddy snaps my picture?

mommy points out the various ornaments - elvis, sock puppet monkeys, pink knitted poodles - on our tree.

the awesome vintage fire engine my grandma's cool friends gave me occupies a prime spot by our tree. i can't wait until i'm old enough to ride it. it has a bell i can pull and a working light! (doesn't daddy look envious that he doesn't fit inside?)

riverside holiday stroll

glimpses of my first riverside holiday stroll (think: mayberry or, for "gilmore girls" fans, stars hollow), in which area businesses open their doors to offer food (cookies, hot cocoa) and cheer (madrigals, chamber music)

(free) horse-drawn sleigh rides

polaroids with frosty (yes, i'm actually in that shot...look hard)

toasty in my "baby's first christmas" outfit

the nice ladies at the library help me pick out these fun christmas books to add to my chanukkah collection at home

meet my beloved fishies!

everyone, i want you to meet my beloved fishies. you can watch them swim around the right margin of the blog's main page. you can even feed them by clicking anywhere in the water! the bottom photo above shows what the fish look like from my perspective when i gab and smile at them. (also, check out what mommy looks like as she peers in the crib to check on me.)

young equestrian

mommy and daddy won this rocking horse for me last year at the riverside holiday stroll, and i hadn't yet even been conceived!

the many faces of toby mercury

wise guy

here i am with my best 'wise guy' expression to match my 'wise guy' baby gap bodysuit, compliments of auntie meeryo.











sometimes sunny comes along and tries to lick my face, but i don't mind, as long as i'm securely positioned in my daddy's lap.











in fact, i let daddy do pretty much anything he wants to me.

great sweater on a cold day

my girlfriend zoe's grandmother sent me this adorable sweater. don't i look great?

converted bugaboo stroller

look at me sitting up in my new "big boy" stroller seat! my bassinet days are done. now i can see the world on my walks!

thanksgiving dinner

i may not have gotten any turkey, but at least i got a seat at the grown-ups table in my cool rainforest high chair.