More pics of JP...

Here are more pics taken by our friend... You can tell in a few of the pictures that we were asking him, "Where is your tongue?" or "Where is your belly button (can you tell he doesn't ever miss a meal? :-)" or "Honk your nose!" This is such a great age...just when we think it can't get any better, he says something new or does a new "trick." We absolutely love it!

Pics of JP...

Here are some pics of JP that were taken by a friend of ours... She claims to be a novice and just needed little ones to "practice" with -- but if you ask me...she could open up shop tomorrow and start making a killing here with all the military families. My humble opinion...these pictures are keepers!!

Wittlich Pig Fest...

Well I'm embarrassed to say that we went to the Wittlich Pig Fest yesterday and I didn't even see one of the ginormous roasting pigs!!! However, while drinking a beer with friends, we did catch a few pics of JP clowning around :-)

Our weekend in Beilstein...

The first two pics are taken from the castle in the town of Cochem -- the scenery never fails to amaze us!

JP loves riding in the backpack...Daddy's little buddy :-)

Our child has "Osterkamp blood" that's for sure. Aren't children supposed to not like the taste of wine/beer. We sat down for a wine probe in Beilstein and JP enjoyed it as much as we did :-) (Don't worry...we actually cut him off pretty quickly!)

This is another picture of the Mosel from the castle in Beilstein...

This is a picture of our balcony -- JP had a blast playing up there and dropping flower petals over the side onto the people eating down below.

JP's favorite ride...

Here is JP's favorite car...his "Boppy Car" as Germans call it :-) He goes all over the backyard with it -- he feels like such a big boy!

Playing outside...

We're loving the summer sunshine here in Germany... JP takes every chance he can to go outside. Usually, he picks up the dogs tennis ball thrower which gets them all excited...running around the house. The only way to calm the dogs down is to take them outside at which time JP gets to go out and play too -- yeppo, JP is pretty smart :-)

He is starting to really enjoy "smiling" for the camera -- now we just have to work on keeping his eyes open!

Riding the dogs :-)

We knew it was only a matter of time before JP started riding the pups around the house :-) Unfortunately, Lucie is JP's "pony" of choice...too much fun!