Rhett getting ready to go swimming.... The swimmer seems to be on the wrong end of the body....

The two cousins (Kaitlyn and Rhett) swinging on the handicap/baby swings.

Rhett ready to eat the noodle that would be his life preserver in the baby pool!

A late starter.... Rhett is now 17 months old and cannot (or at least CHOOSES not) to walk. However, after thinking about it, Rhett has been walking on his knees for MONTHS and so I decided that THAT counts!

On a further note with the walking, Rhett did amazing walking in the water of a toddler pool with a noodle tied around his waste for balance and water wings....

Rhett should be standing any day. To explain the caption in the middle of the below picture... John and I got a new video camera and I didn't have the software to view the video (Rhett is currently with John in SLC and I'm in Las Vegas)... I went to download a converter off the Internet but refuse to pay to activate it because I will have the software when I go home in two weeks... At that time, I'll probably replace this video for a "legal" copy with the software from the camera....

Anyway, I think Rhett's getting closer to walking -- we continue to track the progress!

Disney Land

Here are the pictures of Rhett in Disney Land. I posted the more extended family pictures on my main website (http://butler2006.blogspot.com). Beware of the many pictures of Rhett on the carousel. He absolutely LOVED it!

Below, Rhett was excited to hold the Dumbo feather as we waited to get on the Dumbo ride.

Rhett's FIRST ride on the carousel. He was pretty excited.

This was the view I saw anytime Rhett got around stairs. He has an obsession -- to the point that he throws fits if he sees stairs and can't get to them.

Watching the scenery on the Mark Twain riverboat -- at least I was. Rhett was more interested in watching the water!

On the island in the middle of Disney Lake and Rhett sitting on a pile of "gold".

Sporting the ears!

Rhett and Daddy -- Rhett's still waking up...

This was a picture perfect moment. He was always so patient waiting out turn to get on the rides.

The Toon Town jail -- Rhett could WALK through those bars --if he could walk. He held on because it was the only think holding him up!

Check out the strength!!!

More stairs on Donalds boat....

Mickey's piano

John is not excited about the ferris wheel in California adventure -- especially when I wanted to go on the swaying cages. But he loves me enough to humor me... and he SURVIVED!

The mid-day view of Rhett -- that and right around the time we decide to eat!

We stayed for the fireworks and Fantasmik on the Disney Lake. Rhett made it through the fireworks, but was LONG gone while we waited for Fantasmik to begin.

He loved his ride on Casey Jrs train ride!

This was John and Rhett in the morning -- everyone else jumping to go to DisneyLand and Rhett and John only interested in sleep and cuddling!

Strike a pose!

Lightney McQueen and Tow-Mater. This is one of the few Disney movies we own. Rhett won't sit through it though... Guess it's not a bad thing -- he's not much of a television guy.

The first visit to Mickey's Rhett was fast asleep so we had to come back. It wasn't quite the experience it was when we took Rhett at 6 months old, but it was still fun. I caught it on video (see below)

By the end of our Disney trip, Rhett had rode on the Carousel enough we decided to let him ride alone. He loved it and knew to keep holding on the bar.