HE GOES BY KLONDIKE HANK - CONSIDER HIM A DANGER & A PUBLIC MENACE

It seems like the milestones and miracles just keep on piling up. I guess the daycare lady said he pulled himself up to a standing position today. No foolin'. It is tough work trying to keep up with him nowadays. It seems like the theme music from The Benny Hill Show should be playing in the background from the moment I wake up until it is night-night time as I chase after him in my feeble attempts to avert disasters. This morning I caught him trying to eat out of the dog dish. You have to watch these babies like a hawk. To put it in perspective, my wife and I are somehow managing to do what takes a team of a dozed trained and untrained professionals to do for Brittany Spears -- and it seems like we may even be doing it to a greater degree of success.

Uncle Sammy got him this shirt along with a matching pair of shorts as gift. It was handmade by villagers in a remote area of Mexico, accessible only by a guided donkey ride. It is reported to be made of local materials and fine organic dyes.

Notice Henry isn't smiling. I think it is because he is intensely focused on what type of shenanigans he can employ to wreak havoc on his Papa's daily life.

Also, Henry just started clicking his tongue. A while back, the doctor said that clicking the tongue is a sign that his speech is getting more advanced and that he should be starting to put some words together soon thereafter.

On a sad footnote, June Pointer, of The Pointer Sisters, passed away recently. I find solace as I imagine she and Don Knotts doing The Neutron Dance at the pearly gates.