Caleb's first Halloween

This was Caleb's first Halloween out of the womb and he had a great time. Caleb started his Halloween by congratulating the neighbor’s dog for winning Ms. Congeniality at a local animal costume contest.

Caleb congratulated her with a big wet kiss…


Doesn’t Chira look great in her costume?…


Caleb also wanted us to document the day with a family picture. Caleb wanted to make sure that everyone noticed how good looking his parents were.


Caleb was a little monkey for Halloween. Enjoy a few pictures from the night…

Grandpa swinging Caleb like a monkey...


Caleb giving out the last of the Halloween candy...



Caleb playing on the front porch in his costume...


The monkey had to be caged…bedtime is calling to this little monkey…

We made it ten months...

Today, Caleb reached the 10 month mark in his life journey. He also happened to have a doctor's appointment today where he was told he has the croup. He sounds horrible, is feverish, but was well enough to pose for his picture.

Enjoy Caleb's 10 month picture...

Be careful, "Don't Fall" 2009

One year ago today, I posted a picture of my "big-o-prego" wife sitting on the porch basking in the beauty that is "fall" in Texas. This year things are even better than they were last year. I have the most perfect baby boy in the whole wide world sired by the best father in the universe (that would be me). I have the most precious wife that loves me for being the perfect husband (that would be me).

A comparison of this year's picture and last year's...


Mommy and Caleb...


Caleb...


The handsome family...

One small step for a man...

one giant leap for babykind....

Caleb took his first steps tonight and we caught it on video.

Enjoy.

I'm too sexy for this color...too sexy for this color...

This morning the sun peaked though the clouds and beckoned us outside to paint some more on the “little house in the hood”. It was a beautiful day, but I don’t know if it was because of the weather or the fact that our little house in the hood is starting to look like a hottie!

Of course, we documented the process for your enjoyment…

The before…notice the darker peach where there were once shutters…


The after (really just the first coat, but progress is progress)…


Another before…


Another after…


This is a picture of my lovely wife WAY UP HIGH on the ladder. I am deathly afraid of heights, but I am man enough to let my wife fall if she wants to…


This is another picture of Allison painting WAY UP HIGH…


This is a picture of the wall half-way through the first coat…the peach is retreating…


“The Little House in the Hood” seen from another perspective…


If anyone has an overwhelming desire to paint, we still have four more sections to do…five, if you count the second coat on what we did today.

200th Blog Post - Kilgore

In honor of the 200th blog post on "streaks on the china...", I thought I would share a little bit of the weekend with the family.

Allison, Caleb and I went over to the great city of Kilgore to visit the elderly (my parents). We are having a great time despite the rainy weather. The rain stopped long enough for us to take a quick trip in town to the "pumpkin patch" for some fall pictures.

Hopefully the Baptists won't mind that we went to the Methodist pumpkin patch...


Caleb insisted that we take all these pictures...






Caleb even made the whole family pose with him...








Caleb wanted his Grandma Mimi and Papaw Travis to pose for the camera as well...


Caleb was so bossey today...how can we not do what he says when he uses his "mean face"?!...

My brilliant son...

My son is completely brilliant. I don’t know how else to put it. I know that it may sound a little conceited and you may think that I am somewhat biased, but I don’t think you will after you look at the next few pictures…

This great realization of my son’s brilliance came to me one evening when Caleb demanded to play with his alphabet blocks. I could tell that he was trying to tell us something very important. It was almost as if what he was trying to tell us was a matter of life or death. Since his ability to vocalize complete thoughts has yet to be developed, I suppose he chose his alphabet blocks as his medium for communication. He would not be satisfied until we knew what he wanted to tell us.

Caleb sat on our living room floor searching for the correct blocks...


He would look up occasionally to confirm that Allison and I were still watching. The air was heavy with anticipation as Caleb slowly began to organize the individual blocks into words. Allison and I were shocked…A nine month old is not supposed to be able to do this.


I am a little ashamed that I doubted my son’s abilities. After all, I’m surprised that Caleb could keep such a message to himself for as long as he did. See my son's first literary effort...