nates but farm


nolen and elliot are 3 weeks apart

there has actually been a touch of fall in the air
(when it's not 98 - it's a lovely 72)
and i have been hankering
to do something fallish....
so we went with some friends
up to bates pumpkin patch


i had to crop this photo cause it looked like i was pooping a giant pumpkin



smelliot can't wait to come back next year
to ride the ponies and
eat more hay

8 months

a tragedy has occurred....
i lost my camera!
and so instead of
posting a goofy photo
i shall describe mr.e in all his
8 month glory...
jon said e looks a bit like
a redneck named cleatus-
since he only has one tooth on the bottom.
but after three sleepless nights last week
that bottom tooth has a friend!
yep he went from no teeth to two
in two weeks.
and the little dude can finally sit.
i think the delay was in holding
up his big old noggin',
cause he has a large owsley head.
and his big ol' head is
still as bald as a cue ball.
but in just the right light and with
just enough sweat,
i can make his few hairs stick up
all stylish and fun.
he's got a gut that rivals his dad
and big buns like his mom
(and cloth diapers only make it worse).
but a grin that stops people in their tracks.
this kid LOVES to smile at people
(unless they are a brown female waitress)
it amazing to see what joy his goofy grin
can bring to all sorts of strangers.
hopefully i will find my camera so i can
share the joy with ya'll.

348 months old!


stats...
height: over 6 feet tall
weight:probably 200 pounds
teeth: a whole mouth full that his wife has to bug him to brush
sitting: very well and very much as he is studying A LOT!!!!
eats: anything you make him with a thankful smile- even when it's burritos for the 10th time
favorites: spending time with his family, movies, sudoku, diet dr. pepper, getting an A on his first organic chem test.
not so favorite: broken xbox (this is however a favorite on the wife's list), homework, and when the mom is grumpy
happiest birthday ever mr jonny z!

7 months 7 days and 77 hours

i thought i would help my mom out
and do my own 7 month post
since it's getting to be way past my 7 month birthday
cause my mom has been a little busy...
painting and sealing the porch behind me, among other things,
so busy that one day i slid right out of the stroller
(which she uses as a babysitter)
and onto the floor of the garage.
(this wasn't my first near death incident either- bless her heart)
no worries - no damage.
she also spends a fair amount
of time feeding me cause i think
eating should happen
at least every hour.
but here's the real deal...
i heard her say she wanted to post
my 7 month photo of me
sitting on my own.
not gonna happen-
cause sitting is lots harder then it looks!
but i am a really really fantastic roller
and have recently taken up photography...

doggy beach



mr.e and i
took
miss penny b
to her beach
for a jaunt
in the waves
while e man
snacked upon a
seashell.
this boy
can make a snack
out of anything


every puppy needs a boy

mr. e loves penny burger.
he loves to pet her
and poke her
and
hug her
and he even
loves her kisses.
and poor miss penny will
take any affection she can get.

2 years

more than captain hamhocks loves to swim

and more than sir spitsalot loves to drive

i love you my mr. Z -jonny cakes
and i can't wait to celebrate
200 million more anniversaries with you.

we took a little anniversary vacation to palm springs.
(free time share deal, and we got another-
we never need to buy in cause they keep giving us freebies)
it was a lovely 108 outside until 8pm
but a perfect 72 in the condo 24/7.
we took lots of naps
and swims
and even a got to visit with family...
josh, mara and nolen treated us to a yummy dinner at BABES.

mighty mighty 6

STATS:
1. weight- 16 pounds
2. length- 27 inches
3. hair- a tiny beeny bit in the right light
4. teeth- red swollen gums
5. rolling- all over both ways
6. sitting- not so much alone, a great leaner

HIS FAVS:
1. eating anything- food or not
2. drinking from a cup
3. watermelon
4. watching his fingers
5. swimming
6. sqawking during church

MY FAVS:
1. when he reaches for me
2. how he strokes my face when i nurse him
3. when he cuddles his monkey
4. how he kicks his legs when he is excited
5. the way he laughs and grins at strangers- brightening their day
6. that he takes great naps and sleeps though the night
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the hero within

our girl's camp 2009 heroes


and the baby boy heroes (nolen sneed and mr.e )



b


bright eyes
big cheeks
bald head
bowed feet 
baby boy
best blessing