Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Oil painting of Max & Sophie


Melinda Parrie painted this beautiful portrait of our beloved Goldens, Max & Sophie. We're proud to have it hanging in our living room.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Introduction to sweet potatoes






After 10 days of green bean success, Matthew has moved next to sweet potatoes. He must've liked it because I couldn't feed him fast enough and he was getting angry, every time I reached to the camera to set the 10 second timer. After 2 ounces, he was full and wanted his bottle. It was a good lunch!

The Weldon Family





The Gray Family







What a weekend!

What a great and busy weekend we had in Louisiana. Early Friday morning around 6:30, we left Houston on our way to Lafayette to John Sr's house. I fed Matthew his lunch and we followed each other to Baton Rouge to visit the Weldon family. They all enjoyed meeting Matthew, especially Great Grandma Peggy. We left there around 4:30 and headed up towards Shreveport to visit the Gray's. A stop in Alexandria at the Cracker Barrel was a perfect time to stop for dinner. We had a wonderful visit with the Gray family. We drove 865 miles between Friday and Sunday, returning home around 6:30 pm...

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Outstanding photos of Max & Sophie












These were taken with my new Nikon D60 SLR camera...The clear sharpness is awesome!

Merry Christmas!






It was a very good Christmas! Here are some snapshots taken from today...

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Shhh!! Matthew is sleeping



Merry Christmas Eve!

Matthew had a bath this morning and he always falls asleep after a bath...

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Visit with Grandma Maxine



Matthew and I visited with Grandma Maxine. She adores her great grandson.

Preview of Laurynn & Matthew's Christmas portraits














I took Laurynn & Matthew on December 13th for their Christmas portraits. Here's the link to view all...Here's a few of the ones chosen.



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Past few days...

Hello to all! I've been wrapping the last Christmas gifts and catching up on my scrapbooking. I started Laurynn's 3rd grade scrapbook and making a lot of progress.

Laurynn's been with her Dad's family since the weekend and she'll come home on Christmas Eve. Friday morning, we're going to Louisiana to visit the Gray family for Christmas.

Sophie thinks she's a lap puppy!




Sophie is always trying to get in Daddy's lap, even when he's holding Matthew.

Matthew loves his bottle




Matthew at 4 months and 2 weeks is starting to hold his bottle. He gets so angry when I take the bottle when it's time to burp. Matthew can take an 8 ounce bottle in about 15 minutes.

Max & Sophie


Milo on the hunt







Milo discovered a moth in the dining room and was on the hunt to find it...

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Update on green beans

Matthew had his 2nd day of green beans and he likes it! This time I fed him while he was in the bouncer and maybe he likes that better. He ate about 1 1/2 ounces of the green stuff and an 1 1/2 hour later followed up with an 8 oz. bottle. I'm a happy mom!

Friday, December 19, 2008

Laurynn's class holiday party





Laurynn had her class holiday party and I'm fortunate to attend. She was so glad I came. The students enjoyed snacks and making elf hats. She was even happier to be released at 2:45.

Introduction to green beans



Matthew was introduced to green beans today and he liked it alright...Gotta start somewhere...Hopefully, he'll like it more days to come.