Baby picture overload!

Fiona's been at it again! Obviously, the hour before his naptime was not the time to try to get a smile from this little monkey but you gotta admit this is one cute little boy!

Kier goes to the Zoo!

Alright, enough already we're updating. We're updating....

Yes, the last post was a picture of a foot of snow and this one features Kiernan in shorts and a tee-shirt. We got busy. Have you ever gotten busy? Well it happened to me. I won't let it happen again. Until next time, and I'll be sorry then too.

Moving on...

Kiernan's Aunt Tammie, Uncle Brent and Cousin Bailey came up to Fort Worth to visit this last weekend. We had a great time going to the Keller Crawfish Crawl and the Fort Worth Zoo. Kiernan loved the Kangaroos as seen above. They also liked him quite a bit. But Kiernan's real favorite was the White Tiger. (To see that picture you'll have to ask Uncle Brent.) I of course forgot to take our camera and was forced to take all of my photos with my BlackBerry. As you can see from the picture above the BlackBerry has a pretty decent camera, so I wasn't in too much trouble with Mom. All had a wonderful time and slept well that afternoon, especially Dad.

Kiernan is doing very well. He is walking and at times running like a champ. Dad has taught Kiernan a new game which we have named "Bonsai!" The game is very simple, you get Kiernan's attention raise your arms and yell "Bonsai!" Kiernan will then look for the nearest dog-bed, or pillow, run at it full speed and crash. Laughing the whole time, he will roll over into a sitting position and raise his hands in the air mimeing your "Bonsai!" and letting you know that he has completed his mission. Occasionally he will do this without prompting and the arm raise will be your signal to yell "Bonsai!" in honor of a well executed crash. Mom questions the intelligence of this game, but Dad persists.

We hope you are all doing well. More updates will follow... probably.

Texas Blizzard! (not from DQ)

Christmas cards and family updates

Okay, as Jenna tells me I must, I'm going to type quickly while Kiernan sleeps and give a quick update on our family. Let's see if I can get this written out before Little Boy recharges!

Kiernan is doing great. We went back to the doctor for his 30 day weight check a few weeks ago and he had gained nearly two pounds (when they had said he would be great if he'd gained a pound by his recheck). So, even though he's still further down on the percentile chart for weight than we would prefer, he's doing great and we're very happy that he's doing so well. Please keep those prayers coming that he continues to gain weight well.

Second bit of Kiernan news, he's coming dangerously close to walking. We went to San Francisco with Billy's family to visit his grandparents for Thanksgiving and Kiernan was just starting to get the hang of cruising. Well, that was a couple weeks ago and he certainly hasn't slowed down! He can now stand and keep his balance without holding onto anything, but has yet to take a step without holding onto something. I think those days, however, are quickly coming to an end!

Third bit of Kiernan news, we had our first real fit yesterday. I was doing a little Christmas shopping at the Sam Moon nearby with a friend of mine and, after letting Kiernan carry around a beaded purse (oh hush, he's just a little boy), I tried to put it back before we left. Um, without saying the word, Kiernan certainly told me "no"! Wow. He calmed down within a minute or so but that was the first real time I saw him have such an opinion about not getting something he wanted. Sheesh, I think I was a bit in shock!

Last bit of Kiernan news is that I think he's also just about ready to say his first word other than "Dada" and "Momma" (and, while I'd love to say Momma was his first word, I'm afraid it was really Dada). Anyone want to take a guess? That's right, "dog". ;)

Finally, here are some of the Christmas card designs by Fiona (is there anything this woman can't do?) that we were considering. Can you just imagine how cute the card is that we finally did pick? A-dor-a-ble!

Belated Halloween pics

Here's Kiernan and Daddy on our way to go trick-or-treating at the neighbors' houses. Kiernan thought visiting the neighbors for prizes was a pretty cool way to spend the evening!

And here are the photos we had taken of him at J.C. Penney's earlier that afternoon. Of course Fiona's would have been a million times better, but we had two free photo sessions at JCP so we decided Halloween was a good time to use one. I actually called Fiona from the parking lot of JCP just to say how much better it is when she takes pictures of Kiernan! The photographer was barely trying to get Kiernan to smile and it was all very rushed. Oh well, we did get a couple cute shots of our little monkey so I guess all's well that ends well, right?

Our "foster" land

Yesterday Billy, Kiernan, and I went out to Possum Kingdom Lake (PK, as it's known around here) to dream about land and a cabin that we might like to someday have. Of course we fell in love with a gorgeous lot and of course we can't afford it. Seriously, can you just imagine sitting on our back porch with this as the view?

As my sister Tamara said, this is our foster land. We keep it for a little while, love it dearly, and then sadly pass it on to its forever family. :(

Someday....

What a handsome boy!