Over the River and Through the Woods...

We had a great time on a recent visit to Jackson to see Jeremy's mom. Caleb decided to combine his cardio cat-chasing exercises with some weight-lifting, which gave us all a laugh. No doubt Midnight, the cat, was glad to see us go!!

Look Who's Walking Now

Caleb's been taking steps the past couple of weeks and it really seems to have "clicked" somewhat for him these past two days. Here's a couple of short videos I took of his big excursions.

A Christmas Poem

My 11 year old niece Abigail Louise Hinkson wrote this poem. With the holidays just around the corner, I thought it was an excellent reminder of the real reason for the season.


It Was Christmas Eve

It was Christmas Eve,
And all through the nation
Between Christ and Christmas
There was no relation.

Instead were commercials,
And big jolly sleighs,
But no little Nativity
Or Baby Jesus plays.

People were wrapping,
And last-minute shopping
At big expensive stores
Until at last they were dropping.

Jesus was still in the basement,
With the rest of the scene,
While outside the world
Was watching a flat-screen.

No one sang carols
Of Christ Jesus the King,
Instead they were at stores
Using up green.

And after all the stores
Were finally closed
They sang of Rudolph,
The reindeer, red-nosed.

Then they decorated the tree
With tacky plastic things,
Like glittery this, gigantic that,
And beings with ugly huge wings.

Yet, never, not once,
Did they stop to consider,
Was there too little Jesus,
And maybe, too much glitter?

They just ran about
Like mind-controlled zombies
From Target and Sears
To Fitch and Abercrombies.

So don't let Christmas
Commercialism get you down,
Instead think of Baby Jesus
And give Him the crown.

Trick or Treat

Caleb had a great first Halloween. We went to Bellevue's Fall activities and he loved it! They had a petting zoo which he seemed to enjoy and all kinds of rides (none of which we rode, but he just enjoyed the excitement of seeing them). To our amazement, he kept his mask on the whole night. We also ran into several members from our Sunday School Class who have kids and they were all so cute! Unfortunately some of our pictures with them didn't turn out.

Double Trouble

My sister-in-law took these of Caleb (11 1/2 months) and his cousin Radnor (14 1/2 months) in Nashville recently looking at a stray cat hanging outside my parents patio door.

Trip to North Carolina

We went to NC for Jeremy's Fall Break to visit friends of ours who live there and attend my cousin's wedding. Caleb had a great time on the plane flirting with the nice lady in the seat behind us. He also enjoyed eating at the best Hot Dog/Hamburger joint in NC- Cubbies!!!! Our friends have a great swing set and slide which we all got to spend some time on. Thanks so much to Hunter, Melissa and Bailey for the hospitality. Our batteries on the camera went dead at the wedding, so we didn't get any pictures there, but it was a beautiful wedding. Best wishes to Ben and Anna.

Laughter is the Best Medicine

The men in my family find the most interesting ways to amuse themselves, thereby providing me with great amusement as well. Caleb had just finished a scrumptious meal of sweet potatoes, peas and chicken when I shot this video. I'm sure I had asked Jeremy to clean Caleb up and he of course had to make a game of it! No wonder God intended for babies to have a mommy and a daddy!