Merry Christmas!

25 Dec 2006

• Present for Katie! [Web / Reprint]
• Oooh...wrapping paper! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas is proud of that Lightning McQueen shirt! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander plays with his koosh ball... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander finds a new pal... [Web / Reprint]
• Now Nicholas has his own play table to use during therapy! [Web / Reprint]
• He is totally not thinking of listing this Elmo on EBAY! [Web / Reprint]
• Tickle me Alexander? [Web / Reprint]
• One...two...three...ring the bell, it's over! [Web / Reprint]
• Why isn't it already assembled, Daddy? [Web / Reprint]
• A new twist on the garbage compactor... [Web / Reprint]

It's Christmas Eve and all through the house...

24 Dec 2006

• The boys at the Children's Mass... [Web / Reprint]
• Well, at least half of them are paying attention! [Web / Reprint]
• A surprise refugee from Chicago...Father Mel! [Web / Reprint]
• Father Mel is amazed at how well Alexander is doing! [Web / Reprint]
• A satisfying dinner... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn laying it on thick for Gram... [Web / Reprint]
• Boys will be boys when there are trains... [Web / Reprint]
• Not quite Nicholas' style... [Web / Reprint]
• Gram with an armful of grandchildren... [Web / Reprint]
• Getting the impression that the attention span isn't quite there? [Web / Reprint]
• And Nicholas is out for the count... [Web / Reprint]

Are you ready for Christmas?

17 Dec 2006

• These three kids are! [Web / Reprint]

Trimming the big Christmas tree!

10 Dec 2006

• This is how you update the BLOG... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas trimming the tree... [Web / Reprint]
• ...and rather proud of himself, too! [Web / Reprint]

Assembling the big Christmas tree!

08 Dec 2006

• I'm Santa Man! [Web / Reprint]
• Phantom of the North Pole? [Web / Reprint]
• Ole! [Web / Reprint]
• I vant to trim your tree...ha ha ha! [Web / Reprint]
• When stringing lights...a portable distraction is really nice! [Web / Reprint]
• It's a jungle out there! [Web / Reprint]

Tree decorating and other general hanging out...

06 Dec 2006

• Alexander...first eat the cereal, then go for the toy! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander enjoys his Elmo throne... [Web / Reprint]
• Well, they do like trains... [Web / Reprint]
• You think you're getting me off this seat?!? [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas checks out Alexander's tree... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn and Nicholas relaxing on Nicholas' bed... [Web / Reprint]
• She's one happy girl... [Web / Reprint]
• T.M.X. Kathryn... [Web / Reprint]
• If you're happy and you know it... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn in front of her tree... [Web / Reprint]

Retreat

03 Dec 2006

• Flag ceremony at sunset... [Web / Reprint]
• Flag ceremony at sunset... [Web / Reprint]
• Flag ceremony at sunset... [Web / Reprint]
• Flag ceremony at sunset... [Web / Reprint]
• Flag ceremony at sunset... [Web / Reprint]
• Grandma Carol, Nicholas, and Alexander [Web / Reprint]
• Mommy, Daddy, and Kathryn (and gimme my milk!!!)... [Web / Reprint]
• Grammy and Grandma Carol sharing Alexander... [Web / Reprint]
• Santa looks a lot like Gramps... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn enjoying the good stuff... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn's bright-eyed when she wants to be! [Web / Reprint]
• Getting this picture was like herding cats! [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn getting her beauty sleep with a new blanket (no swiping, Alexander!)... [Web / Reprint]

At the pool and beach...

01 Dec 2006

• One proud Gramps... [Web / Reprint]
• The pool isn't as warm as it looks... [Web / Reprint]
• Hot tub? [Web / Reprint]
• The fourth princess is the cutest... [Web / Reprint]
• ...and the happiest, apparently! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander chilling out... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas and Grammy racing through the waves... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas the airplane! [Web / Reprint]
• Toes! [Web / Reprint]
• Want some sand? [Web / Reprint]
• Mommy, Grammy, and the kids... [Web / Reprint]

A little trip to see a Gramps!

30 Nov 2006

• Daytona Beach Shores (looking south) [Web / Reprint]
• Daytona Beach Shores (looking north)... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas on the balcony... [Web / Reprint]
• Smiling Alexander... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas playing trains... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas ready to catch... [Web / Reprint]
• Gravity is working... [Web / Reprint]
• Great catch! [Web / Reprint]
• Yes, Gramps. It's really in there... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas with an impressive haul... [Web / Reprint]
• Daddy and Kathryn... [Web / Reprint]
• Fishing for oranges... [Web / Reprint]
• Checking out the bananas... [Web / Reprint]
• The wind up and the pitch! [Web / Reprint]
• Enjoying the Florida sun... [Web / Reprint]
• Hey, batter! [Web / Reprint]
• Grandma Carol has a nice slider... [Web / Reprint]
• No doctoring the ball! [Web / Reprint]
• Grandma Carol holding Kathryn... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas helping fill the squirrel buckets... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas is so helpful... [Web / Reprint]
• Three generations on the keys... [Web / Reprint]

Saturday...in the park...

25 Nov 2006

• Two comfy cousins! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander likes the sand box! [Web / Reprint]
• It's really not that bad! [Web / Reprint]
• Mairin in the swing of things... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas doing a bit of swinging... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander...don't leave me out! [Web / Reprint]
• Nice hang time! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander and Mairin sliding... [Web / Reprint]
• Could she be Batgirl? [Web / Reprint]
• With his height...it's about a one foot drop... [Web / Reprint]
• Firefighter Nicholas! [Web / Reprint]
• Patrick Samuel takes a turn... [Web / Reprint]
• Mairin the diva... [Web / Reprint]
• Diva, part deux... [Web / Reprint]
• Check out the butterfly costume! [Web / Reprint]
• Cookie decorating class with Grammy... [Web / Reprint]
• Better break out the Crest for these cousins! [Web / Reprint]
• Got milk? [Web / Reprint]

Happy Thanksgiving!

24 Nov 2006

• Patrick Samuel and Kathryn [Web / Reprint]
• Pat with an armful! [Web / Reprint]
• You sank my battleship! [Web / Reprint]
• Welcome to movie night! [Web / Reprint]

Pat and family come to visit!

23 Nov 2006

• Mairin and Alexander share the player... [Web / Reprint]
• Pat holding Kathryn... [Web / Reprint]
• Not an optical illusion...Keelia is a big girl! [Web / Reprint]
• Keelia [Web / Reprint]
• Story time on the couch... [Web / Reprint]
• Suzette holding Keelia [Web / Reprint]
• It's hard to believe they're only one month apart! [Web / Reprint]

Bet the UPS man hated this delivery...

14 Nov 2006

• Probably not over the parcel weight limit, though... [Web / Reprint]

Neighborhood watch!

11 Nov 2006

• Nicholas and Kathryn relaxing... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas being searched by a Russian police dog... [Web / Reprint]
• Guess he doesn't have any contraband... [Web / Reprint]

If you like leaves, this is a target-rich environment!

05 Nov 2006

• This isn't exactly what we meant by fall... [Web / Reprint]
• As if one handful is enough... [Web / Reprint]
• What now? [Web / Reprint]
• Can you spot the silly boy? [Web / Reprint]
• Gee...thanks! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas rolling down the hill... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas rolling down the hill... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas rolling down the hill... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas rolling down the hill... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas rolling down the hill... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas rolling down the hill... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn really looks excited about all of this... [Web / Reprint]
• Two happy brothers... [Web / Reprint]
• It's been a hard day's night... [Web / Reprint]
• And I've been working like a dog... [Web / Reprint]

Halloween at Nicholas' school!

31 Oct 2006

• Nicholas enjoying treats in class... [Web / Reprint]
• Costume parade... [Web / Reprint]
• All of the classes in the parade... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn and the pumpkins... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn perching... [Web / Reprint]
• Ready for trick-or-treating! [Web / Reprint]

The Baptists Take on Halloween...

29 Oct 2006

• Meeting of the minds... [Web / Reprint]
• Adrienne and Fitz with Kathryn... [Web / Reprint]
• ZZZZZZZZ... [Web / Reprint]
• Ditto! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas goes fishing... [Web / Reprint]
• So does Alex! [Web / Reprint]
• Story time! [Web / Reprint]

Happy 21^st birthday, Meghann!

27 Oct 2006

Carving pumpkins at Grammy's house...

28 Oct 2006

• Alexander enjoys the show... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas supervises...sort of! [Web / Reprint]
• Great orange gobs of greasy grimy pumpkin guts... [Web / Reprint]
• It's kind of scary in there... [Web / Reprint]
• Ewwwwwwwwwwww! [Web / Reprint]
• That pumpkin is bigger than she is! [Web / Reprint]
• Right there, Mommy! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander adds the finishing touch! [Web / Reprint]
• I think he likes it... [Web / Reprint]
• The finished product... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas poses with his vampire pumpkin! [Web / Reprint]
• Grammy's handful! [Web / Reprint]

The 2006 North Carolina State Fair!

19 Oct 2006

• Nicholas drives a big truck! [Web / Reprint]
• Watch the road! [Web / Reprint]
• It's called bump drafting in NASCAR... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas rides an elephant flying in the air... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas had a blast on this climbing ride... [Web / Reprint]
• Down the chute he comes! [Web / Reprint]
• Mommy and Nicholas in a dune buggy... [Web / Reprint]
• I'm thinking he enjoyed the ride... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas enjoying Silver Streak... [Web / Reprint]
• Mommy seems to be enjoying it as well! [Web / Reprint]
• Daddy and Alexander riding the carousel... [Web / Reprint]
• Giddy-up! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas after a long day at the fair... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander after a long day at the fair... [Web / Reprint]

North Carolina has pumpkin patches, too!

15 Oct 2006

• Who knew goats hung out in guard towers? [Web / Reprint]
• Watch that first step...it's a lulu! [Web / Reprint]
• Riding the rails [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn is snoozing! [Web / Reprint]
• Pulling out of the station! [Web / Reprint]
• One of the hay ride wagons... [Web / Reprint]
• Coming round the curve... [Web / Reprint]
• Daddy and Kathryn... [Web / Reprint]
• Mommy and her boys [Web / Reprint]
• Check out that train! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander and Daddy on the hay ride... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas checking out the view... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn? Still sleeping... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander in the pumpkin patch... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas lines up the pumpkins neatly... [Web / Reprint]
• This isn't as easy as it looks... [Web / Reprint]
• They're round and orange...so what?!? [Web / Reprint]
• Finally got the shot of all three of them! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas lines up the shot... [Web / Reprint]
• Big pumpkin! [Web / Reprint]
• Relaxing in the pumpkin patch! [Web / Reprint]
• Some of them are bigger than she is! [Web / Reprint]
• That smile is scary! [Web / Reprint]
• This smile is non-existent... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas negotiating the maze... [Web / Reprint]
• Who moved my cheese? [Web / Reprint]

Who needs expensive toys?

11 Oct 2006

• The boys enjoying a swim in the packing paper lake! [Web / Reprint]
• Excuse me! [Web / Reprint]
• Oh, he was just blowing a kiss! [Web / Reprint]
• I'm a maniac...maniac...on the dance floor! [Web / Reprint]
• She sleeps blissfully unaware... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas demonstrates the back stroke... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander enjoys the ball pit... [Web / Reprint]

Garner Firefighter's Appreciation Day

07 Oct 2006

• Hopefully there are no fires in Garner today... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander working the 4½ inch pump... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas makes his point... [Web / Reprint]
• No, I am Fireman Bob! [Web / Reprint]
• Garner EMS unit [Web / Reprint]
• It's more comfortable inside... [Web / Reprint]
• Boys and their toys... [Web / Reprint]
• Climbing is no problem for Nicholas! [Web / Reprint]
• Look at me! [Web / Reprint]
• The boys posing on Engine 1... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas checking out the fireman's gear... [Web / Reprint]
• Oh yeah...Daddy is totally ready to fight fires! NOT! [Web / Reprint]

A friend from Florida...

03 Oct 2006

• An anole lizard! [Web / Reprint]

This is how we wash the car, wash the car, wash the car...

29 Sep 2006

• How did I get sucked into this detail? [Web / Reprint]
• May as well do my bit, eh? [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas does a good job on the bumper... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander is armed and dangerous... [Web / Reprint]

It's not quite Easton, but it's still pretty fun!

22 Sep 2006

• Oops! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander's enjoying the show! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander gets a bit of a splash! [Web / Reprint]
• Come here! [Web / Reprint]
• Not the best strategy there, Nicholas! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander in a moment of repose... [Web / Reprint]
• What do you want? [Web / Reprint]
• Going down the slide... [Web / Reprint]
• Is Nicholas slowing down? [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn's word of the day...whatever! [Web / Reprint]

It never lasts as long as you might wish...

16 Sep 2006

That sentiment applies equally to the ending of our week at the beach as it does to a memorial service for Lee out at the Occoneechee Boy Scout camp near Carthage. Today is an Order of the Arrow broken arrow ceremony followed by the spreading of his ashes in the lake.

• I like to scootch-it scootch-it... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas, you're creeping us out... [Web / Reprint]
• Now that is a scary smile! [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn doesn't quite have the princess wave down yet... [Web / Reprint]

It's been a hard day's night...

14 Sep 2006

• Nicholas is conked out after a long day... [Web / Reprint]
• So is Alexander! [Web / Reprint]

Five years later...it's still a great day on the beach!

11 Sep 2006

Our little princess graces the beach with her presence! Bow, commoners!

10 Sep 2006

• Waves crashing at high tide... [Web / Reprint]
• Just a little street flooding... [Web / Reprint]
• Third Street used to be here... [Web / Reprint]
• Bit different view compared to last year! [Web / Reprint]
• It's only a matter of time! [Web / Reprint]
• Little one is working on her first tan! [Web / Reprint]
• Hey, sounds like my crib's noise maker! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas takes on a crab... [Web / Reprint]
• ...you want a piece of me?!? [Web / Reprint]
• What was that?!? [Web / Reprint]
• Check out my shell! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas the excavator... [Web / Reprint]
• You want to dig? [Web / Reprint]
• She's still sleeping! [Web / Reprint]
• A cutie in a ladybug bikini! [Web / Reprint]
• My diaper's squishy but I'm still cool! [Web / Reprint]
• One bottle, one happy girl! [Web / Reprint]
• Somehow I don't think Kathryn's buying this... [Web / Reprint]

Ocean Isle, here we come!

09 Sep 2006

The signs out in front of the house say keep off the dunes or $100 fine. Guess someone forgot to tell the dunes to keep off of us at high tide! But we won't let the flooding on Third Street keep us from enjoying Kathryn's first trip to the beach!

Nicholas' first day at pre-school!

05 Sep 2006

Gramps and Grandma Carol come to visit!

01 Sep 2006

• Oh, the temptation... [Web / Reprint]
• Peek-a-boo! [Web / Reprint]
• Grandma Carol has her hands full... [Web / Reprint]
• Somehow, I don't htink they were referring to Nicholas on that box... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander is happy playing with the barn... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn gives Gramps an English salute! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander in a box... [Web / Reprint]
• Gramps is not at all pleased, is he? [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn enjoying a snuggle... [Web / Reprint]
• Grandma Carol with a certain someone... [Web / Reprint]

Happy birthday, Gram! Your age is safe with us... :)

27 Aug 2006

Unfortunately, this one will be quite bittersweet as her husband of twenty-eight years lost his battle with cancer early this afternoon in Fayetteville at Highsmith-Rainey Memorial Hospital.

Lee was a veteran registered nurse at Cape Fear Valley Medical Centre's Emergency Department and in his 53 years, he touched many lives along the way. When we'd go out and about running errands in Fayetteville, it was the very rare exception that we didn't meet someone he worked with (either as a colleague or a patient!). For years, I wondered if he truly did know about half of Fayetteville's population.

He was certainly a unique individual...unorthodox and with a wicked sense of humor and if you ever got a chance to watch him working in the ED or talk with him about it afterward, you had no doubts where his heart was.

Godspeed, big guy! Godspeed...

Gram, Ben, and Meghann come visit Kathryn!

26 Aug 2006

As was the case with everyone else who has held her, they were instantly hooked round her little finger!

A little birdie also told us a certain milestone birthday was tomorrow which was even more cause for celebration...

• Gram giving Kathryn the good stuff! [Web / Reprint]
• She's not proud at all, eh? [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander as Joe Cool... [Web / Reprint]
• Ben holding a lighter load than usual... [Web / Reprint]
• Meghann giving Joe Cool Nicholas a hug... [Web / Reprint]

This just in...we have two very silly boys!

25 Aug 2006

• Two silly boys... [Web / Reprint]
• You know, that finger just might be loaded... [Web / Reprint]
• I've got the tongue...now where are the teeth?!? [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander goes forward to crawl position... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander is usually a pretty happy boy... [Web / Reprint]

Who needs expensive toys?

24 Aug 2006

• Two boys, two tubs, more than twice the mischief! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander exjoys a bit of soap... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander's soul patch... [Web / Reprint]
• Want to wash this one? [Web / Reprint]
• Splash, splash! [Web / Reprint]
• Mischief? Me?!? [Web / Reprint]

While the girls are away...

18 Aug 2006

• The boys enjoy the sand pit at RDU... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas the excavator... [Web / Reprint]
• Mmmmm....sand! [Web / Reprint]

A lazy day in Zebulon...

17 Aug 2006

• Alexander finds a pal... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander pins his opponent! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander in a pensive mood... [Web / Reprint]
• Two happy brothers... [Web / Reprint]
• Tickle, tickle! [Web / Reprint]
• Hey, you! [Web / Reprint]
• This is as loud as it looks... [Web / Reprint]
• MY horsie! [Web / Reprint]
• The boys enjoy a story from Grammy... [Web / Reprint]
• Kathryn seems particularly impressed by all of this... [Web / Reprint]

Kathryn Erin is born today!

11 Aug 2006

The long wait is over...our little one is born today. That makes two of the three born on the 11^th of the month, both of whom were delivered by the same doctor. Weird, huh? Read all about it on Kathryn's BLOG!

Just a nice uneventful day with a pirate...

23 Jul 2006

• Hello? Can you hear me now?!? [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas with a big grin! [Web / Reprint]
• Alex is usually a pretty jolly fellow... [Web / Reprint]
• Captain Nick... [Web / Reprint]
• ...the Scourge of the Seven Seas! Yarr!!! [Web / Reprint]

Mommy celebrates her birthday on the links!

22 Jul 2006

• Nicholas tees off in the Raleigh Open Championship... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas tries an interesting technique! [Web / Reprint]
• It looks like it has a good line... [Web / Reprint]
• Come back here... [Web / Reprint]
• ...GO TO YOUR HOME! [Web / Reprint]
• We're ready to putt... [Web / Reprint]
• Where's the cart?!? [Web / Reprint]
• Who needs a real bench? [Web / Reprint]
• The gallery seems really interested in the action... [Web / Reprint]
• ...what?!? [Web / Reprint]
• Well, interested in a Bugle anyway! [Web / Reprint]
• The newly designed Nicholas hole! [Web / Reprint]
• Got bugs? [Web / Reprint]
• Just hanging around... [Web / Reprint]

Pool Party!

19 Jul 2006

• Nicholas floats along... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander checks out a water gun... [Web / Reprint]

Vive Keelia!

14 Jul 2006

We got some wonderful news this morning that Keelia Ryan was delivered Caesarian at 1040 this morning in Columbus, Ohio and mother and daughter are reported to be doing fine.

Her birthday is certainly easy enough to remember... it's Bastille Day in France (they refer to the day as the fete nationale (national party) which should help them get over being sent packing by the Italians in the World Cup last Sunday!).

She was 20½ inches long and weighed 9 pounds 12½ ounces. We're betting she's cute as a button...

I'm sure there are a couple of very proud (and tired!) parents in Columbus now...our best wishes for a healthy and happy baby!

A hot Fourth of July at Lake Benson Park!

03 Jul 2006

A nice park, a big picnic, inflatable jumping pits, great music, and fireworks...and of course, hotter than a certain place temperatures.

It's the makings of a Fourth of July celebration here in the south!

• It's crowded in here! [Web / Reprint]
• What goes up... [Web / Reprint]
• ...must come down! [Web / Reprint]
• Oh yeah...bubbles! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas! That's Dr Bruce's job! [Web / Reprint]
• What?!? [Web / Reprint]
• Come here! [Web / Reprint]
• When you've seen one bubble... [Web / Reprint]
• Boys and their toys... [Web / Reprint]
• One happy little guy... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas in typical car playing pose... [Web / Reprint]
• I swear there were cars in here... [Web / Reprint]
• A welcome breeze... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas with a handful... [Web / Reprint]
• He was out before his head hit the pillow... [Web / Reprint]
• Enjoying the fireworks... [Web / Reprint]

Drying them off isn't just a job...it's an adventure!

27 Jun 2006

The boys are showing off their new bath towels...and their personalities!

• Showing off the towels... [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander goes for the Wet Willie! [Web / Reprint]
• Two happy boys! [Web / Reprint]

Nothing could be finer than the Stanley Cup in Carolina!

19 Jun 2006

The Hurricanes downed the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 in the decisive Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals to bring Lord Stanley's mug home to Raleigh. That's two Cups in a row for the much-maligned Southeast Division!

Matinee at the Cinema!

11 Jun 2006

What could be better on a hot Saturday afternoon than Lightning McQueen, Tow-Mater, and the rest of the gang of Cars?

You Belong in a Zoo!

09 Jun 2006

Don't blame me...it was the motto of the North Carolina Zoological Park at one point in their history!

• Nicholas has a seat at the Zoo... [Web / Reprint]
• The roos have the right idea on a hot day... [Web / Reprint]
• Lookit those snappers! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas rides a big cat... [Web / Reprint]
• Giraffes! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas climbs a spider web... [Web / Reprint]

Nicholas' Third Birthday Bash!

03 Jun 2006

We meant to do this last month...it didn't quite work out that way. That's OK...any day is a good day for a party!

Gramps and Grandma Carol Arrive!

02 Jun 2006

On the eve of Nicholas' (a bit) delayed birthday party, Moby Dodge once again makes the heroic journey northward.

• One very happy Alexander... [Web / Reprint]
• Good thing Nicholas doesn't drive the real USS Nimitz! [Web / Reprint]
• Story time for Gramps and Nicholas! [Web / Reprint]
• One tiring handful! [Web / Reprint]
• No Gramps, Alexander isn't making the cuckoo motion... [Web / Reprint]
• Sometimes, you just need a hug! [Web / Reprint]
• It's not papparazzi...just Daddy! [Web / Reprint]
• They're really getting into that book! [Web / Reprint]

The Freeloader Follies, Part Deux!

15 May 2006

You know they say that sometimes it's just a matter of building a better trap. I'd say one squirrel in particular agrees with that wholeheartedly...

• Dinner for two! [Web / Reprint]
• Hang...uh...eight! [Web / Reprint]
• If you've been looking for the perfect trap... [Web / Reprint]
• Hey screw! Wanna let me out of the joint? [Web / Reprint]
• Ahhhh....freedom! [Web / Reprint]

A nasty storm comes through Garner...

14 May 2006

• Quarter-sized hail (front yard!) [Web / Reprint]
• Quarter-sized hail (back yard!) [Web / Reprint]

Two brothers sitting on the floor...

07 May 2006

• I'm warning you... [Web / Reprint]
• Sharing a joke... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas does kumbaya... [Web / Reprint]

The Freeloader Follies!

02 May 2006

Give 'em free food and they'll show up every time...

• You know that's a bird feeder, don't you? [Web / Reprint]
• Notice how they ignore the squirrel feeder! [Web / Reprint]
• Stretchhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! [Web / Reprint]

Bath time!

09 Apr 2006

• Nicholas and Alexander sport mohawks... [Web / Reprint]
• My remote control is bigger than yours! [Web / Reprint]
• Whole lot of agitation going on here! [Web / Reprint]

Enjoying time in the back yard!

02 Apr 2006

• Nicholas rides his four-wheeler! [Web / Reprint]
• I see you! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander loves his swing... [Web / Reprint]
• ...not that you can tell, of course! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas comes down the slide... [Web / Reprint]

It's a...

20 Mar 2006

Today was the level-2 ultrasound where we find out the answer to the ultimate question when it comes to babies...are we shopping pink or are we shopping a much less generous selection of blue?

The funny thing is that Nicholas has been consistently pushing for a little sister. I mean consistently as in I am not considering the other possible alternative! No matter how many times you'd ask him...he had a baby sister in there and her name was Katie.

He's truly stuck to his guns on this and was totally committed to that prediction...until the ultrasound technician starts aiming for the money shot!

Right at that instant, Nicholas started changing his story and predicted a little brother (who would likely be named Joshua Taylor Williams if we did indeed do the hat-trick of testosterone!).

So I ask you this question...deal or no deal?!?

Sorry about that...what I meant to ask was do you think Nicholas was wrong to second-guess his prediction? Or did he somehow know something that we didn't? Studies have certainly proven that children are often more perceptive than we give them credit.

So the decision is yours...was Nicholas' first prediction the correct one or did he switch genders just in time?

Good bye and good luck, Taz!

17 Mar 2006

Hello out there, we're on the air, it's hockey night tonight!

03 Mar 2006

• Nicholas is now properly attired! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander says drop the puck already! [Web / Reprint]
• Checking out the warm-ups... [Web / Reprint]
• Ten minutes to go to game time! [Web / Reprint]
• Mmmmmmm.... [Web / Reprint]
• A few of our banners... [Web / Reprint]
• Real hockey fans! [Web / Reprint]
• Daddy and Alexander taking in the last few minutes of the third period... [Web / Reprint]
• The Canes win 5-2 over the Florida Panthers! [Web / Reprint]
• Daddy and two fans of the coolest game on Earth! [Web / Reprint]

Stomp!

19 Feb 2006

Happy Valentine's Day!

14 Feb 2006

• Nicholas reads his Valentine's Day card to Alexander! [Web / Reprint]
• Mine? [Web / Reprint]

Gramps comes to visit...

13 Jan 2006

• Nicholas demonstrates straw cup technology... [Web / Reprint]
• The last time I saw a mouth like that... [Web / Reprint]
• Hello big eyes! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas with one cheesy smile! [Web / Reprint]
• Gramps sees the fire truck moving... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas points out something... [Web / Reprint]
• Yep, it's a laugh a minute here in Garner! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander's game face! [Web / Reprint]
• A meeting of the minds... [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas shows his amazing attention span! [Web / Reprint]
• The inevitable result for Alexander... [Web / Reprint]
• Fighting it... [Web / Reprint]
• ...now, not so much! [Web / Reprint]
• A second try at it... [Web / Reprint]
• Oooh, shiny thing! [Web / Reprint]
• Fooled you! [Web / Reprint]
• Peek... [Web / Reprint]
• ...a boo! [Web / Reprint]
• Nicholas the train engineer! [Web / Reprint]
• Little crowded in there? [Web / Reprint]
• Raiders of the lost QVC™ box! [Web / Reprint]
• Duck! [Web / Reprint]

Happy New Year!

01 Jan 2006

• Nicholas and the bubble shooter... [Web / Reprint]
• Bubbles...bubbles...MY BUBBLES! [Web / Reprint]
• It's raining bubbles... [Web / Reprint]
• Come here! [Web / Reprint]
• Alexander having fun... [Web / Reprint]
• You know he's loving this... [Web / Reprint]
• Two brothers in a pile of leaves... [Web / Reprint]
• OK...now what? [Web / Reprint]
• Oh yeah...EAT! [Web / Reprint]