I guess it's only fitting that I finally post Christmas photos since I didn't take my lights down until today. We had an unplanned trip to St. Louis that took up a couple of weekends. Anyway. Jake continues to grow and learn new skills. He's really turning into quite the little man. He's happy just about all of the time, laughs histerically, smiles, rolls around, sits like a champion, and even attemps to swim. Jake's normal "What's going on over there" look. Matcing "puke" sweaters as my sister says. She hated my sweater so much, she bought one for Jake. Puff's stocking stuffer for my Niece. My nephew feeding his uncle. Sister in-law reading her recipe book.
Jake loves his swimming class. Splashin'. Grabbing the underwater ring. |
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Finally got around to taking some pictures and getting them online. Jake keeps growing and growing.
I even took some more Christmas type photos in the living room with window lighting. Turned out pretty good.
And my personal favorite... I also took some pictures at Ryan's (my nephew) birthday party. And for the rest of the Jake christmas pictures... |
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August and part of September has already come and past. Things have been pretty hectic around these parts. Jake is at Day Care now, my nephew Joey had multiple heart surgerys over the last couple of weeks, so the picture taking has been minimal. I finally got around to taking some over the last couple of weekends for some friends kids birthday parties. Here's some highlights! Jake (he's getting big already). Birthday Girl! Jake smiling at his mommy. Half a hog, partially smoked. Jake hanging out in his bouncer. Train ride! Ryan For more see... http://flickr.com/dan1son |
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We spent 12 days in St. Louis ending last week. Had a great time. Everybody got to finally meet Jake, we went to a great wedding, and managed to get to a Cardinal game.
Here's some pictures from the trip.
Jake and his cousin Joey.
Jake and his great grandma. 
Jake and amother great grandma. 
The bride and groom. 
Casey and friends at the wedding. 
Casey. 
Pujols ready for the pitch. 
Carpenter. 
Pujols hitting Home Run #1. 
A lot more pictures are on flickr. |
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So I figured I'd be updating this page more often than before, but that somehow isn't the case. I think the whole facebook/flickr thing is taking over the blog and I'm just not sure if there's anybody who reads this and not facebook. If there are, let me know. Anyway. I like the blog style better than facebook for most of these things anyway, so I should try to get a post up here whenever I add some photos to keep it alive. Jake is doing well. He's sleeping well, growing very quickly (over 10lbs already), looks at everything, is very alert, and has sort of started smiling (which is cool). I have some photos taken randomly (including last weekend with my dad) that I haven't processed yet. I'll get some time one of these evenings to do that. Here's some you may have missed from before. Time to go home... Holy yawn! Hanging with grandma. Whoa mom! Hey grandpa. First bottle feeding... seems to enjoy it just fine. |
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Just wanted to add a few more shots of Jake during his first day or so of life in the universe. I dub him "Mostly Harmless." So you're my mommy? Dad and son. Num num... Baby's first picture ever. He's still a little blue, and it's probably the worst "photo" of him I'll ever let you see. But hey... it's sentimental. Tiny face. |
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Well Casey and I went to the hospital this morning at around 1AM. 8 and a half hours later our son was born! Baby and mother are both doing great. I will be posting pictures eventually... when I get some time. Sorry to some people we didn't get a chance to call... SOMEBODY broke the news on facebook before we wanted. Oh well... less phone calls this way :). Happy Mother's Day!!!
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On Sunday we went with a bunch of the neighbors to a restaurant on Lake Travis to enjoy the perfect weather we were having. Brought the camera and grabbed some shots. Just a bit of a look at our all growed up lifestyle. The lake appears to be down quite a bit. That's the restaurant on the left. The ramp at the bottom was floating about 20 feet in the air. Casey The nephew showing off his pearly whites. The neighbors daughter checking out the lake. The parents to be. Beer... and our neighbor Erin. |
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It sure is getting close to our first childs birthday. Due in three weeks to the day. Everything is ready to go, with the exception of a rocking chair (ordered and shipped) and some picture frames for the plethora of Cardinal pictures I printed (and shot). We'll see how they turn out... I'm excited to see them hanging. I'm a little anxious about the baby still... My world is about to change completely. Here's my beautiful wife at 36 weeks pregnant. And my sister when we were in St. Louis a few weeks ago The little fondant baby put on Casey's cake for her last shower. My neice being pushed on a tire swing by her father... she sure looks innocent and happy in this shot... Even though it's a bit technically fuzzy, I still like it. And finally... Guster (the cat, not the band) late at night chillin' with me on the couch. |
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So I connected my blog to twitter and twitter to facebook. If this all goes to plan this update will automatically propogate. |
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