All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth

Evan is starting his Christmas list early this year. Or maybe he is trying to tell us he wants to be a vampire for Halloween.

Our 1st Hurricane

Just wanted to send a quick note to let you know that we are doing well after Hurricane Ike. We live ~50 miles from the shore, but the eye still passed over our house as a strong Category 2 hurricane. Our house, amazingly, suffered no damage except for loss of power and a few branches from trees that I wanted trimmed anyway. Our neighborhood had some significant downed trees and roads blocked by 40-50 ft trees. We still didn't have power until Monday evening and Steve's office in downtown Houston is closed through the week. So for my birthday we celebrated without electricity by having foil dinners and smores for dessert, yum : ) On Monday we decided to make a quick trip to Austin with some friends while Steve had unexpected Vacation time. It was a lot of fun and good to get away from all the chaos for a bit. Houston still has a lot of clean up left and long lines at grocery stores and gas stations. But all and all things are on the mend. We appreciate all your messages and are sorry it took us a bit to get back to you.

On the move

collage of pict

I haven't had time to post in a while so here is a collage showing what we've been doing.

Bath time is the best

1st real hair cut

The musician and his little accompanist

The two boys. I've started watching my neighbor's little boy. They are having fun getting to know each other.

Reading books, a favorite past time. Books were the 1st thing he really started to crawl after.

I don't know which one enjoys the Legos more.

The Morning Glory dad sent and we planted. Can you believe this grew from a seed and I didn't kill it. It has the most beautiful flowers in the morning.

Enjoying the swings

Enjoying the slide

Eating his favorite (avacado)

Exploring

My little Shadow

Hanging out with Uncle Scott & Garrett

This is how the guys looked after we hooked up the new TV. Notice the little guy's face. I think it may have been a little much for him.