Saturday, October 31, 2009

Touchdown!!!

Christian had his first introduction to football today with the annual Florida-Georgia showdown. He has even learned how to do the official's touchdown signal. Here he is, celebrating Florida's second touchdown. (Although he'll always be a seminole at heart.) This one's for you, Grandpa!




Touchdown!!!






Just practicing

Friday, October 30, 2009

Little Monkey

Last weekend we went to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens for their annual children's Halloween party. Christian looked adorable in his monkey costume. He was so entranced by the crowd that I don't think he even realized he was wearing anything unusual. He just played and had fun while we took tons of photos.









Monday, October 26, 2009

Halloween Activities

Our family has been busy with halloween-related activities. Christian loves to help me cook, so last week we made halloween cookies. Here is a play-by-play of Christian's cooking strategy:


Eat some dough . . .





. . . reach for more.




Eat some dough . . .



. . . give a smile!



Christian was also in charge of sprinkles. He held a canister in each hand and shook to his heart's delight, only occassionally aiming for the cookies. Over the next two days I found sprinkles in every nook and cranny of our kitchen. I even found them embedded in Mr. B's fur. Despite all of Christian's "help," the cookies actually turned out kind of cute. (Although not nearly as tasty as Christi's!) Here's the final product:

A Reluctant Blogger

I've finally, reluctantly, done it. I've created a blog. It's devoted to photos and anecdotes of my life with Christian. I'm reluctant because, as my friends and family know, I'm terrible about keeping up with e-mail, blogs, and all things computer-related. But I'll do my best to make fairly frequent posts.

Oh, and for those of you who haven't spent two minutes in Christian's presence during the past six months, “ahdah” is his way of asking, “what's that?” He asks this question about 200 times per day, and David and I answer every time. It might sound boring, but it's one of my favorite parts of being a parent; showing the world to this tiny person. And if you're interested, I'd love to share some of our adventures with you. So here goes!