Anxious Over Wyoming

I'm 32,000 feet over somewhere in Wyoming on the red eye flight from Seattle to home. I was at Beth's brother's place for a creative brief on the next version of the online journal he heads up. I was just listening to Gabriel by Lamb and got really excited about seeing my kid when I get in. There's plenty of screaming youngins a few rows behind me, but rather than obnoxious it's endearing.

It's been a long while since I published anything - and thanks to Beth the past few months are somewhat caught up now. I just felt the new phase of travel mentality hit me full force and wanted to jot it down. I'll publish once I land in Charlotte and grab a bagel on the way to my connecting flight to Orlando, and an incredible 10 month old.

I hope everyone is well today.

-j

Baby's First Easter

I was super excited about Easter this year because we had just recently gotten Keller on a good schedule so that we could go to church consistently. Well, of course the morning of Easter he didn't nap so Justin and he stayed home while I met my parents at church. Later in the afternoon we met up with family and friends for an amazing dinner made by my mom. Keller had his first Easter Basket etc. We had such a great time!





Oh - and this is a random photo that I couldn't resist adding on:

Making up for lost time

Unfortunately it's been awhile since we've posted! Things are crazy here just like they are with all of you. We've had a great and busy month. Justin's parents were here for their yearly Spring Break trip.





Keller is growing like a weed. He's 10 1/2 months now. We get shocked faces everywhere we go when they ask how old he is. We constantly get "He's so tall!" He's doing so great. Still no crawling but we're getting there. :)



Justin made a shirt for Keller that he proudly wears:

And here's a recent family shot :)

9 Month Check up

We had Keller's 9 month visit to the doctor yesterday morning and it was great. He's slowed down a little bit on the weight gaining (down into the 70th percentile now instead of 90th), but is still pretty long. As far as head circumference, the girl had to measure him 3 times because she thought she was making a mistake. Hooray for extra smarts!

Beth got him ripping the table up on her camera phone.

Overdue Photos

We had a great time seeing Beth's brother Chris and his wife Ali along with daughter Zoe (now 2 years old!) They were here for a whirlwind of a week at the end of February.

Ali had a hard time putting Keller down

Chris was happy to entertain the kid who wasn't running windsprints down the sidewalk

Here's Keller in his new kiddie pool. He had a fist full of compliments on that hat within hours of us getting it.

A goodlookin' guy in a red plaid shirt

Bath Time

Tonight was one of those great nights when I got home before Keller was asleep. Decided it was time to snap away on some pictures while getting him ready for bed.

Lonely Monkey

- Mix 2 parts empty house

- 1 part kid's toy

- 1 part nice camera

- Shake well with a sleepless night

And I give you... the lonely monkey...

-Justin

Lonely in Orlando

Well, the house is quieter than it's been in 8 months. Beth and Keller are up in Indiana at my parents house for the long weekend and I'm left with a couple of cats and a good night sleep. I mean...

My brother Brandon posted these videos on YouTube earlier today so I thought I'd post them here. I think I'm going to make Keller screaming + mom & dad's dog barking my new ringtone. The orange eating is hilarious. And him talking on the cell proves to be worth all that practice we did on his toy phone.

Here's a few pics.

This is his new Elmer Fudd jabbering he's been doing lately.

And mom was kind enough to make him his first Rasafarian knit hat. I think he needs a few more months to grow out the dreads mom.

Soooooo.... I'm gonna go back to hanging out by myself. Just me and the Blue Wagon camera, Keller's sock monkey, and... wait a minute...

-J

New Photos

Sometimes it literally hurts, how beautiful he is...