I made a header image out of the pic of Dave playin’ his trombone, so don’t think it’s strange or anything if you see him up there. Also, I don’t know why, but Safari is really screwing up the picture sizes, even though the instructions are correct… they should only be 500 px wide but [...]

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Last night, we all loaded up the car and drove to San Marcos where the church band played some rockin’ 70′s tunes for a street festival. The weather was hot, the music was hot, and we all had fun. James and I mostly hung out with Rachel [...]

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birth…
7 pounds, 8 ounces
21 inches long

one year…
22 pounds, 10 ounces
31 inches tall

He has a pretty big head, though, for his age… must be all the hair, you know, padding the measurements a bit here and [...]

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This is what we did for James’ birthday. We were a day late because we got a call concerning my health insurance policy. You see, I did not realize that as a self employed individual policy holder, I do not qualify for maternity benefits. We, of course, [...]

No hoopla.  In fact, we didn’t even do a cupcake like we had planned.  We’ll let him get messy tomorrow.

I had a big bombshell land in my face (so-to-speak) that took all my attention away from James for the majority of the day.  Everything is okay.  We are all alright, but a lot of [...]

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Head on over to the summerfest photos page for a peek at all of the pics!

James is growing so quickly.  We could swear that he is an inch taller every time he wakes up from a nap that was longer than 2 hours.  His [...]

James has eleven of his twenty teeth. He has B, D, E, F, G, I, Q, P, O, N, and L so far and tooth S will probably be broken through by the time we go to church on Sunday.

My advice for teething is lots of patience. James is so demanding these days. [...]

pictures by Jerry Knight

James has so much fun in swim class, especially when it’s his turn on the “island!” The class consists of four (sometimes five) kids and six “stations” where there are different skills to be practiced. The Island station is to build confidence standing in water. The Jumps [...]