The Personality Emergeth!

I was collecting pictures from the trip to San Diego to send to the printers and I'm thinking this is one funny baby! Spunky! Feisty!

The no-hands water chug.

Silas would often stealth-hug Finley - she started to rough him up towards the end of the trip. He would seriously scream "Help Help!"

Getting DOWN on some apple at the beach - you all remember how she feels about apples!

Having a chair snack at Grandma Carol's

Not really used to the stroller yet, but fearless in it.

I think we can see a little personality peeking through - here she comes!

Baby Language

So I am standing in the line at Blockbuster and there is a problem. The computer has crashed in the middle of my checkout. The clerk has to call the manager as the line grows behind me, full of impatient people waiting in yet another of the many lines they must endure on a daily basis.For some reason the endless trailer music that usually plays in the background is quiet, and the queue behind me is also silent with frustration and impatience.
"C@ck!" my little 10 month baby yells out;(it rhymes with rock , or block or shock)
no one says anything, have they heard?
"C@@@@@@@@@ck!!"
I attempt to suppress my grin and act like she didnt say it.
"C@ckc@ckc@ckc@ckc@ckc@ckc@ckc@ck!!!!" she repeats.
Stillness.
Silence.
Shame.
Finally the blue-shirted girl gets the computer to ring up my order and she hands me my dvd's without speaking. I leave the store.
Was it just my imagination or did my baby Finley just shout out obscenities in a public place? What does it say about our society, my parenting, etymology? What is the lesson here?
Please comment
-craig

Happy Birthday, POPS!

We hope you have a good one with a lot of ice cream - we know you will. This picture is from X-Mas - doesn't she look different and tiny!

More San Diegooooooooo

As promised more pics from the land of sun... We miss you guys!
The dudes at the diner.

Mac and Finley being cute after playing in the sprinkler.

Silas and Finley (or "BABY!" as he likes to call her)

The Dreyer Family Rock practicing for the next recording session this fall - you know it!

Uncle Matt bewitching the babes with his brawn.

At the beach - I love the surfers and Emmett in the background.

Nature Baby at Grandma Carol and Grandpa Arnie's

Easter Chick Attack

Happy Easter, Easter Bunny - Bocka Bocka!!

Craig is out of town so Finley and I went over to Bill & Melissa's to color some eggs yesterday. I haven't done this in years and was a little rusty. I broke 1/2 the carton when boiling and another 1/2 in the coloring process - eggs are just too fragile in my opinion! I stole most of these photos from Melissa.

Here I am teaching Cole to use his hands! Forgot you can't do that. I think he and I both still have blue fingers today.

Finley and Cole being seriously cute.

Luke dressed as a cowboy showing off his easter egg art featuring himself as the chick.

A Blog At Rest

Stays at rest - or so it seems. It's been hard to get back in the blogging swing of things. We have been back in the cold that is home since late Monday. We had the best time in California and are sad to leave everyone there, but very happy to see Craig (Papa Daddy Love Man). Also, notable news is that yesterday I booked my first job in a year and three months! What a great way to start Spring - new green money growing in my pocket!!

One of my favorite clips from the trip with more to come...

Sunny San Diego!!!

Finley and I are in San Diego trying to beat the cold and have a great time with the cousins while doing it. The weather is amazing and Fin is wearing little sun dresses and playing in the sand and the dirt and basically living it up outdoors. I was lucky enough to get to see Mac in action as The Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, the play. She was incredible to see - and scary!

Apple with Papa

Today she likes apples and pointing - and she still likes pinching! Oh, and it's not in the video, but there is also a little smacking and pulling of hair going on.

Template Madness

I can't get happy/satisfied with the blog template - I suspect not enough patience to do it properly. But for now I can't use a blog title photo because it is either too big or too small for this template which I kind of like. Anyway, this WAS going to be the blog title photo for a minute... By the way, does anyone know how to get a color wheel instead of the minimal color choices they give?