Vin has 3 (yes 3) Halloween costumes.
Today hewent to Itsby Bitsy Yoga as a chili pepper (Thanks Aunt Bertha!)
Tomorrow he'll go to daycare as Charlie Brown and then tomorrow night we have a party to attend where he'll wear costume #3. I'm keeping that one under wraps right now but will post pictures next week.

Last week Vin and I went to Amarillo for a quick visit while Teri was in New England. We got to see lots of family and old friends.

Vin with Mama Keaton who is laughing that Vin is fussy before boarding the plane to come home. I can't imagine why she thinks this is funny - probably something to do with the hell Leslie and I put her through growing up. She may have said something about paybacks?

Here we are with our Aunt Leslie at her office. Isn't she pretty!

A visit with Grandmother Taylor.

Trying to be one of the guys with Terry Butt.

Napping with Sue Ellen in the living room.

Mayme bought Vin this jumper pony when he was just a few months old. We've been waiting for him to grow into it. He didn't completly get the "jumping" concept but had fun nonetheless. Just look at that smile!

To keep him entertained in the kitchen, Mayme let him play with her Halloween candy. Vin loved the crackle of the wrapper.

Getting Kisses from Momma.

She hadn't seen him in 6 days!

The week before we spent Saturday afternoon with Jana Sauerwein (my very first girlfriend ever!) We watched the Tech and then the Penn State football game.

Here Vin is getting his toes licked by a bulldog named Elvis.

ER Trip #2

Apparently last weekend at the breast feeding event all the babies were exposed to the stomach flu. Vin, Trevor, Wesley and Sienna all got sick along with their parents. Vin never acts sick and so we have a hard time reading him but realized on Monday night that he hadn't had a wet diaper since 11 a.m. Since it was after hours I called my cousin Travis, a Dr. in Utah, and got his immediate advice and then at 5:45 a.m. I called our pediatrician and she said to feed him 1/2 ounce of fluid, either breastmilk or pedialyte, every 20 minutes until he could hold an ounce without vomiting. He finally starting urinating but couldn't hold down any fluid. Long story short... these small feedings went on until 3 a.m. (almost 24 hours later) when we finally decided to go to the Children’s Hosptial ER.

Our experience at Children's was fantastic! Earlier in the summer Vin had a 103 fever so we went to Baylor since it was close to the house. I cannot tell you how different the experience is at Children's, they offered us coffee, hot chocolate and brought us graham crackers. This is not the kind of care you get at Baylor.

Once we got home at 8 a.m. we had to continue to feed him small doses of pedialyte every half hour or so for the next 24 hours. In the midst of all this – Teri catches it and now she is throwing up.

Now for the exciting news…
Sally Rose aka Baby Girl Beckwith is finally here! Cassie and Kevin are so excited and Patty and Terry were in Savannah for her arrival. Once I get some pictures I will post them. We can’t wait to meet her and get the babies together at Christmas!

Go Pink!

I've turned the blog PINK for the month in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness

Vin at 5 Months

Tomorrow Vin will be 5 months old. He weighs 16 lbs. 7 ozs. and he has his first teeth coming in,he can:
* hold his head steady
* almost sit up on his own
* roll over
* and can grab toys to play with.
We definitely think he will be crawling by Christmas and he will start eating solid foods next month.

This week we have done all kinds of fun things! On Thursday we went to Itsby Bitsy Yoga, on Friday we swang in a park swing for the first time and Saturday we went to the Breast Feeding Challenge which is an international event to bring awareness to the benefits of breastfeeding. At 11:00 women all around the world latched on their babies and a head count was taken. I'll give the update when I find out the total global count.

Below are all our fun activities of the week, plus a darn cute bath picture!


Vin using James' thumb as a teether.

Swinging with my Moms!

Fussy Little Man

Mayme came in this past weekend, the first time in 6 weeks. I think she was dying to see Vin and had to squeeze in a visit before her 2nd grandbaby arrives in Savannah.

It also happened to be her birthday so we went to dinner with Mat & Jaime on Saturday and went to the Arboretum on Sunday.

Vin was a little fussy all weekend but his fussy face is sooo cute!

Here's a little taste of the fuss pot...

Pumpkins - Part 1 of Many!

Even though it's just now October 1st and it still feels like summer outside, Vin and I have been making the most of the fall activites going on at the Arboretum. We were given a family memership as a baby shower gift and we use it all the time.

Yesterday we went with our new friends, Lisa and Trevor, to a kindermusik class and had a nice time sitting on a blanket in the shade and singing.

By the time Christmas rolls around everyone should be thoroughly sick of seeing Vin with pumpkins!