April 19

First of all, Happy Birthday to Heather! I don't know if she even checks this blog, but Happy 31st! While I'm here, Happy Birthday to Leland tomorrow - the big 3-0! We are all getting OLD. Kyle has been obsessed with "30 is the new 20" since February 10th... I just don't know if the rest of us are buying it.

Second, the post from earlier this week is a result of me asking Kyle to blog more. That's what you get.

Third, just had some good pictures of the man, Tuck, that I wanted to share.


I've been waiting until he could actually walk in Crocs. There is nothing cuter than a toddler in these little shoes!

These are PG-13 and I pray that Clayton and Cherie don't come on this blog and find their precious daughter without her shirt on! :) But Tuck and Izzy had to be shirtless to eat their favorite food, ketchup!

Shout out to Girbs!

Kyle couldn't resist taking this picture. She is going to kill us, but we just have to give a shout out to the ULTIMATE yuppie :)

Jax News of the Weird...

Yep, that there is a Moonpie...a southern delicacy. We were taking a walk yesterday and happened across a neighbor with a Great Dane of 12 months and 150lbs, Diesel. He was not in the yard and so we inquired as to his whereabouts. We were told he was now in the back yard...and this is where it gets weird. Apparently a homeless woman has not been able to keep herself from feeding Diesel that southern delicacy pictured above. Yeah, that's right, she continues to feed Diesel Moonpies thus making him sick and sending him to the vet (which all with dogs know is never cheap). The JSO (local po-po) has been called to the scene in the last week to keep the peace, but have been rendered usless against the wiles of The Moonpie Bandit. That is our neighborhood folks...it's different, but we would never change it....actually we would but cannot afford to at this time. We welcome any comments and any other News of the Weird.

Happy Easter!

Probably the two most adorable creatures that ever lived...

He wasn't too sure about the Easter bunny HOLDING him. He enjoyed him from afar.
They had cute activities to do like decorating cookies.

This picture is just SO Tuck. He loves making this face and he is very excited about the spoonfuls of ketchup he just consumed (Yuck!)for brunch.

1552 Flagler Avenue

Just our house. I don't think I've ever put it on here for those of you that haven't been down to visit.

What have I been up to?

Mostly I have just been chillin'...

Then my Nan came to visit me and play with me for a week.

Then I went to Atlanta with the 'rents to visit all my friends. William and Olivia and I all hung out.

Then Lola the babysitter watched me while my Mama and Daddy went to Ben and Carol's 30-60 Birthday Soiree!

We had a shower for Rob and Grace - I can't wait to have a new friend when their baby comes.

2nd Double Ear Infection

Poor baby. I can't resist taking pictures of him when he is sick -- he is just so pitiful and cute.

My little doll...

I finally have a doll to dress. Kyle hasn't let me dress him for the seven years we have been married, but Tucker doesn't protest! All the seersucker and patchwork I want!

Watch out!

Get excited Uncle Brian! Tuck is way in to baseball these days... but watch out! He will swing at anything his path.

anything can be a "baseball"... soccer balls, etc

Wild West

Tucker and Garrett


Have you ever seen a cuter cowboy?

Happy Birthday

UNCLE BRIAN!!!

We love you!

He's sensitive...

So he takes care of his "baby" Big Bird...


So he puts rubberbands around his wrist to pull his hair back later...

So he walks around in heels...

So he carries a purse...

I don't see why Kyle is worried. Everything he knows about day-to-day life is what I do all day! He is a mini-mommy!!!

Talking with Dad

Loves to write on "Paper"

Jackson as horse

Catchin' up

Reading to Mama.



Don't take my picture.

For Meme, Nan & Pop!

Sweet Tucker

He loves to wrap his Winnie The Pooh and carry around like a baby, prop him up riding his truck and throw him around because he makes noise when he moves!

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Still can't get enough Jackson time. He happens to be soaking wet because he splashed all the water out of Jackson's bowl 5 minutes before the picture was taken.

I'm video-crazy now!

His voice is really cute! But he does know really odd words... here is his version of Bible, paper (he shares his mother's love for paper, writing and using markers for crafts!) and diaper. Actually I don't think he ever actually says diaper, but it sounds like "BIPER" with the same intonation - his voice always rises for the second syllable.

The Kitchens Family

If you have talked to us much at all in the last 4 months, you have probably heard us talking about the Kitchens Family. They are Hurricane Katrina victims that randomly ended up in Jacksonville when their car broke down and randomly called our church. We brought them a meal 3 months ago and our lives have been changed since then... This is their new townhouse they are renting! We are so excited for them even though there is still a long road ahead. Please join us in praying for them. We are thankful Ronald has a good job and that his boss picks him up every morning, but even having your electric turned on is complicated without good credit and money! Anyway, this isn't directly about Tuck, but they are Tucker's biggest fan club. Visits from Tucker in their hotel room over the last few months brought so much joy and "normalcy".




Ronald, Wendy, Janaay and Jamaal

Brainwashing

The love of the Irish begins early around here! (If you have no sound, sing the Notre Dame fight song to yourself while watching) Check out these dance moves from November-ish. Pardon the horizontal view of the vertical video... perhaps I'll figure that out later.

Old video clip

I finally figured out how to do this. I have no idea when this video was even taken. Sometime before June when Carolyn moved out of her house... How was this little tub in the 25th percentile in weight? He looks quite rotund to me!

Sick, sick, sick.

Poor Tuck has double ear infections, raging fever, a terrible cold and is feeling worse than he ever has in his 18 months! Please pray he will feel better soon and that he will be comforted in the meantime. It is terrible!
We miss his smile.

His hair

To our friends and family:

We know Tucker needs a haircut. We see how the front points in to a scruffy "v" shape - don't think we haven't noticed. You can't even see how bad the back looks in these pictures. We have been aware of this for several weeks, but Cliff The Barber cut the mohawk back in to existence last time... So we are praying about the next haircut. The child has hard hair (go figure with the two of us as parents -- we both have hard hair) so we're working up to the next cut. I'm voting for a visit to a salon. Kyle's still wanting to stick with the barbershop.

February 5th

The boy LOVES to pose for the camera.



Above: Before he realizes the camera is on him.
Below: After he realizes the camera is on him.


There isn't much to report except the addition of many new words to Tucker's vocabulary. He repeats almost anything you say to him -- if he is in the mood, of course -- with his own spin on the word. Mom, Let's go get the mail = "mayo". If he wants to watch T.V. he asks for "Emmo" (not that I ever let him watch Sesame Street :)). You can tell at this point he understands virtually everything I'm telling him, but much of the time our conversations are still in his adorable Tucker-language. We go back and forth all day "communicating" about everything we encounter. I couldn't begin to recount how these conversations go. If anyone knows how to do video on here, please give me a tutorial. That would help! For now, just more pictures...