All About Walker

1. His favorite colors are gray, black, and blue

2. He loves Batman, Spiderman, and Superman

3. He still likes Nemo, Buzz Lightyear, Bob the Builder, and Thomas the Train

4. He enjoys riding his bike, swimming and watching movies

5. He can memorize and quote lines from movies, and will sometimes act out different scenes.

6. He will probably be the class clown when he gets in school.

7. He loves all sports: baseball, soccer, football, basketball, even hockey.

8. He told us not too long ago that running and swimming were not sports because they did not involve balls...

9. He has packrat tendencies...He cries when I take the plastic recyclable containers to the recycling center or give anything to Goodwill.

10. He will play with random household objects for hours on end...measuring cups/spoons - calls them his "scoops"; cables to any electronic equipment - pretends to fish with them or use them as lassos; handfuls of Riley's hair bands - calls them "buried treasure";

11. He loves anything having to do with pirates.

12. He likes to play games on the computer.

13. He is playing soccer this fall...#3 on the Eagles.

14. He wants to be Superman for Halloween.

15. He will turn 4 on September 27th.

16. His favorite foods are macaroni and cheese and hot dogs.

17. He loves orange Gatorade...just like his Daddy.

18. He is starting to love books, especially anything by Dr. Seuss.

19. He can't stand for any cabinet door or drawer to be left open.

20. He is definitely the "neat freak" of the bunch...most of the time.

21. He likes to watch "golfball" with his Daddy on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

22. He is a very outgoing child and likes to make new friends.

23. His Bible class teachers say that he loves to tell stories...the nice way of saying he likes to talk...

24. He enjoys holding his baby brother, Owen...and he will let you know when

he is done - usually about 20 seconds later.

25. He likes to eat marshmallows for snack.

This 'n That

Hope everyone is having a fantastic week. Just a few things that are on my mind:

We had a busy weekend...Tim went to the game on Saturday with a friend, while I stayed at home with the kids. It was an interesting game to say the least, but I am very glad that Alabama pulled it out. Everything will start buzzing around here on Thursday when all the rv's show up, ESPN will be here for "Gameday" on Saturday...I can't wait. Tim is taking his dad, who is a huge Georgia fan, to the game...ROLL TIDE!

Sunday, we got to see some wonderful friends of ours, Leah and Craig, that came in town for the game. Leah was actually our adopted student, for three years, through the college ministry at our church. They got married in May and Riley was a flower girl in their wedding. We have absolutely fallen in love with their family. Her sister, Abby and her boyfriend, are now our adopted students. They love our kids and actually ask to babysit. I have a hard time resisting that.

It is consignment sale time, once again! I have gotten over 200 items priced, tagged, the clothes hung on hangers and dropped off...whew! It is such a good feeling to get all that stuff out of the attic and closets so someone else can buy it and I can make some money. I am working the sale once again. I think this is probably my 14th sale to work. It is a lot of work, but a lot of fun also.

I have been planning Walker's birthday party. He wants a pirate party, so I have really gotten into the pirate theme. I came up with a pirate name for each of the guests and made nametags in a piratey font, of course. By the way, there are some very interesting/weird pirate web sites out there. Some people play the pirate roll on a daily basis...I don't understand it. Anyway, I also made pirate invitations by tea-staining the paper, and burning the edges. I rolled them up and tied them with twine. I must say they were too cute! I still have a lot to do...the party is less than two weeks away. Oh, the things you will do for your kids!!

I am trying a new crockpot recipe, tonight. When I fix a roast, I usually put it in the crockpot with potatoes, onion, and carrots, some onion soup mix, and water. This time, instead of using beef, I am using chicken. I put carrots, onion, and potatoes in the crockpot, along with Dale's marinade, and water. We'll see how it turns out. A friend of mine did this in the oven and brought it too us after Owen was born, and it was very good.

I just read that the digital smiley face is turning 25 years old. :-) O.K. Call me stupid, but I didn't know that it even existed. I mean, I have seen people put :) at the end of sentences and thoughts, but I didn't know that was a smiley face. OOPS! My faithful readers probably think that I am absolutely crazy. I'm really not, just out of touch with technology. I think it is very cute...good job Mr. Fahlman...you are very creative, I must say!

Li'l O

Owen is now eight weeks old. Time is flying by so fast. It seems like just the other day we were coming home from the hospital with him. He is growing like a weed and is really a happy baby....most of the time. He doesn't go back to the pediatrician until Sept. 26th, but I think he weighs close to 10 lbs., now. He is a pretty good sleeper, too. He seems to be doing better taking naps during the day, and sometimes will sleep for four hours at a time during the night. Tim has been a huge help. A few weeks ago, he agreed to get Owen from his bed and bring him to me to nurse, and then I take him back to bed. This arrangement is working out great. I am finding it really hard around the 4 am feeding to return him to his bed, though. It is so much easier to just lay him down beside me. We both sleep really well during that time. I keep telling myself that since I won't be having any more children, I'm going to enjoy every last bit of this baby stage....and I have. Here are a few pics of "Li'l O" as we like to call him.