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Sweet Home Alabama or Deep in the Heart of Texas?

We made it back from Gulf Shores a few days ago. I have lots to say and lots to share (and a few dozen pictures to upload). For now, I am just going to upload a few random pictures that I took....(more to come)

Quick Pic

We are packing for Gulf Shores and Kailey wanted to try on her new hat....

"The blog goes on forever and the party never ends"

Hi everyone.....

No, I don't have any great additions or Kailey pictures to add to the blog today, but I do have a small update. Shelli and I are doing well and are continuing to settle into life as parents. Kailey is growing more and more each day. She is smiling and laughing more and more each day as well. Also, we don't want to ruin our good streak, but she is sleeping through the night! For about the last two weeks, we have put her to bed around 10 pm and she has slept until at least 6 am. While that is pretty good, almost any sleeping that she does is done at night. She naps very rarely and when she does it is for a very short period of time. Oh well, I think that we'd rather have a long time of uninterrupted sleep at night rather than half a night and then a few hours in the afternoon.

This upcoming week will be a good one for us. The Barrett's, the Bridges, and the Crookshanks (9 of us total) will be getting together in Gulf Shores, AL for the week. I'm sure that I will have some pictures and stories when we get back.

thanks for all of your emails and comments.

07-07-07

Good evening out there friends and family. I think you all are going to like this post. I have some plans to make it one of the better ones in quite some time.

First, we had some visitors last weekend. My Grandmother, Aunt, and cousin stayed with us for a few days. It was their first time to see Kailey. Last Saturday, we all went to the Houston Downtown Aquarium http://www.aquariumrestaurants.com/downtownaquariumhouston/flash_content/index.html. It was the first time any of us had been there. Below are a few of my pictures from that day.

We spent some time around the house so that each of the guests could have plenty of time to spend with Kailey. Here is a picture of Kailey with my Grandmother.

After my family went back to their homes, it was back to the three of us at home again. This week went by quickly partially because Wednesday was Independence Day. That night, Kailey went to her first fireworks display. A friend of mine from work lives "in town" so she had a lot people over to see the fireworks from her roof. It was very cool. The Houston Downtown fireworks display was the best fireworks display I have ever seen....yes, better than Disney World.

Earlier today, I decided that it was time to get caught up on my picture taking of just Kailey portraits. She was a very cooperative subject for my camera. I hope that you agree:

Well, based on the past few nights, I can turn in now and still get a few hours of sleep before Kailey is ready for her EARLY morning breakfast. Please keep the comments and emails coming so we know who is reading and enjoying the Blog....and please let us know how you are doing; wherever you may be!

g'night.....