What Jeff Does for Fun

I took this video of Jeff in Nov 2008. This is how country boys have fun. All the neighborhood kids came running into our backyard after this!

Valentine's and Birthdays

This is how Reid falls asleep- fingers in the mouth, arm over the eyes.

Sydney in art class at Classical School

North Davidson High School Wrestling onesie from Jason, Elizabeth & Riley

Baking Jeff a carrot cake for his birthday...Sydney wanted her hair to look like an alien that day!
Licking the beaters!

Happy Birthday to Daddy!

Ethan had a look of guilt on his face the next day. I then discovered he had sneaked into the carrot cake when I was upstairs with Reid!

Riley & Sydney at dinner to celebrate Mom & Dad C's and Jeff's birthdays in Greensboro

Ethan models all of Papa's Old Dude gear. Dad C turned 60!

Nadine holding Reid (can you see him saying, "Ooooo"?) and E-ma Dorner holding Nate (Daniel & Nadine's new baby).

I wanted to post some recent pictures and give some updates on the kids since it's been a little too long! I can't believe Reid is getting ready to turn 1! He has 3.5 teeth (2 on bottom and 1.5 on top) which is really cute, and 2 more on the way. Last Saturday he stood up for the first time. He loves to say "uh-oh" before he drops an object. He's so nice to give us fair warning! :-) I still think he is just the sweetest baby, always happy to go with the flow...something I envy about 3rd born kids!

Ethan and Sydney just continue to make us laugh with the funny things they do and say. They are the best of friends. I used to be so much better about writing down their funnies, but I haven't been so good about it for the past 11.5 months. I will get better about this so I can post, but here's something funny Sydney said yesterday as she was contrasting city people and country people. "In the city, men wear black top hats and women wear fancy dresses to weddings." She then noticed a hole in her sock and asked me to patch it. When I told her that I don't patch socks, she said, "Country people don't waste their money on buying socks. They patch and sew them. When all the thread is gone and the socks are old and dirty, then they get new ones."

Jeff recently asked Ethan what he wanted to be when he grows up. Ethan said, "A fireman, a policeman, and a dugger." Jeff asked, "What's a dugger?" Ethan replied, "Someone who dug something."

Ethan and Sydney are really into Man Vs. Wild on Discovery Channel. We are planning a MVW party for Ethan's 4th birthday. Jeff worked on setting up a ropes course this weekend. Also, he and Ethan went to the NC Wrestling Tournament this weekend, which they both loved. Sydney, Reid, & I got to go to the mall to go clothes shopping. Fun!

Joyful Reunion

This is so sweet!