The Dynamic Duo

Halloween has come and gone and we have more candy than we know what to do with. Here are some pics from our activities this weekend.

Here are Batman and Robin before heading off to the library on Thurs. night for the first round of trick-or-treating. (This is the only night that Austin would actually wear his cape.)



Friday night we went to Leesville to enjoy a "Witch Way to Main Street" event with BB and the cousins. (Superman is missing from this photo. Must have slipped away for a daring rescue elsewhere.)



Sat. night we went trick-or-treating in the park and then in a friend's neighborhood.

Here's a pic of our pumpkin.

Pumpkins

Well, we haven't picked out our carving pumpkin yet but we're getting in the mood. Here are the pumpkins that we decorated last week.

And here are some pictures of our other little pumpkins...



Aaron at 7 months.




Aaron at 6 months.



It's tough to get both boys to pose together. Here's a pic we got about a month ago.

Are you ready for some football?

Fall is here and we're even getting a little bit of cooler weather to prove it. With fall comes football and Faimon is jumping in with both feet. Even though he's no longer the Sports Editor of our local paper he's still exercising his football muscles. If you want to hear what Faimon has to say you can check out these sources:

Grid Iron Gumbo - 7 PM Thursdays on 105.7 KVVP FM. Weekly football talk show about local high schools, colleges, and pro teams. There's a 'Listen Live' link on the site.

DeRidder Dragon Football 7 PM Fridays on 95.7 KROK FM. Faimon is calling the play-by-play radio broadcast for the DeRidder Dragons. There's a 'Listen Live' link on the site.

DeRidder Daily News Faimon will still be covering the DeRidder Dragon's games in the local paper.

Bleacher Report This year Faimon is a featured columnist for LSU on Bleacher Report and should be publishing at least a couple of articles a week.

Better late than never?

I know Aaron is almost 5 months old but I'm just getting a chance to post his 3 and 4 month pictures. Hopefully I'll get a 5 month picture soon.

Aaron at 3 months...



and 4 months.



He is growing fast (still off the charts in both height and weight). He can roll from his tummy to his back and has rolled at least once from his back to his tummy. His head seems to still be a bit too heavy for him to pick up to get all the way over. He is making lots of sounds all the time and has developed a grunting/groaning sound to tell us when he is not happy. Not very much fun to listen to but he is communicating. :) He's getting pretty good with grabbing things with his hands. The doctor said last week to expect his bottom teeth to start coming in a couple of weeks. It all goes by so fast...

In the News

Faimon is no longer the Sports Editor for our local newspaper. He's now the Editor! This is his first week of putting together the rest of the paper (besides Sports) but he's had a few weeks to transition from one job to another. While this means he won't be out covering games at night, he is still going to be working 6 day weeks and will be working in the evening to make sure all the news from the day makes it in the paper. :(

He won't be giving up Sports entirely, though. There will probably be some opportunities in the fall for him to cover some football games and he hopes to continue writing a column for the Sports section. (If he can find the time, that is.)

Goin' Fishin'

Now that it's officially summertime, Austin is starting to get into fishing. He got a new Lightning McQueen (still his favorite character) fishing pole in preparation for a trip to Beebe and Gramp's camp for Memorial Day. He spent almost an hour outside learning to cast and practicing in our driveway the day he got it.

We had a good time at the camp but Austin didn't catch any fish.

At the first of this month, Austin spent a week at Grandma and Grandpa's while Faimon, Christa, and Aaron went to Oklahoma for a friend's wedding. This is the longest Austin has been away. We all survived and enjoyed our week. Austin went fishing with Grandma and Grandpa, too, and caught two fish this time.

Growing Like a Weed

Aaron is now 2 months old and he is growing so fast. He weighs 14 lbs 2 oz and is 24.5" long. His height is so far off the charts the doctor accused us of bringing the wrong baby home from the hospital.