Pumpkin Carving

Faimon and Austin carving our pumpkin.


The finished product.


A few weeks ago we decorated some small pumpkins.

It's a Boy!

At first we weren't sure if the baby was going to cooperate but we did get a picture that shows us we're going to have another boy. Austin wasn't interested in seeing pictures of his little brother but he didn't seem upset when we told him it was a boy and not a girl. He was convinced it was a girl before today.

Here's the proof:



We have several other pictures but none that are easy to spot what you're looking at. She kept trying to get a good face shot but the baby kept moving and hiding his face. In this picture you can see the baby head to toe, with his head on the left and his feet on the right. His back is at the top of the picture.



No thoughts on names yet. Now that we can narrow it down to boy names hopefully it'll be a bit easier. Any suggestions?

Place your bets...

The time has come and, if the baby cooperates, we will hopefully find out if it is a boy or girl. The appointment is set for Monday morning.

What do you think? Pink or blue?

Fall in Louisiana

Fall in Louisiana brings football, the parish fair, and, for us, visits with family. We have had quite a busy few weeks. Austin has now been to his first parish fair, which opened with a parade through our downtown area. This may have also been Faimon's first parish fair parade. Austin enjoyed the parade, mostly the candy that he was able to catch or chase down. He did get a little bored with the actual parade. He liked watching the horses and 4-wheelers that were part of it.

Faimon managed to skip the fair as he was covering a couple of high school football games that week but Christa and Austin made an evening of it. Austin rode the merry-go-round, a truck ride, and a 4-wheeler ride. The 4-wheeler ride was his favorite. He cried after the first ride saying that he wanted to ride again on the other blue 4-wheeler. After 2 turns he seemed satisfied, though. He also took in some of the livestock (the chickens being the favorite) and a petting zoo. I can't forget to mention topping it off with his new favorite meal, corndogs.



Last week Austin and Christa also got to go to their first high school football game of the season. Faimon's parents were in town visiting so we all got to go to the game. Austin lasted through the first quarter and then was ready to go home. He said he liked the cheerleaders best of all. :)

Austin enjoyed having his grandparents around for the weekend. Faimon and Christa went through short bouts of the stomach flu that same weekend, so it was a good thing grandparents were around to keep Austin occupied.

We are enjoying the fall and are getting ready for Halloween. Austin loves the pumpkins and is all set to be Spiderman. Hopefully he won't change his mind before the big night!