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Clint is all packed up and ready to go!

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Clint with his namesake/great grandpa!

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Roadtrips are fun! Dairy Queen, I win!!!

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Clint like bananas!

Five Months

We celebrated five months with our little guy on Friday, December 4, 2009. As of that day, he could sit up without support (when put in that position), "talk" and laugh, play with his puppies (supervised), roll both ways, spin around in his bed, play in his excersaucer, love his Momma and Daddy, and eat like a champ!!

Clint likes Rice Cereal, Green Beans, Peas, Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Turkey, Oatmeal, Carrots, and Chicken. Clint does NOT like it when the food disappears. He has liked everything we have offered him. He is a good eater, and he has gained a few pounds. I have not had this documented by a health professional, but he is certainly heavier!! His little face is rounder, and he is filling out his 9 month clothes a little better. He was on the slim side at his 4 month check up. Clint will soon outgrow some of his 9 month footie PJs, but fortunately, the bigger ones just happen to be the warm and fuzzy ones, so we are in good shape! Since it has gotten cooler, we have also been able to use the cozy blankets friends and family have made for him!

Clint is so good-natured, and smiles at everyone! He is so much fun, and I love being home with him. He is getting to be a better day-time sleeper, and it feels like we might be starting to establish some patterns during the day. We'll see though...

Happy 5 Months, Clint! We love you!!!

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Snow in Tomball!!!

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All this PLUS a little bit of cereal, PLUS a little bit of carrots. He would have eaten more, but I know his tummy is only so big...

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Look who can sit up all by himself!

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The highchair's maiden voyage. Clint likes to eat...see the empty bowl?

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This is what happens when Clint spends time with Daddy!

Happy Halloween!!!!!

We had a very busy Halloween this year! We went to MeMaw and PaPaw's house (Craig's parents) to show off Clint in his costume, but we don't have any pictures from there - it was a quick trip, as we were on our way to Ella's 2nd Birthday Party!!! Happy Birthday, Ella!
Clint was a Super Monster for Halloween! That is the largest burrito at Freebirds. We conceptualized this idea before he was born (I think), and I made the costume last week. We got shirts from The Bird, and we were Freebirds Employees. He was DELICIOUS!!!!!
After the party, we went to my parents' house for a little while since it was close, and we gave Clint a chance to get some rest and kept us from being in the car all afternoon. My dad in his costume...He was A Work of Art!!!

We went to Freebirds to show off. Clint was BIGGER than a Super Monster!!!! He is worth WAY more than anything on the menu!!!!

Here we are with the Freebirds Van.

Somehow, we did not receive any free food. What's up with that???

Then we headed to the church building for Trunk or Treat! Here is Trey with the pumpkins. He was John. He wore a Westfield t-shirt, carried a whistle and John's coach's badge and he had a little bit of facial hair. SO CUTE!!! I wish I had a close up of him. My mom is on the right - Ragedy Andy.

The Welborn Family (not us - there is another family with our name - spelled the same, even!) won the award for best decorated car. Cool, huh? The Alarid Family won for best costumes. I don't have any pictures, but Ursela, King Triton, Ariel, and Flounder were all super cute!!!

Dr. John, Princess Jennifer, and Coach O (the miniature version)!

Get out of here, birds!!!!

Jenn, Clint, Steph, and Rachel

Clint became one with the art and got some rest. (The art was hungry.)

Clint was so content all day in his costume. It was sort of like being swaddled. He was slippery, though, and if he hadn't been so relaxed, he would have been hard to hold onto!!! But he seemed to have a really good day! And he was so, so cute!!!!!!

Here is our decorated trunk. We served our candy out of aluminum pans with a ladel, Freebirds style. Can you see our pumkin? That was Craig's idea. He is so creative!!!

Trent and Rachel came out for Trunk or Treat and then came over afterwards. Clint fell asleep in the car on the way home, so we just put his car seat in his bed and he slept there until about 2am or so. I think he woke up disoriented, and it took a little while to get him back to sleep, but eventually we did. So tired... We enjoyed seeing our friends, and we look forward to our "Camping Trip" in November. We always go camping with the Mayberrys the weekend before Thanksgiving, but this year, Rachel reserved some rooms for us at her Dad's house in San Antonio, so we'll spend the nights there and do whatever we want to do in the area during the days. We haven't had the best experiences with weather on our caming trips, and I think this will be less stressful for all of us. Thanks Rachel - Great idea!!!

Today we rested.

It's Almost Halloween!!!

I made Clint's Halloween costume today, and Craig and I put our complimentary costumes together. We are so excited to show off this weekend!!!! Pictures Sunday, hopefully...

Anniversary Getaway

We spent this past weekend at the lakehouse where we honeymooned five years ago. Thanks Alarid Family!!! Here is the view from the doc.

Craig and Clint went fishing.Daddy, I love fishing with you THIS much!

Relaxing inside...

Clint also learned some new tricks this weekend. He started to hold his bottle all by himself with both hands, on purpose. He can put his pacifier back into his mouth...correctly...eventually. He already knew how to roll from his tummy to his back, but he refused to do it this weekend, so we spent a lot of time trying to encourage him to roll. Sunday night, I went to check on him after he went to bed (always on his back, as all the books say), and this is what I found:

First, I laughed, then got concerned, checked for breathing and what-not, and then got the camera, since Craig had gone out to get us a snack. So now Clint rolls back and forth on his own without prompting. We still put him to bed on his back, but he tends to roll to his side to sleep, and it is so cute!

We had a great weekend together. It was great to just relax!

August - Back to our Timeline

Various pictures from August...

RIBS!!!!!

A couple of Sundays ago, Craig cooked outside and made ribs!!! Yu-mmy!!!!!

See? They were good!

Clint and I watched.

The legs of the barbequers...

Clint went to bed fairly early, so we were able to enjoy dinner without having to worry about touching him with rib-fingers. It was a great day! Thanks for cooking, Craig!!!

August 4th - One Month Old

We shamelessly borrowed the idea of comparing Clint to an object in order to show his growth. We did exhibit a tiny bit of creativity in choosing the guitar, but I can't take credit for that...thanks Craig!!! We decided we would measure him in frets. Trouble is, these are the only pics we have...we might have forgotten to take the same pictures on September 4th and October 4th. Incidently, this guitar hangs in Clint's room on the wall. Craig and I wrote a song that we sing each night for Clint. Craig wrote the tune and most of the lyrics, and I just threw in a few words here and there. Craig plays and we both sing. Here are Clint's official "One Month" pictures. I didn't take him to a studio for these since he could barely hold his little head up, but I went over to Amanda's house, and we just sorta propped him up!

The next one is one of my favorites!

July 2009

Here are some pics from different times in July. Craig was able to spend a couple of weeks at home before going back to work.

This one is fuzzy, but it is such a sweet picture of Clint with Aunt Jenn, his third favorite person in the entire world!!! (Besides Momma and Daddy, of course!)

Spending time at Uncle John, Aunt Jenn and Trey's house.

Clint only wore this outfit once before he outgrew it.

This was Clint's first playdate at Harry's house. Harry has a pool. Clint didn't swim this time, but I will post video of Clint's first swim later on.

That is Meredith and Hayes with Momma and Clint.

Harry, Taylor and Kinley

Stacy (my long-time roommate from A&M) and Wes Yoakum came to see us with their boys, Jakob and Derek.

Craig and Jakob played with blocks.

Derek played with a phone.

Trent and Rachel brought their nephew, Jamaica, to Craig's parents' house for a little while when he was in town for a visit. Ashlee held Clint.

This is PaPaw (Craig's Dad), Grandma (PaPaw's Mom), Aunt Polly (MeMaw's Aunt), and Little J in the front.

Nicky, Buzz Lightyear Bear, Hamilton, Sing & Snore Ernie, Nathan, and Clint is in there somewhere!

Clint's first hicky - seriously, there was a pretty good mark.

Kakki and Papa Doug

Papa Doug - these two are going to have SO much fun!!!!! Just ask Trey Bear!!!!!

This is just a pictoral synopsis of July. I realize now that we don't have pictures loaded of MeMaw and PaPaw...sorry about that!!! We'll make sure we get those up here, too!!!