Keedan @ 7 Months

Keedan is quite the character.

Here is Keedan with his hair spiked thanks to Brian Evans and his spiking hair goop.


He looks like THE Maverick type if you know what I mean.

Firehouse Pottery

Keedan & I recently made some beautiful art together. We made a hand tree (from Keedan's hand print) on a salad plate @ Firehouse Pottery. It turned out super cute.



Keedan was such a good sport too when an employee painted his hand. FYI- all the paint used at the shop is non-toxic. A little dabble of painted hand to mouth won't hurt them.

When I was a child my grandmother owned a ceramic shop where my brother and I learned at an early age how to make pottery from scratch. It was delicate work, a bit tedious & time consuming but tons of fun.

For those of you who've never been to Firehouse Pottery, they pretty much wait on you like a food server would at a restaurant.

If you need something they get it.

You make a mess, they clean it up.

The best part is that they do all of the delicate, tedious work so all you have to do is pick your piece & create with paint.

Hopefully this will be the beginning of a family tradition (at least while he's little).

Halloween Day

I told ya I'd have more Gobble Gobble fun pictures to share.
I was a Halloween scrooge and decided not to dress up but Ryan and Keedan looked Great in their outfits.
Keedan of course....The Turkey
Ryan was ... (see next sentence)



Can you guess what Ryan was? It was a bit last minute, but very creative nonetheless. Ryan had a costume contest at work. They had a category for best cardboard costume, so we tried to incorporate as much as possible (at last minute of course).

Okay I'll let the cat out of the bag...he was a Ski Bumb. Ryan was leaving for work in this picture with lunch in hand, so you don't get the full effect. The box he is holding was his home, so he wore it and attached a pillow to it. The long cardboard pieces are his ski poles. He perfected the ensamble when he arrived at work by placing a paper sign on the box that read:
"Ski Hard or Go Home"
& a nicely written cardboard sign that read:
"Please help! Will Ski 4 Food. Cannot work b/c of ski habit. Wife, kids HUGRY :( Olympic Veteran. Disabled Cousin"

Ryan didn't get off of work until after 6 pm so Keedan & I met up with our friends the Poll's & Ormson's to do a little bit of Trick or Treating @ the Pearland Town Center.


These pretty pretty ladies are Keedan's future girlfriends. Sevy on the left and Kenzi on the right. I can just imagine Keedan chasing them around and trying to put his bugars on them. Wonderful memories will be created.

Ryan met up with us at Red Robin to eat after the TT'g. We had a really nice time and a memorable first Halloween with Keedan.



This is the best picture of all three of us .



The Boy's Cheese'n it up.



Out for the count.

123...it's a KO.

Our Little Turkey

So Keedan has already hit the Halloween social scene and its not even Halloween yet. He just loves meeting new people and slobbering on their toys.

We attended a Halloween party this past Saturday and I was impressed that Keedan wasn't fussy at all in his Turkey get up.


Action shot as he was making sweet music with somebody's tamberine.

We will hopefully have more Gobble Gobble fun pictures to share later this week.

Keedan's Fall Photo Shoot

These are just a few of the pictures Keedan took this past week at JC Penney.

He was such a good baby (thanks to the 45 minute cat nap he had beforehand).
It was fun trying to keep his attention geared toward the camera.

We had no problems getting this kid to smile.

These pictures are not the best quality (there from a photo website) but at least you can see his face clearly.

Random Blog Entry of a Movie Vs. Real Life

Ryan and I went on a "date night" a few weeks ago to see the movie Eagle Eye. Honestly, I wasn't too excited to be seeing the move. I had seen the previews and it didn't spark my fancy.

Well let me tell ya....it is quite the movie to check out. I was literally on the edge of my seat almost the entire time.

For those of you whom have not seen the movie, without ruining the plot....let me just say the "government" really does know where you are and what your doing (duh duh duh duh....well at least in the movie.)

On a similar note, as noted in my previous post, I participated in the Race For The Cure. Your wondering, why is this similar, right?

Well here is how it relates....I received an email from an events photography company with a picture of me (not my cutest pose)running.

My first thoughts....freaky, how did they pick me out of a crowd of a couple of 10's of 1000's of people?

Rationally I thought, Oh it's because I registered and have a number assigned to me.

Irrationally, I'm being stalked.

Rationally...I thought a bit more and my common sense mode relayed the message that most likely they take pictures and the participants whose numbers show up the clearest are the people they try to sale their product to and they have connections so that they are able to access my personal email info.

There's no Eagle Eye stalkers hunting me down.

Rationality is Victorious.

(ha ha...that's me huffing & puffing - it's a bit distorted but you can tell thats me #12504)

RACE For The Cure

What an amazing sight it was to see (literally) thousands of people in downtown Houston racing for a cure for breast cancer. Pink Power was virtually in every nook & cranny as far as the eye could see.

Ryan dropped me off & ventured to find a parking spot. I (nervously) headed into the crowd with hopes that after I finished I could locate Ry & Keedan.

If any of you have ever been to a 5K, usually the "goodies" or shall I put it the sponsors of the race give out their goods after the race, but not at this race. People were filling up bags full of samples, products etc... before the race even began. So I wasn't surprised when I finished the race that most of the "goodies" were already gone.
Before the race I was able to get a complimentary massage from a "Massage Envy" employee. Let me just say that it was WONDERFUL!!!!

The last few stretches til the finish line I spotted Ry & Keedan on the sidelines. It was so nice to see them and to have the possible stress of trying to find them later lifted away. Plus it was nice to have their support.

All in all it was a great experience. Next time I will definitely drink lots & lots of water and buddy up with someone that is running in the race (to make it a bit more enjoyable).