Silas and the Duck

So...be warned that the following video might be considered too cute by some....

QUE Cute annoying kid song.......rubber ducky, your the one.....you make bathtime lots of fun...



it took some doing but we found this lil rubber ducky inner tube bath for Silas. IT is perferct for the boy. He can sit straight up and splash to his heart's content. The best part is it lets use get him out of the kitchen sink FINALLY

video camera fun

some random videos of the past couple weeks :) he is getting big folks, soon he'll be able to mow the lawn and get a job to buy his mama and daddy some toys!

free at last....free at last...TGIF....Free at last...

So been a few weeks for those of you tuning in and we figure your getting tired of the past re-runs. so heres the recap.

Our cousins have com

e and gone, from Arkansas, to Durham, NC, then to

TN, then to Arkansas.

AND WE MISS THEM ALREADY

Silas enjoyed his time with Emma and Evan, almost as much as spending time with his Mamaw and Grandpa.

We had board game nite (which was the night of a 1001 smells.....just ask katrina what she fed her kids before coming here). Grandpa caught up my honey do list, yeah im slack, but i have an excuse- i was sick...... WE HAVE A

CEILING FAN!!!

AND we taught emma and evan to brush their TONGUES, something that carrie had to tell me about as well. see tongues have to be brushed a certain way, just like hair :)

We also got to cook for Aunt Lynn, or as we know her - that crazy lady from Cary!. Even Joey stopped by and enjoyed in the extended family merriment.

Over the last

weekend we got to go see Great Papaw Walker, even if it did mean that Silas' first trip out of state was to TN...i know, but thats all we could do on a shoestring.

Papaw introduced Silas to all kinds of things......Goats, the Nola Chuckey River (from the front porch), french fries, biscuits, and even PAPER.

Silas thinks Papaw has been around his goats too long, babies dont eat paper, that picture musta been a forgery.

Home again Home again....FINALLY

Well it has been a LONG week.
Swansboro - Round Trip twice
Charlotte (well cornelius) round trip friday-sunday

and finally back here in g, good old Dur-HAM

The family reunion in cornelius went well. The blevins men got to talk a bunch, evan and emma took a spin on the ss minnow (specifically the "3-hour" tour part of it, and yes nina they wore Life jackets and sat buddied up - you worry wort) I spent most of the time on the couch in a daze from congestion and sleep deprevation.
The food was diverse-- in one weekend we had cold cuts, hamburgers, bad hotel coffee, shrimp boil, and a smorgasborg of pork and waffles for breakfast. uncle pat really rang the bell (well he had lots of highly qualified help - between all the other women and menfolk down there)

Driving the smoky filthy rent-a-van has definitely made me sick. No voice and a dry disgusting cough. That or the wonderful aroma from my niece and nephew, i didnt know something so stinky could come out of those sooo small. Even silas started having watery eyes.

Tonight we celebrated a well deserved rest by playing risk. Nothing brings out the best in family night by watching aunt Carrie (Carebear the destroyer) wipe the board with Evan, Emma, and myself, but between you and i, i let her win because shes my wife and all.

Considering the attention span of teenagers and the competitive love of a brother and sister all piled onto the table, we made it through relatively joyfully. Next time, im bringing some loaded dice though.


Silas on the otherhand had a longer night yet. He tried oatmeal cereal and some peas, well attempted to try as he projectile spit it out all over himself and his green bumbo.

So just bottles for the remainder of the night. thinking the smoky car, all of the stimulation, and a slight advancement towards full blown teething has caused it. But no worries, momma b and carrie ruled the evening and got him calmed and asleep.

Thats it for now, i need to go chug some more robotussin or something. The grape flavored is quite tasty. Wheezy, signing off....