Richardson Family Blog

8/21/07

Wildcat in Dawg country

When Ayden was just a little baby, Jimmy's mom found this UGA basball hat for him. It finally fits him! Doesn't he look cute! Thanks, Patrisia!

8/18/07

I've gone back to work (The picture of me is when I was dressed up for orientation.) so Ayden has been spending every morning with his friend Griffin. Today (Saturday) was our first lazy day at home for two weeks!

Ayden had a ball doing all his favorite things:

playing with his trucks,

running around outside with no shoes on,

using the couch as a jungle gym,

playing with his puzzles,

and helping me clean the deck & pool.

How much better could a Saturday get? He is taking a nap now...that's how I'm able to be actually sitting at the computer!

8/13/07

From Baby to Little Boy

These pictures aren't anything exciting, but I'm trying to keep up my end of this deal. I do think it's cute though how much he's looking less like a baby and more like a toddler/little boy.

New Mile Stones? He's eating with a plate, bowl, spoon & fork and yesturday he drank an entire smoothie by himself out of a cup with no lid!

New words? People's names, most all of the Sesame Street characters, boo-boo (for a cut or bandaid), truck, more, puzzle (pupa).

8/7/07

Staying cool in the HEAT!

Today was 98 degrees outside. Because Mama has a furnance in her belly, Ayden is forced to hangout either inside or in the pool! I thought you'd enjoy these pictures of him in his shades. He thinks he's such hot stuff!

8/3/07

Camera Chrissy is BACK!

I don't know if anyone has noticed, (ha-ha...I've heard the complaints loud and clear) but the blogger posts have recently been few and far between. Anything that's been posted since Feb was posted by Jimmy, not Christen. Two reasons: First: Blogger changed their set-up and Christen couldn't ever re-learn how to use it easily. Second: Christen no longer had access to the mac-daddy yearbook camera she'd gotten used to. Well, a new era has dawned! Thanks to "Papa" (which Ayden can now say) Christen got a great camera for her birthday! But the gift came with strings--pictures must be posted no less than every two weeks. Here's the first installment. Pictures of Ayden during snack time...enjoy everyone...and check back in soon for more!

7/14/07

Snake Wrangling

While Jimmy was attending the NACE Leadership Institute, Ayden took a snake wrangling class. Actually the snakes are from the Cox family in KY! Ayden thought it would be fashionable to "wear" these around his neck while he played in the room.

Clowning around

During the conference breaks, Jimmy would come visit us in the hotel room. On one visit he brought back some "props". He and Ayden had a lot of fun with the big clown nose.

Let's Eat!!!

One of the best parts of being on vacation is that we don't have to cook! A fun thing about being in San Antonio is that we got to try a lot of fun Tex-Mex. These are pictures from two Mexican restaraunts. The one where Ayden is on the burro is our favorite!

Remember the Alamo!

The Alamo was on our weekend "must see" list. Ayden is not quite 16 months here. Therefore, he is likely to forget about the experience at the Alamo. Jimmy on the other will surely remember the experience because he spent half an afternoon here and read everything on the history of the building! Needless to say, Christen and Ayden were stir crazy by the end of the day!

WOW! Things really are bigger in Texas

We just got back from a trip to San Antonio, TX. Jimmy had some business there on Friday 7/6 and a conference the following week. Because of the length of the trip, we decided to join him and make it like a family vacation. These boots are supposedly the largest in the world and are just outside the airport.

6/19/07

Swimming fun at Williamsburg

Dad and Nick have decided to sell Williamsburg so this might be some of our last pics here. We decided that Nicholas was about the same age as Ayden js here when we moved to this house. Guess Jimmy and I will have to start thinking about getting a pool ourselves. :)