Merry Christmas

The Perfect Form

We went to Chuck E. Cheese's yesterday and I got to shoot some hoops. Check out the form. I learned that from my mommy. Daddy says it's from him but ask him who won the last game of HORSE between him and mommy! hehehe. As easy as putting your hand in the cookie jar.

Bye bye leaves

Hey everybody,

So all the leaves decided to disappear of the trees and magically reappear on the ground. That's pretty neat. The only thing is that once all the leaves reappeared on the ground, they decided to stay there and not magically reappear in the trash bag. Daddy said that the leaves need to work on their magic tricks. Since they haven't quite mastered that art yet, it meant that Jay and I had the task of raking up all the leaves and putting them in the trash bags ourselves. These parents are starting me off early. Isn't child labor a crime. Mommy said hard work builds character. But I say all work and no play makes for a boring life, so of course we had to have to some fun along the way. Enjoy the pics.

17 Months Old

Hey guys,

I just turned 17 months old last week. My - time is flying. A lot has happened since we last spoke two months ago. The most obvious is that I've gotten older of course. A few weeks ago we had a group of about 10 college students from Nassau over to the house and we threw down Bahamian style. Like daddy says, it was time to mash. We played dominoes and monopoly and ate peas n' rice, fried chicken, baked chicken, ribs, colesaw, macaroni, potatoe salad, beets, brownies, coconut creame pie, and a number one Bahamian speciality - Cool Aid. It was great. I never had so much fun in my life. We were dancing to junkanoo and listening to reggae. That's some pretty cool music if I do say so myself. I love my island roots.

I also learned how to do situps by helping daddy work on his abs. My dad is such a stud. Well at least he thinks he is, but both he and I know who the real boss in the house is. That's right it's starts with an M and end with a Y, MY MOMMY. I love that lady sooooo much. I don't know what I'd do without her. Daddy is cool and all, but mommy is just mommy. She dressed me up for Halloween and we went trick or treating last night. I got lots of candy. But I couldn't eat all of it. Guess what I was for Halloween. A COW!!! Last year a duck, this year a cow. What's next? I guess next year, I'll at least get promoted to Old McDonald.

Anyway, mommy and daddy have been working hard over the past few months, and we've all been fighting sinus infections. So we've all been really tired. I also got my first flu shot. I hope it works because I've heard horror stories about the flu.

Anyway, daddy said Mar (my greatgrandmother) was in the hospital last week so wants everyone to pray for her so that she'll get better so I can go to the Bahamas and see her again. I like Mar. Daddy says i look like her. I think he may be right.

Well tata for now and enjoy the pics. I love BROWNIES.

15 months old

Hey everyone,

Sorry I've been away so long. Between starting a new daycare, mommy getting a new job, and daddy's fall sports getting underway, things have been crazy. But I'm finally back and ready to update you guys on how things have been.

Starting my new daycare was so traumatic. I didn't like it one bit. I went from hanging out with mommy and daddy all summer to having to meet all these strange people that I never saw before. It took me a little bit of getting used to, but it's much better now. I love my daycare. I have lots of new friends and my teachers are nice.

I've also learned how to drive. Daddy took me out on the riding mower. He was nervous because he didn't want anything to happen to me so he put it in the slowest speed. I looked down and saw a snail and it was going faster than we were. How boring was that. At this rate, we won't get to speed five until I'm 30. He kept mentioning something about Uncle Dorrie letting him drive grandaddy's car when he was in the third grade. He said it wasn't a great experience.

Anyway, life is pretty good. I'm learning lots of new words and I'm now getting haircuts. I like them. Especially when daddy runs the small lawn mower thingee over my head. It's just like cutting the grass except it doesn't have wheels.

I'll try to keep everyone updated on how life progresses. TA-TA for now. Peace.

Trip to Michigan

Going Back to the Islands

Hey crew,

We're back. The Bahamas was great. I'm officially an island boy now. I had so much fun and got to meet so many new family members. I really don't have any family close to Arkansas except for Bun Bun and Grandpa Mac who live an hour away in Oklahoma; so it was cool getting to meet all my cousins, uncles, aunts, and my great grandmother, Mar. Everyone says I look like her. We are the same complexion.

I also got to go to Andros (that's were my grandaddy was born) and swim in the ocean. It was really salty, but I loved it. Mommy and daddy walked down to the beach one day and decided to let me take a swim even though I didn't have any swim trunks. So they stripped me down to my birthday suit and let me have at it. It was great. Now I see why daddy refuses to go swimming in a lake. The water was crystal clear.

I also got to see where my great grandparents on my grandaddy's side are buried.

When we got back from Andros I got christened at my grandaddy's church. It was really neat when he annointed my head with oil. I also got to hang out with several of my Godparents. After church we all went out to celebrate my christening and then mommy and daddy went to stay at the hotel Atlantis for two days while I stayed with my Grammie Jessie and Auntie Lauriette and cousins Aalaiyah and Anaiyah. But they didn't leave me completely out of the fun. I got to go spend a day at the hotel with them. Atlantis was really cool. They had a special kiddie pool made just for me. I could walk around and even got to go down a few slides.

Anyway, long story short, we had a great time. I can't wait to go back and eat some more conch salad. That stuff is really good man.

Also, I heard that we'll be a taking another trip shortly to go visit Uncle Dorrie and his crew in Cincinnati and my Grandma Mary Anne up in Michigan. More family - I love it! I'll add some pics when we return.

BTW - if you want to check out my pics from the Bahamas they are down below. Enjoy!