Cowboys, Pirates, family outtings and potential girlfriend???

Christian has started to really like playing dress-up...but a manly dress-up if you will ; ) He likes to wear what he calls his "Yeeeehaw hat" and vest. This vest was made by Gran for his 1st birthday...yes, his 1st birthday and it still fits.

From Archer Jonathon

The Choates gave him a train conductors outfit and hat too and he has recently started to play with. Then tonight at dinner Gran tried to make him Pirate hat out of his menu. Well, we all tried to fold him a neat pirate hat, but none of us had any luck. This was the best effort.

From Archer Jonathon

We also had a few family outings this week and weekend. Tonight we all went out to dinner. We were joined by Gran, Aunt Sheri, Grama Nita and Bailey. Bailey and Gran had a special night of back to school shopping to do. Gran and Bailey had Christian on one end of the table and Chris and I had Archer on the other end of the table. Christian was very entertaining in his Pirate hat and he loved his calm strips (that's my boy!!!) and Archer did what he does best...yes, he slept (again! that's my boy!!!). The boys didn't give Mommy and Daddy one bit of trouble.

On Sunday we all headed out to run a few errands. I was feeling very couped up at the house so we ran to Babies R Us and Petsmart. We even broke out the double stroller. We also made stops at Petco and Barnes & Noble.

From Archer Jonathon

And on the topic of potential girlfriend. Chris sent me this in an email today.
"Apparently, Ava and Christian were holding hands the other day. And, Ava's om told me she consistently talks about Christian. "
Girls talking about his consistently at this age...what am I in for later?!?! Will I have one of these on my hands?!?!



Now for more Archer news. He had his 1st Dr. appt today and was a real trooper. No shots, just a heel prick and boy did that hurt. He has gained 13 oz since he left the hospital, which is great.