Jack keeps himself busy these days playing the sandbox, playing games on the computer and taking toys away from David. David does not take too well to this, as you might imagine, and at least 50 times a day I have to “remind” Jack that he may not take toys away from David, and NEVER sinks in. Next opportunity he has he rushes over to take away whatever...

I uh… missed some spots with the sunscreen today. David has a striped face. ...

I’ve started a new blog. Actually I started it a couple of months ago, but haven’t mentioned it until now because I wasn’t totally sure what I was going to do with it. “Lumps of Clay” is a blog for friends and family for the most part. It’s never gotten much traffic (not that I cared) and I’ve never really advertised it much...

David went straight from crawling to pulling up and now cruising. He’s sort of a daredevil, and has the bruises to prove it. He plays independently really well, something Jack never did, and for which I am grateful as I wander around the house digging out from the lingering moving junk. When mealtime comes, David turns into an eating machine. At dinner...

These before and after shots show why Jack goes to the barber with Daddy or Poppaw. WalMart is good for cheap cereal and eggs. Hair cuts? Not so...

Funny how kids change so suddenly at this age.  A month ago, he wouldn’t try anything new to eat and nothing would persuade him. He wanted “Pinch” fries and chicken nuggets anytime we were out to eat and nothing else was even an option, and then suddenly, he’s ordering a cheeseburger from Sonic AND eating the pickle that came on the burger!...