2-Liters of Pure, Sweet Indulgence

With his Tinkham heritage and a love of all things carbonated, Little Man is introduced into a whole new world by his Uncle Jon. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Little Man went straight to work. "If you start practicing right now then someday you'll be able to drink 2-3 of these bad boys per day, just like I do," his Uncle Jon wisely stated. It seems like everything is always a competition between the two. Here they are comparing who has more hair...???

Mommy's Christmas Scheme

Recently, with the cooperation of the FBI, CIA and CTU authorities shut down an alarming operation before it could do any damage. It wasn't concerning the economy, terrorist activity, or the lack of good apple fritters in the world. It was even worse... It was about Christmas!! Yes, I know you might be thinking, "But it's only September and Christmas is still a long ways away." While that is mostly true, X-Mas decorations have already appeared in stores, and contributed to the planning of this dastardly and nefarious scheme. You see, mommy decided that she wanted to get the early scoop on her Christmas presents. She realized that the off-season was the time to make her move. Good ol' Santa is probably off vacationing on some tropical beach somewhere and has left his elves in charge of all the work at the North Pole. So mommy decided to disguise me as an elf so that I can infiltrate the North Pole and find out what her presents are. Don't believe it??? Well take a look at this pic my friend...

I'm sorry to say that I let it progress to this point but mommy tricked me into it by telling me it was a Halloween costume. As soon as I realized her malicious plot I put a stop to things right away!!

Cuz... what if Santa found out and he took away all of my presents, too???

The Boy Who "Coughed" Wolfed

Trying to express yourself isn't so easy when you don't know words, phrases or even a language. But that hasn't stopped Little Man from trying to improvise his own way to communicate. We think he's trying to send us messages via morse code. Listen and decide for yourself.

Beloved Sweet Nectar

It's fun to watch our Little Guy keep growin and growin. It seems like before you even realize it he's almost an entirely new baby as he continues to progress through the stages of development. For instance, we've been noticing subtle clues that he might be ready to move on and start into his first foods. This is a big step in a baby's life and we wanted this to be a special experience for Connor. We feel that it's important for him to start recognizing and building his autonomy. We would hate to shackle him down with our own biased thoughts and beliefs. Not for our Little Man, for him the sky is the limit. As such, we decided to let him choose how he wanted to move forward. Most babies progress with some rice cereal (yuck!) on to bland oatmeal (eww!) only to end up with nasty strained veggies (why?). We encouraged Little Man to think outside the box and to take life by the horns and go for the gusto. As parents, we couldn't be more proud of his decision!!"You mean you're really gonna let me decide???" "I choose the sweet nectar of the heavens.... Mountain Dew!"
"Oh, I'm so excited, I can hardly wait. I see mommy drinking these every day and now after 6 long and grueling months my opportunity has finally arrived."
"Indeed, (gulp) how sweet it is (gulp)!"

Tennessee Fun

A week ago Friday we were hangin out in the morning with the Little Man when he turned to us and said, "Hey, wanna know what we should do today? I say we pack up some stuff and hit the road and take a week off somewhere. You know, just for fun, to get out of D-Town." We had to admit, it did sound pretty enticing.... so, we decided to go for it and away we went! We drove and we drove until we came to a quaint little town just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park called Pigeon Forge. It was a little tough to find accomodations at the last minute, but we finally found something right in our price range.

We quickly made friends with some of the locals. The 3 bears were there, but we couldn't find Goldilocks anywhere. But at least we got to see Bambi and his mom (just stay away from the meadow... we all remember what happened in the movie!!).As always, Little Man insisted that we go to his favorite restaurant for dinner one night.

Overall, it was fun trip and a great chance to get away. Oh yeah, here's some other pics in case you're interested.