Halloween Weekend

Above, another picture taken at PicturePeople in the Galleria. They did a great job and it was well worth the shekels.

Sean has not yet selected a "comfort object" as many crumb crunchers his age do (e.g. blanket, stuffed animal, etc.) He does, however, pick favorite objects for one or two day periods. This weekend it was both a plastic back massage thingy and the plastic measuring cup/cap that comes with our laundry soap. When he crawls around the house carrying the cap it sounds like a pegged-leg pirate is walking around. At least he had the good sense to pick plastic objects! 2007 is the 100th anniversary of plastic! Bakelite on Wikipedia, 1950's film on plastic, Ansco Panda Bakelite Camera - made by GAF (now ISP.)

Saturday we went to Joshua Nolen's baptism in the Woodlands. The service was held at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic church. Interestingly enough, there is a St. Anthony of Padua church on Woodlands Drive in ... Singapore. Google maps would not give me directions from Houston to the church, causing me to look closer and change my search criteria!

Sunday we went for a walk around the ponds in the back of the 'hood and then on another walk with the Johnson's to go to some open houses in Westwood on "the other side of the tracks." In a neighborhood where most house go for $150,000 tops there is one street with new houses being built on existing lots and being sold for $500,000 and up. We went to three houses, which all had cool features (including closets! We don't have many of those in this neighborhood.)

4117 Woodhaven
4125 Woodhaven
4130 Woodhaven

Hidden room with a "Texas Basement" - a climate controlled portion of the attic

Kitchen with cool brickwork around the stove

More cool kitchen brickwork

Halloween is Coming!

Sean 9-Month Dr. Appt. Update:

• Weight: 18 lbs. 12 ozs. - 25%
• Height: 29.4" - 90%
• Head Circumference: 17.5" - 25%

Still tall, skinny and with feet and ears too big for his head! :-) He remains a joy and a happy baby. He has 7 teeth now and more are coming. Sean is very mobile and sits, stands and kneels (A Catholic!) and is close to walking. He hates to go to sleep at night and end the fun, but has really established a routine anyway. By the time 8:30pm comes around he is really ready for bed.

Sean loves to feed himself everything and eats most of what mom and dad eat now. He will crawl into the kitchen and pick the Cheerios box or Goldfish bag off the shelf and try to get into them.

Late October...

OK, it has been an inexcusably long time since the last posting. The weekend before last we went to Denver for our annual rite of fall with the Wheatley's. For 11 striaght years now it has not been autumn without a visit to Eric and Anida (now with Daniel and Rachel!) We forgot our camera, see a cute picture of Rachel and Sean HERE. The toy they are playing with - the Leap Frog Musical Table - Sean liked so much we picked one up from Craig's List within 3 or 4 days for $15 - he loves it! We had a great time with Eric and Anida and the kids and going to the Great American Beer Festival. Texas did not do so well this year...

Brewery	Beer	State	Medals	Category
Fredericksburg Brewing Co.	Pioneer Porter	TX	Gold	Brown Porter
Fredericksburg Brewing Co.	Enchanted Rock Red Ale	TX	Bronze	Irish Style Red Ale
Saint Arnold Brewing Co.	Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower	TX	Gold	German Style Kölsch/Köln Style Kölsch

Dave and Sean did suffer from a short-lived virus that Grandma and Dziadziu also caught. Further investigation revealed that Dave caught it at work, leading to more celebration than planned of National Infection Prevention week at ISP - Texas City last week!

Elissa's 2nd Birthday gave everyone a chance to dress up for Halloween early. Above are the Cavemen (uh, CavePEOPLE - I just went to harassment training) Pasta's with little Pasta-Saurus.

The birthday girl shows off her much improved birthday cake eating skills (compared to last year!)

Nana with Sean, Elissa and Claire

Bring in the clowns!

Sunday we went hiking in Brazos Bend State Park. Afterwards Grandma and Dziadziu help Sean practice walking.

Dave and Sean on the trail

Uncle Joe and Sean planning future escapades...

Narcissistic Bachelor Dave Blog

Mom and Sean are in the Hill Country for a few days to visit Nana and Grandpa and for Barb to work. (Don't miss Sean's 9-month bday blog, below.)

Dave, confronted with two days alone, reverts to his bachelor ways. First, Sunday night dinner - Wolf Brand Chili with cheese or Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with tuna, peas and picante sauce? Due to my 2+ year boycott of Campbell Food products, Wolf Chili was out. (Dave to Campbell - I opened your soup and it was spoiled. Campbell to Dave - here are some coupons for Campbell products! Dave to Campbell - it happened again, spoiled soup! Campbell to Dave - here are some coupons for Campbell products! Dave to Campbell - your soup made me sick. I will eat no more Campbell products until I recieve from you a quality improvement plan. Campbell to Dave - here are some coupons for Campbell products!)





So on to menu item #2:
-One box Kraft Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese
-One can of dolphin free tuna
-One-half bag of frozen peas
-1/2 cup Pace yellow label picante sauce

It was great! Warning: Married men, even if you do not normally cook you should make it a practice to cook something at least once every six months. In case of an emergency you should be able to locate pots and pans and NOT spend 10+ minutes trying to figure out how the only can opener in the house works.


Yes, Pace is now owned by Campbell Foods - it is the one exception to my boycott. My only Karmic justification is that the person who developed Pace into what it is today before selling out to Campbell now runs NatureSweet Tomatoes - a cool company based out of S.A.

Sean is 9-Months Old!

Asleep after a busy Saturday (with the Ags atop the Big-XII South for the first time since 1998!)

Sunday morning with Dad in his Chair

C'mon Dad, I'm funnier than the comics!

Looking to see if someone is watching...

Rare shot of my upper teeth (Dad says naming rights will be available for my future braces installation.) Notice the new baby friendly furniture in the background - CDs have now joined the beer bottles in the garage.

Sean Bath Time Video

Grandma has babysat Sean for two days now while Barbara works. She and Sean play hard! Both days Sean went right to bed at 9pm, like someone flipped a switch. Dziadziu brought over lasagna for dinner tonight... Thanks guys!

Sean enjoys bath time, which is typically "sit in warm water and chew on different toys time" for him.



Daniel and Rachel in Denver now have a combined blog! Look for the link on the right hand side-bar.

Company Boy

We had a busy weekend, focused around a Sip-n-See for Morgan, our God Daughter. The theme was nursery rhymes and Mom, Keri, Michelle, and Tamme put a couple of weeks worth of creativity into planning the event.

Some pictures from last week. The most recently used SD-Card is suffering technical difficulties...