Cuddly Cutie

Chloe is an extremely busy baby, and it isn't often that she stops playing long enough to be held. However, Mom was able to get an early morning cuddle from her little cutie before she really got cranked up for the day.

Story Time

Uncle Ron tells Chloe and Cousin Veronica a backyardigans story about Jungle Colors.

More Grandma Time

I do believe Grandma has only put Alex down long enough to eat and sleep.

Family Portrait

The Dobson and Woods families visited grandpa at the nursing home on Saturday and it was grandpa's first time to hold Alex. He held him for the longest time and Alex got in lots of talking.

Chloe and Veronica had the run of the place (and I mean RUN of the place), getting peanut butter cookies and talking to all the staff.

We were even able to get a family portrait, but as you can see it was kind of difficult to keep Grandpa awake. It was after lunch, when he usually takes a nap.

Choo-Choo Trains

For some reason, Chloe believes the sound of the truckers blowing their horns on I-55 in Blytheville sounds exactly like the trains in her home town. She spent quite a bit of time Saturday morning saying "Choo-Choo" as she looked out the window.

Dance Class in Blytheville

Chloe got to sit in on Cousin Vernoica's singing and dancing class at Arkansas Northeastern College on Friday. Boy, did she have a big time in her first college class.

While she was a little shy to begin with, it didn't take long for her to join right in when they brought out the instruments. Her favorite was the jingle bells, of which each child is supposed to get one. As you can see in the photo, it didn't take long for Chloe to get her hands on three and before it was all over she had about six.

At the end of class, the kids sing a goodbye song, but Chloe wasn't ready to go yet. So, she jumped up in the teacher's arms where she and Veronica were able to keep things going for just a little bit longer.

Thanksgiving 2006 - Blytheville

Well, we've made our first stop on the Thanksgiving 2006 tour -- Blytheville, AR -- to visit Daddy's side of the family. As you can see in the picture, it didn't take grandma too long to wrap Alex up in her arms.

Grandma also produced a photo from 1967 showing a Daddy as a three-month old and it looks like Alex.

Happy, happy boy

Alex was a really happy boy today -- smiling at everyone in church and really enjoying some quality time in Mom's lap.

Bathtime Is Fun, Fun, Fun

Chloe might seem a little worried about her brother, but she soon sees that bathtime can be just as fun for Alex as it is for her.

Tummy Time

Alex enjoys tummy time way more when he can talk to that adorable little guy in the mirror.

Baby Talk

Since babies love to see pictures of other babies, I thought I'd see what Alex's reaction was to a baby on a magazine cover. I took a little video and you can see him trying to talk to the baby by clicking here.

More Halloween Pictures

Here is a photo of Chloe getting ready to join her friends next door to hand out candy. If you can't tell by the smile on her face, she LOVED her DeeDee Doodle costume.
DeeDee Doodle and Snow White(Chloe's little friend from next door) share a laugh before the crowds arrive.
Chloe thought the fiber optic jack'o lantern was pretty cool.
Here she's doing the "Wobbly Woopsie" (a Doodle Dance) with Mr. Pumpkin.
Chloe takes a moment to check on Alex, her absolute favorite little brother.
The girls handed out a ton(literally) of candy. There were hundreds of kids out trick or treating on our street.
The girls take a little break. Aren't they adoreable??!!
This little Elvis has got to be the cutest trick or treater we saw all night.
As the evening was ending, a little cow crawled into the candy tub and helped himself to some chocolate. He was soooo cute with little bits of chocolate smeared on his face.