Thanksgiving 2006 Tour Continues

The 2nd stop on the Thanksgiving Tour was in Gepp, AR at Nana and Pa Pa Renfro's house, where Alex got to see his Grandpa for the first time.

Chloe and Alex also got to visit with their cousins.

Left to Right are Reagan, Chloe, Nathan, Haley, Alex and Logan.
Chloe takes charge of Kennedy's toys while Kennedy visits with Nana.
Chloe chats with Uncle Roger on his 40th Birthday.
Aunt Karen gets her turn to snuggle with Baby Alex.
Ella was so excited to see Chloe. They girls had a great time playing together.


































Alex is happy just to watch the girls play (for now).
Chloe gets all bundled up for an outing on Pa Pa's Rhino.
Due to a surprise visit from the stomach virus fairy, we slept in the RV Wednesday night to try and avoid getting sick, then started driving back home early Thursday morning. Chloe loves sleeping with one leg thrown over someone or something. I thought this was so funny. I just had to get a picture of it.

The photo above was taken on Thanksgiving Day, which we had to spend in the Hollywood Casino RV Park in Tunica, Mississippi. We hated that we had to miss having Thanksgiving Dinner with our family after traveling so far to see them, but it couldn't be helped. Eating Thanksgiving Dinner in an RV Park sounds pretty depressing, doesn't it?.....well....IT IS!! I'm just kidding (sort of). We really do have so much to be thankful for. Our good health, for example, which we all had when this photo was taken. We didn't get sick until later. Apparently, in spite of our best efforts to "Get the Heck out of Dodge" before contracting the stomach virus, we all (except Alex, thank The Good Lord) got sick anyway. Alex's first Thanksgiving certainly was a memorable one. Let's hope Christmas comes and goes without anyone spewing anything from anywhere.

More Beach Pictures

Here are a few more pictures from the beach:

Chloe's trying to "keep it real" on the beach.

Chloe gets a kiss from Grandma Bonnie.

Aunt Karen and Cousin Ella are having fun.

Going Home

Instead of a bunch of posts for each shot, I thought I would just post all the "coming home from the hospital" shots in one post. So, here we go:

Here's a shot of the proud dad. Just look how small our little man is.


Here, Aunt Karen gives him his first bath. Once again, not real happy.


After his bath, it was time for some close-ups. Here's one in black and white.


Here's another in color.


And this one shows him streched out and relaxing.

I Dig Going to the Beach

It looks like Chloe was involved in heavy labor today when she and Ella got to play at the beach while Mom recovers in the hospital.

Aunt Karen and Grandma Bonnie soon discovered that Chloe likes to pitch a fit sometimes by throwing herself on the ground. When you do that at the beach, you come up looking like a cinnamon-sugar doughnut.

While it was hard work for the adults, the girls had plenty of fun in the sun, then ate Goldfish crackers and sang all the way home.

The Gang's All Here

Chloe was SOOOOOO excited when cousin Ella, Aunt Karen and Grandma Bonnie arrived this afternoon.

As you can see in this picture, the girls had a good time playing together and talking on their toy phones (it's hard work being a baby).

Momma's doing fine and getting ready for tomorrow morning. By 7:30 we should have our little boy, Alex. Keep watching here for updates and all the latest news.

Chloe set for big weekend; Lots of playtime

Chloe is getting ready for a big weekend. With cousin Ella, Aunt Karen and Grandma Bonnie on their way, she'll almost be too busy to worry about the arrival of her little brother.

Keep checking here for updates on the arrival of Alex and all the fun of having house guests.