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.