Complete Bliss

At least we know that if Jonah ever became a fireman, he would be working in his passion.

Final Names

So-We have almost reached a consensus: Ethan Lloyd Ayers. What do you think?

Another John Stockton? Live ...

Jonah is the one with the ball dribbling down the court. He did this about 5 times in this game, but it might get interesting once he is guarded more...tightly. All we need now are the tight shorts, and we could be calling him Stockton. :)

Here are some other recent pictures with some of our friends in Atlanta:



















-DKP Air Show 2008=>Crazy hot but way yet way cool
























-Braves Game where we saw a walk-off home run with the Douglas family



















-Painting the deck (more like painting each other, but it was still fun)



















-recent grill fest with Salmons and Merkleys



















-Jonah's first roasting of the marshmallows up in the mountains with the Rogers and Van Sants



















-playing at Centennial Park with the fountains in Downtown Atlanta

Sleep is so over-rated right?

I thought if I made myself very over-tired, I'd sleep through the night. Guess that doesn't work! It must be nature's way of prepping me for life to come. One can never be too prepared!!! Good thing babies are sooo worth it and precious!

Jonah had his first basketball game on Saturday! That is him on the left next to the coach, practicing his dribbling (hence the blurred ball). I can't tell you how dang fun it is to watch your child play sports. He has so much fun doing it too. You have to live up each moment. How often is your child going to show up for 3 year old basketball with diapers on and teddy in arms? Well, hopefully not that often!! But it sure is cute. He gets so excited when he makes a basket (and yes, they do have really low baskets they hook on to the regular rim). In his last soccer game, he made a goal, then proceeded down the sideline-while the game was still going on-giving all the parents a high-five. What can I say, I'm in love with my own kid (isn't every parent though?)!

We found our favorite artist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is a painting by Chuck Close. He was an amazing painter, had an accident and became a quadriplegic. This painting was done after his accident. You can't see it up close, but he paints little circles in a grid with his mouth. Up close, that's all you see is the 2 in. x 2 in. circles.

We had a blast in New York. We decided it was time to make some memories of our own together, especially since we likely won't have a lot of 1 on 1 time for a while. This is in Little Italy, where we got caught in the "gelatto (sp?) trap." We saw 2 plays, Macbeth, and Thurougood Marshall, as well as the musical Wicked. I think I was suppose to underline those titles, but I can't remember anymore (5 years is a long time to be out of school!). We saw a Yankees game, Ground Zero, Wallstreet, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Central Park, Chinatown etc...We did a lot of just plain roaming too (which is what I like :). It was action packed, and a lot of fun for us! And thanks to those who watched Jonah and took good care of him. We missed our little guy a lot!