Pumpkin Carving

Sort of late on this post too but the pics are cute. Sarah and Laura and Baby Warren came over to carve pumpkins back near Halloween. Warren really enjoyed it, especially eating the pumpkin.

October was quite a busy month!

The first weekend in October, Rick and I went on his company's yearly trip. This year it was to Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, just outside of San Juan at the Paradisus Resort. We had a great time and the weather was sunny most of the trip.

These first two pictures are of the sunset the first night.

The resort had a little casino with a lot of slots and a few tables of poker but outside in the parking lot little booths were set up. It was like a little carnival.

Making out right there in the front lobby!

Oh, in the lobby picture there are two huge bird cages in the background.
These are the birds up close.

This little guy was waiting at our bungalow door.
Our luggage was late but the wildlife was prompt.
Hermit crabs crawled everywhere after dark and in the early morning.
One had to be careful not to crush them underfoot.
I took this little guy to breakfast the next morning and treated him
to fresh fruit before returning him to a safe retreat.

See the bird in the fountain? Click on the picture to enlarge it. The guy sitting at a table beside me was throwing packets of Equal and Splenda to the birds in the cafe. The birds would snatch the pack and then fly up to a beam above the table. A couple of seconds later the Equal pack would fall straight down, still full. Ten minutes later the Splenda pack would flitter down like a leaf with a hole nibbled out of the middle and empty of contents. The birds could tell the difference and they did not like the Equal. So funny this was too watch.

This is the main common area. In the morning it was vacant but at night it was a busy place with a bar in the middle and a band playing all night.

I spent a lot of time photographing critters.

Click on this picture to enlarge it. Can you find the iguana?

The beach was lovely. Where were the waves?

The front of our bungalow.

The pool at night was lit only in the water, really lovely. The columns circle around the jacuzzi. It was a huge pool with four or maybe five jacuzzi areas.

Here's the pool bar.

Bye bye. Hope to come back again.

He's walking now!

Look at him finally!

First Trip to the Park

Last weekend Warren's three year old cousin celebrated her birthday at the park. Warren had never bee to the park to play before.

Warren's Birthday Party

Happy First Birthday Warren! Oh it was a busy day. First with the haircut, then the birthday portraits, a short nap and then it was party time! The family and a few close friends were invited to Nini and Puppa's house Saturday afternoon. You'd have thought it was Christmas too look at the living room as he openned his gifts. Warren really enjoyed himself. He really enjoyed his cake!




Aunt Laura wanted to clean him up afterwards and let him down to play with his cousins and new toys. I handed her the washrag and she looked at me and asked, "What do I do first?" Oh my, the child was a mess!


After the party a smaller group met at O'Charley's for dinner. The waitress brought balloons and a little cake for Warren to share with his family.

Aunt Laura and Uncle Lando

Warren and his mommy and daddy

First haircut!

Last Saturday was Warren's first birthday and it was time for the traditional first haircut. I don't think he enjoyed it much but he sure was good.

What a trooper!

First steps!

Thursday, just two days before Warren's birthday, he took a couple of steps on his own. Of course when Nini pulls out the camera he has already grown tired of the new trick.

Go baby!

Well, the boat floats.

Last weekend Sarah and Ricky and Rick and I took Warren out on the boat for the first time. He wasn't too crazy about the idea. First there was this life jacket that prevented him from getting his cookie to his mouth. Then the wind and the sun and the roar of the motor were just a bit too much. He was so funny. Finally he decided it was best to just fall asleep and hope it would all go away. He did like getting into the water. He's used to more movememt when he plays but he was ok with his restraint by then. You can tell when he is enjoying himself in the water by the splashing he does. He opens his palm just above the water's surface and does the bye bye wave causing little splashes. It's so cute! Apparently I exchanged two dead batteries for two more dead batteries so I didn't get pics of all this. I almost always take spare batteries, dangit.

We wound up having motor trouble and had to be pulled to the launch by an elderly couple in a pontoon. My husband, the same one who once drove around Memphis for two hours, lost, because he would feel stupid stopping to ask for directions, tried for an hour and a half to work on the motor while we fried in the sun. Then he pulled out the paddle, yes, I said THE paddle, there was just one, and row row rowed the boat against the wind going nowhere. So (hard to even write this without busting out in giggle fits) he handed the paddle to Ricky and jumped in the water with the rope in his hand. Yes, he thought he was pulling the boat. Finally Sarah had had enough and started waving her shorts, very short shorts (I have underwear bigger than Sarah's shorts) in hopes of gaining attention from other boats. I was still toying with the idea of flopping out a tit but luckily for all I didn't have to. Oh what fun!

Big fish!

A couple of weekends ago I was out shopping with my friend and we happened accross a pond shop in Huntsville. This is the neatest place to buy fountains, pond stuff, and plants. They also have quite a selection of koi and goldfish. Across the Pond it's called. You've got to check it out. It's in Huntsville just past A&M next to Bennet Nursery. The next day I had to take the baby grand to see the fish. It was all we could do to keep him from jumping in with them!

More Mid Summer Updates

On Memorial Day Warren visited the pool at his apartments for the first time. Oh did he love that!

Warren with Aunt Laura and Uncle Lando

Warren and Nini

Mid Summer Update

Here I am again and we've had lots of fun so far this summer. Baby Warren (better known as Pookie or Bugger) has really grown. He's crawling fast and pulling up and walking along the furniture. Beware, he has four teeth now and chews on everything!

Sometimes the service at Logan's is so slow one is tempted to eat the table cloth!

Hey! Who did this?

First taste of ice cream, Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Bunny Tracks. It's good stuff!

He's Puppa's little guy.

He sure loves dogs. The louder they bark the better.