A little slice of salad

Originally uploaded by bgallery

Ah, the salad days. The peak of one’s life. When you can eat with your hands, smear blueberry pancakes on your face, and command the undying adoration of your fellow diners for both. Not to mention the small fan club of animals that have gathered at your feet in the event [...]

Jude’s first soccer practice

We’re in Amarillo for Jude’s first Thanksgiving and it was only a matter of time when his granddad “Bake” broke out the soccer ball.
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Jude learning to share with Atticus

Or is it the other way around?
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Success with rice cereal

Saturday’s attempt proved far more successful, though I’m not sure how we measure success as half of the meal landed on his bib.
Note the Pulp Fiction reference at the 37 second mark. Ten seconds later you are introduced to the term UFAM, an acronym for United Front Against Mother. Member count is four (myself, Jude-the-Dude, [...]

A boy and his dog

Originally uploaded by bgallery
Jude and Atticus get cozy with Dad. More where that came from on Flickr.

Jude demands steak, rejects rice cereal

Well, Jude is almost 6 months old and long overdue for his first non-liquid lunch (we’ll leave that to Mother). Check it out - rice cereal, take one. Hang in there for the Atticus cameo.

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Milestones

Jude will be three months old next week, and is changing almost daily. He slept through the night for the first time on Thursday. He has not only discovered his hands and feet are attached to his body, but that he can actually make them do things. He is reaching, grabbing [...]