Ode to Nixon

Can you tell...he loves getting dressed

Wow...that's a little too close guys!

Cross-eyed!!!

In all my glory...almost

Dad...getting carried away with the Fall theme....again!

What a week!

First of all, happy 1 week birthday to Nixon...it literally flew by. We have had a somewhat laid back week (obviously) but we did have a couple things to do. One of those was Talmage's Halloween program at school. It was so cute and of course Tal had fun in his knight costume. Next...Nixon had his first Dr. appt. and as expected, he is doing well. He weighs almost what he did at birth weight (6 pounds 6 1/2 oz.) putting him in the 7th percentile. He actually grew an inch and is now 19" putting him in the 14th percentile. We're kinda use to the little guys. Carlos and I say we kinda made things even for our kids...I made their Latin skin a little white-washed, but at least I gave them a chance at some height! Lastly, we had our annual Caceres family pumpkin carving party which is always so much fun. Good times and great looking pumpkins were carved. Anyway...These are pics we've taken this week.

NIXON

Nixon Van Caceres

Born: Oct. 23, 2007 at 7:36 am

Weight: 6 pounds 7 oz.

length: 18 inches

So we finally had our little guy. He is quite the little angel, seriously, we are wondering when it will end. He came into the world with no complications and has been mere perfection ever since. Here are a few pictures from the past couple days.

Space Bags...the death of me!

My child is in the habit of waking up at 6:00 in the morning and not telling anyone. He just walks out to the living room and turns on cartoons (and gets his own breakfast). My husband and I have been discussing what to do...should we hide the remote control, or take the batteries out of it, maybe we should get a gate for his door??? We noticed that his "cartoon watching" was getting to be a little too lengthy because of this new habit, but we had no idea how bad it was until this morning when we heard the TV and both lazily got up to walk out to the living room only to hear Talmage saying this, as we're walking down the hall. "Space Bags are made of Nylon", "They are guaranteed to lock out dirt, bugs and moisture", "You can put space bags anywhere, under the bed, in the basement, or in the garage". Carlos and I looked at each other horrified...was that our child quoting the Space Bags commercial?
Needless to say something has got to be done! I'm so selfish right now with my sleep, seeing as how I am 81/2 months pregnant and barely sleeping anyway...waking up as 6 feels like death. I hardly want to hear Talmage screaming and wailing in the morning when he finds out he's trapped in his room or that his precious remote control doesn't work. Any ideas?

FALL.....my top 10

My top 10 FAVORITE things of Fall

(in no particular order)

1. The ALPINE LOOP drive and all the fall leaves
2. Living at the mouth of AF Canyon

3. CHUNKY sweaters

4. SOUP...my favorites...Homemade CHICKEN NOODLE, cheesy potato and

LIL' SMOKIE minestrone

5. All shapes and sizes of PUMPKINS and gourds

6. APPLES off the apple tree from our rental

7. CRISP and COOL weather...with the occasional snow

8. Halloween DECORATIONS....my husbands favorite holiday is Halloween, thus the mock cemetary in my front yard
9. Spicy SMELLY candles...my favorites....APPLE Turnover and CINNAMON almond

and

10. Fall TV..my favorites.....Grey's Anatomy, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and Prison Break

What are your favorite things about FALL???