Introducing....

Chase Danger Ritter

Yes...you read correctly! Lil Chase will be here in January and here is your look at the young lad.

Trip south

I took Cannon down to San Antonio a couple weeks ago to see cousins Seth and Logan. We went to the zoo, Sea World, and the pool. It was Cannon's first trip to an outdoor pool and boy did he enjoy himself! He also got to hang out with Papa and go swinging (oh!) and see Grandma Linda again...no pictures but it was greatness.

BALLOONS!!!

My co-worker very generously gave Cannon the balloons from his anniversary party at work and Cannon put them to good use...he didn't even notice that they were tied to a bag of candy!

Such a Helper!

Cannon is still a little uneasy around the loud lawn mower but his fear took a backseat to his sense of responsibility when he decided to help good ole Dad with the lawn work.

Italy

So Matt and I came across an opportunity to take our first child-free vacation. We settled on Italy. Although the airlines did their best to ruin our vacation with delays, missed connections, lost luggage and theft - we survived. We were able to spend a few days in Rome checking out the sights, drinking and eating. Even surrounded by such history, the high-light of the trip would have to be meeting Tony Parker of the Spurs. It was the most random sighting ever - Matt spotted him in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City and yes, we used flash photography (a no-no in the chapel) to memorialize the event.

While Cannon was sleeping...

As parents we have learned how to most effectively use "nap time" as demonstrated in the pic below. While Cannon took his afternoon nap (about 1.5 hours) we totally deconstructed the living room - stripped the paneling and the drywall. The insulation was removed and the walls were re-insulated and dry-walled at our next napping opportunity. We did not intend for the project to be so extensive but as anyone with an old house knows, once you start any home-improvement project, you are bound to run into a few surprises.

Beer Goggles

So Matt found his halloween gag and decided to put them on little man...who absolutely loved them!

He looked so cute I thought I'd share, enjoy.