He has teeth!!

Here is a picture of Curtis' two little teeth. I am very impressed with my photography skills by the way. It only took me fifty pictures to finally get one shot of the teeth!!! Curtis thought the drool hanging from his mouth would add depth and character to the picture.

Mr. & Mrs. Kale Kirchner

The wedding this weekend was absolutely AMAZING! The ceremony was candle lit, flowers everywhere, just absolutely stunning. The music was really special with a 12 person bell choir (directed by Jen's mother!), a string quartet, a trumpet player, and most importatnly Jen's grandmother who belted out the most amazing operatic version of the Our Father I had ever heard. Power to the Grannies who still have the lung capasity to belt it out!!! All of the bridesmaids looked like models in their silver satin dresses (which could totally be worn again!!!). When Jen walked down the aisle I thought Kale was going to faint. She was completely stunning. Her dress was HUGE and looked like it came out of a page of a high fashion magazine. The reception was at the Marriott Waterway and was complete with a full bar, prime rib, pasta selections, cooked to order potatoes, and did I mention a full bar? Makes me totally shell shocked to think of having a girl and having to pay for all of that!!! So far we only have rehearsal dinners to worry about (unless Curtis becomes a priest which would be perfectly wonderful too!). We had a wonderful weekend and thoughourly enjoyed our time in the woodlands. Thank you Jen and Kale for inviting us to your special day! We love you and Congratulations! Enjoy the pictures.

Curtis got his second tooth in yesterday. He is growing up before my own eyes! I will try to get a picture of that and post it soon!

Bit of Advice

You know its time to move your crib matress down when your kid can do this....

Chip & Dale's Anyone?

Look at my studly little man!! This was our attempt to get Curtis into a three piece suit...do they make a size 16 neck for infants??? We were all three dying laughing when the top TWO buttons on this size 9 months suit were inches from closing. I believe that is called the Schwartz chin(s). Where is the big and tall section at Babies 'R Us?

All I Want For Christmas...

Is my two front teeth...or at least one of them. Curtis' little toother finally decided to peek its head out last night. I have a feeling the next one is not far behind. Now the newest drama of mommyhood is trying to teach him not to bite! I am pretty impressed by the little fellow though he hardly made a peep throughout the teething process. This weekend we are taking a little family vacation up to the woodlands for a wedding. One of my fellow BU water polo players is finally marrying her high school sweetheart. I will have to post pictures on Monday as I am sure this will be the cutest bride and groom you have ever seen. Jen is under five foot tall and probably weighs ninety pounds soaking wet. Kale is six foot five and has the stature of an offensive lineman. I am trying my best to convince him to carry her down the aisle. The wedding is at the Marriot on the river walk in the Woodlands so we are all going to be glamed up and ready to party. Curtis even has a three piece suit for the event. Its gonna be precious!

Renovations

Jacob and I have officially gone crazy. Last Thursday night we sold our pool table (finally)!!! It sat in our Baylor room totally unused for the entire length of our home ownership. The room was a total disaster and in no way practical for our lives. Friday we got the idea to turn the room into a play room (for Curtis and mommy) Jacob set up a desk for me in the Baylor room so that I can scrapbook during Curtis' minuscule naps. Saturday we decided to put a fan in the Baylor room and somehow that lead to us painting the celling, installing the fan, installing new sconces, painting all the walls, painting the trim, and totally redoing the room as a play/scrapbooking/computer room. It is fantastic!!! I will post pictures as soon as Jacob gets the last three sconces up (hopefully today). I can not tell you how liberating it has been to be able to scrapbook at will again. The best thing is I can leave all my junk out and just close the doors when guests come over. Curtis has a great room to play in as well where we can leave all of his toys sprawled out on the floor. Why did it take us so long to do all of this????

Huge Baby

Curtis had his 6 month appointment last Friday and is he HUGE! He weighs in at a whopping 18 pounds and is 27 inches long. He measured in the 70th percentile for weight and the 75th for height! To our surprise his head is on the small side and measured in the 30th percentile, we all can breath a sigh of relief that he officially did not inherit Jacob's head :) Curtis' latest trick is pulling up on things and then tumbling backwards when his legs collapse. He is working on getting up on his knees but he is much more interested in standing than crawling. Who knows, maybe he will skip crawling all together! Since he has reached the 6 month mark it was time to introduce some solid foods into his diet. He wasn't too impressed with rice cereal but in true Counts fashion he will eat anything and ate it with a grimace on his face like a good boy! Last night we started squash and he couldn't get enough of that stuff! I can hardly be live he is old enough to be eating real food! Makes a mother want to cry! The picture is of Curtis in his element outside. He can not get enough of the outdoors...I wonder what side of the family he got that from??!