Hello Champ!

Your Uncle Jon got you a build-a-bear, or in this case, a build-a-dog who is a Mizzou fan and nearly bigger than you! Here you are staring him down. Thanks Uncle Jon!

The baptism

Pics with godparents Aunt Sarah and cousin Megan. The ones below include our families, minus Uncle Dale who couldn't get off work to make the trip up to MO, and Grandpa Kirchhoff. Grandpa had been hospitalized for 2 weeks with a bowel obstruction followed by needing to have his gall bladder removed. He was actually discharged from the hospital on the day of the baptism but not in time to make it to the celebration. Jordon did great - he stayed awake for most of the service but was very well behaved. Don grilled up some burgers and fixins. All the food was very good but the surprise hit was the mango salsa. Even my brothers liked it and they're pretty picky. Grandpa enjoyed the food Grandma took back for him and has recovered well from his surgery. Jordon got some very nice gifts for his baptism, including children's bibles and stories, a decorative light switch and plaque for his room, and his first stuffed animal sporting a Mizzou t-shirt.

Our family

Eeeekkk.......it's a baby!

Aunt Sharon and cousin Megan came up to visit from Mississippi on June 20th. This is Megan's first baby holding experience, so she was a little nervous. It didn't take her long though to get in the swing of things, as you'll see with some later pictures. Jordon did a lot of sight-seeing and traveling out and about with the crew during their stay, including shopping, a trip to Columbia, and going out to eat. He did pretty well but was sure to display some classic fussbucket episodes during the time they were here.

Jordon at play

Jordon on one of his mats, in the jumperoo, and in the bumbo. Those bumbos have got to be one of the best inventions ever-- he sits in it all the time. Good thing Don finally got the name right....he used to walk around the house asking "where's the bimbo?"

The boys

A few pics of Don and Jordon. One of them includes Jordon's big furry brother, Scooter. We'll have to post shots of our other pets as well. I'm not sure that we ended up with any actual pictures on Don's first Father's Day, but Don got a couple nice gifts (that Jordon helped to pick out of course) and we celebrated with an ice cream cake.

First family photos

These are shots of Jordon at 2 months old. He did really well for the whole thing -- better than Mom and Dad as we were getting pretty irritated with the photographer. She was sick and hacking all over the place, and kept sticking a stupid stuffed frog in his face. So much for the experiment with Sears...next time we'll try somewhere else. We did manage to get some decent pictures out of the experience though.