Hurricane Ike

Friday evening, the calm before the storm.

It is hard to believe that Hurricane Ike made landfall over two weeks ago. We lost power early Saturday morning, Sept. 13. We were very fortunate. Our home had no damage. Many of the neighborhoods bordering ours were not as lucky. Some within Houston-metro are still without power. Please continue to pray for these families.

We "evacuated" post storm to my Aunt Bobbye's home in Southlake. She and Lloyd were very patient and helpful during this unnerving time. Ryan stayed with us for the first week, then returned to work. Caden and I followed upon hearing that power was coming. We flew home - Cade did very well on the flight! We were thankful to be at home, together.

Please view the link below for pictures and information regarding Hurricane Ike.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_short_but_eventful_life_of.html

Hanging Out with Family

Happy 83rd!

Nanny celebrated 83 years on September 1st! Happy birthday - we love you!

Labor Day Weekend

We visited Uncle Paul and Aunt Susan's ranch over Labor Day weekend. We had a great time! Great-granddaddy and Sharon popped in for a visit early Saturday morning.

Napping on Aunt Susan's shoulder (left), hanging out with Lauren (right).

The Aggie game was an unfortunate mess. Cade couldn't handle the disappointment and fell asleep.

We celebrated Aunt Susan's, Jael's and Grandmama Dianne's birthday. The ladies had "high tea" with hats and all! Everyone took on their own character. We had a blast!

Cade really loved the ranch! He sat on his first horse and road on a tractor.

He can't wait to return to the ranch!

Go Texans!

We went to the Texans' game Thursday. Cade loved the noise and excitement. When he wasn't napping, he watched the jumbo-tron and visited with Auntie Jen and Grandma Joyce.

2 Months

Caden is 12 lbs, now. He is smiling but very particular about sharing this. His laugh is still developing. Right now, it sounds like "ggg-eeeeee!" Cade seems to babble more and more with each day. He has a very strong posture. He enjoys noisy, bright objects. Recently, Cade discovered himself in the mirror. We are having so much fun with his discovery phase!

We watched a pre-season Texans game the Harwell's house Saturday. Cade was enthralled by the action!

Cade visits Grandma Joyce's.

Aunt Sandra visited on her way back to her fall semester at TAMU. They napped together.

A Visit to Aggieland

What's so funny?!

I'm gonna rattle your world!

Granddaddy Pat visiting from Colorado.

Cousin Cara graduated from TAMU! From left, Kathlene, Cara, Granddaddy Pat and... even though Cade was passed out, he was 'born to be an Aggie.' Whoop!

Visiting with Cousin Stewart and Cousin Lauren.