A Walk In the Park

Hello everyone!
President Bush used one of his many unrestricted powers to do some good last week (wait, did I just type that?): He gave every Federal employee a day off on Friday. Unfortunately, I didn't think I qualified, as I was already scheduled off. However, thanks to the diligence of our time-and-attendance secretary, I got to leave early today to make up for that presidential privilege. So, here are the results: A new blog entry!!!

Here are a few pictures of a trip to the park we took with Shea Sunday afternoon. It was warm (60 deg.), but VERY wiiindy. Shea had a blast chasing after doggies - his favorite past time. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

In other news, Jess and I should be getting our new TV today - our Christmas present to ourselves. We got the smaller one (32") to maximize the decoration potential should we decide to either put it on the TV stand or hang it on the wall. We'll send pictures either way.

We hope you all enjoy your New Years! Have fun!
Love,
Doug, Jess, and Shea

Okay, where are the doggies at? Let me at 'em!

There's one!

That's not a doggie mama, that's a leaf!

"Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man: no time to talk."

See, I'm a woman's man: No time to talk!

Okay, so I like gnomes too!

HA! I got him!

Holidays with Shea

Hello everyone!
We hope you all had a Merry Chrismas! Here are some pictures of our Christmas. We spent the day at home, playing with toys and reading books. Shea seemed to prefer the nubby ball we bought him ($3) rather than the high-tech learning toys he also got. That's okay though, he enjoyed the day.

Shea continues to absolutely amaze us every day. He seems to learn a new word every day, sometimes even 2 or more a day. So far, I think Jess and I have counted a total of 31 or 32 words that he says that are definitive and we can understand. We're working on enunciation, but we get the message. If he keeps this pace up, he'll be smarter than us in no time! I'm going to work on getting some new video up soon.

We wanted to apologize for the delay in getting you all our Christmas cards. We just them sent out Tuesday. This year's holiday theme: Procrastination. We'll do better next year.
Love,
Doug, Jess, and Shea

Mama, hurry up and get to my favorite page...I want to hear about Mr. Gump's wump!

A 7 hump Wump! Oooo!

Ah ha! I got the red ball!

I wanna be part of the Blue Man Group when I grow up...if only my mouth was bigger.

I GOT A BALL!!! Who cares about the other presents. I don't even care that they put this bow on my head.

Yeah, I've been naughty!

Faces of Shea

Hey guys,
Here are some more pics of Shea while he's taking an extended nap. Hope you like them. Thanks to Mark, I now have some music to put as background for some older video clips. Hopefully, I'll get time to edit and post them soon, but please be patient. It's tough finding the time these days. Most of you will see some of these again shortly as we send out holiday cards. We're a little late though, sorry!
Love,
Doug, Jess, and Shea

Don't I look cute in this hat, Mama?

I do look remarkably cute, I do say!

Yeah, I'm a cutie!

FISH FACE!!!

Yeah, I pick my nose. SO WHAT?

I love this picture. So innocent!