Bubbles!

As I mentioned in a previous post, Jacob really enjoys his baths. It's even more fun when you add bubbles. He doesn't have enough hair to do the shampoo faux-hawk, so we improvised:

A glimpse of his two new teeth:

Napping on the "big bed":

New year, new look

I figured it was time to give our blog a bit of an overhaul. Kristine had to work today, so Jacob and I spent the day at home and tried to stay warm. That gave me a little time to fiddle with some new templates for this site. It took a lot of tries, but I think I finally found one that I like. It's kinda "dark", but I'm pleased with the results. I've added links at the top of the page if anyone would like to email us a note, or you can subscribe to receive an email when there are new posts.
Here's my little man dressed like his great-granddaddy Moore:

Home Video Montage

I finally got around to converting, editing, and compiling a few of the videos we've recorded over the past month. In case anyone is wondering, HD camcorders aren't the best for creating blog movies due to the large file size and unique format. However, the quality is pretty awesome when viewing on our TV. For some reason, the movie maker I'm using is squishing the aspect ratio so everything looks skinny. Anyway, here it is......Enjoy!

Jacob has had a tooth or two starting to cut through his gums, so no more chewing on Daddy's fingers. He's sitting up pretty well on his own now, and I'm thinking he's getting interested in going mobile pretty soon.
Here's a few random pics from the last week or so:

Happy New Year!

Christmas "vacation" has come to an end, and we're getting ready to start back to work. I've had a couple of weeks off, and Jacob and I got to spend lots of time together. We had a great time, except for those few days when he was cranky from an ear infection. He's all better now, and ready to go back to daycare next week. I just wish they could develop a better tasting antibiotic medicine, or at least a more modern way of administering it. Yuck!
I'm still not convinced that Portrait Innovations can do a better job of photographing my boy than I can....

"When a problem comes along......you must whip it!"

I admit it, I didn't spend all of my off days at home. I took a couple of days for some R&R in the woods with some moderate success.

Merry Christmas

Christmas has come and gone this year, and it was one of the funnest ever. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with Mama Green and Aunt Erica, and then off to Nana & Paw-Paw's for the rest of Christmas day with the Plyler clan. Jacob was in a great mood and smiled all day. He was more interested in the bags, bows, and tissue than he was in his gifts, but he really racked up on some toys and clothes. By the end of the day, we were all pretty worn out.

Gettin' ready for Christmas

Not much has been going on lately at the Plyler household, just getting ready for the holidays. Kristine took some nice pictures of Jacob in his Christmas outfit. He got to meet Santa, and didn't even cry. In fact, she says he liked Santa's beard and started pulling it.

We've started trying some new foods the past couple of weeks. Kristine whipped up a variety of pureed vegetables and fruits, and he seems to like the apples and carrots best. That would be butternut squash all over his face in the picture below.

We also got us a nice new camcorder to start making some of those always-entertaining home movies. I'll post some short clips up, once I get my computer beefed-up so I can edit.

Thanksgiving 2008

We went to Jacksonville, AL this year for Thanksgiving to celebrate with Kristine's family. We all had a good time at Aunt Betty's house and had lots of great food.

I was off work all week, so Jacob and I got to spend a few days together for a little father-son bonding. He also got to see his first Iron Bowl, but it was certainly one to forget.

Here's Kristine with her co-workers and their babies. There must be something in the water at Children's Hospital, because they were all pregnant at the same time.