Driving the boat on the 4th

Didn't crash once

Some more pictures

Ashleah found the camera charger on accident, and of course thanks to Murphy's Law, less than 12 hours after I bought one online. Always the way....

But there are plenty of pictures from other cameras, so here they are.

This is how she sleeps everytime

A Baby Fix, sorry still no pictures

Ashleah still hasn't found the charging station for her camera. I have my camera, but it doesn't take video, and the good parts are watching her do the drunken walk. She walks everywhere now, and tries to run sometimes. Falls less often, I think she will be a seasoned accomplished full-time walker within a month.She's been on solid foods for a while, but still dines mostly on baby food and about once a day on mom.Her vocabulary has increased from dada, to dada and mama, if we put some effort into it, simple words can come within a few days of each other.Ashleah has been emphasizing the sign language and she now comprehends and corresponds with "please, more, all done, food, and drink."Clapping bouncing, et cetera are available on command of the word rather than showing and her repeating, so she has made that leap easily.She will now hold your hand and walk along side you as well, and can make it up and down simple steps. In fact her once a day ritual is going out with one of us to the mailbox as she walks on the driveway or in the grass and she enjoys that immensely. She pushes buttons excessively, so I'm wondering when my amplifie, or TV equipment will break from her turning it on and off, if only she would discover the power button on her mothers computer :)

Ashleah's Camera's charger still M.I.A.

My old camera still functions though, and although its garbage for quality, here's a little something to tide you over until it's found.

Escape

A snack before the pool perhaps?

Looks like she can walk...

Sometimes she still falls of course

But most of the time, she just goes

Memorial Day Swimming

We decided to take a break from the house and visit the ranch for a day to finally see Matt and the rest of the family.

For Your Entertainment

A couple days ago I was taking a break, and decided to explore some satirical amusement and dump an ad in the business section of East Texas Craiglist want-ads. If you don't want to read it, the summary is, I spend over a page describing a failed business model and why it failed, and then hidden in the last sentence I clearly and plainly say it's one of those 5-yr old sidewalk lemonade stands.
Aside from getting about a hundred nominations for "best of craigslist" so far, I've gotten two emails so far....

Email #1
may be interested but need more info tell me more about the business...what is the product and its useage
thanks

Email #2

What items do you produce. Its says nothing about what the business is or the items for sale.. what is the location of the business..

Please let me know.

I thank you for your assistance in advance.

Dennis

Email #3

Hi,
I read your ad in Craig's list. I am a business and management consultant from Tyler. From your post if appears that you have a good understanding of what was not being handled properly. If you can send me a bit more information, I may run across someone in my daily dealings that would have the skill sets and motivation to purchase the business. One friend already comes to mind....
I am currently wrapping up an overhaul/restructure on a large company in Carthage ($30,000,000 in annual sales and over 240 employees). Should you desire some assistance in formulating a restructure game plan to help sell your business, I would be happy to meet with you to explore the possibilities (no charge). Alternatively, my services might be attractive to a prospective buyer that has an interest coupled with a fear factor of getting in over his head.
I can be reached by cell at xxxxxxxxxxxx or by responding to my personal email address at
Thanks for your time and best of luck with your sale....
xxxxxxxxxxxxx

After the first one, I just assumed that someone was being sarcastic in return... but no, people really did read through the whole thing... and somehow missed that.

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/bfs/674098742.html

Some new video's

As you know, we have moved into the new house, and experienced an internet loss of two weeks due to the pure unadulterated ineptitude of Southwestern Bell Company... now the "new" AT&T. But here are some video's from the lapse.

Crawling in my new room and beyond

Sorry about the indoor blower making so much noise, the filter isn't in and the door is off.

New Elise Olympic Event, kitty wrestling

The cat has found a new place to hang out