Thank you so much to Matt and Kate Altmix who took these pictures for us when they came to visit last week! Recently, Wes and I rented the Ben Stein documentary Expelled which I would highly recommend. It discusses how prominent scientists are losing their jobs for questioning evolution. He talks about how evolution devalues human life and our purpose here on earth. I could not agree more especially when I look into my child's eyes!

"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know them full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalm 129:14-16

Parent Perk AKA Taking Advantage of our Baby

today I was prepared to wait in line for awhile to vote but but they ended up letting me go to the front of the line since I had Ashton! I told Wes and he said, "I'm taking him tonight" so looks like Ashton will be wearing two stickers by the end of the day. Does anyone else need to borrow him?

As George would say..."I'm back baby"

Our computer has been down for the past two weeks which has been so sad for me since I'm home and wanting to post pictures-see our smiling pumpkin to the right! After a few updates and scans, it seems to be working so far tonight...thanks Nick (I had to admit to him we never update our computer...what? that annoying box is important??!!!!) At church recently we heard a statistic that if you own a computer you are financially in the top 1% of the world. That really makes you think about how spoiled we are. We've done so many fun things with Ashton lately. Two weeks ago we immersed him in band world since he went to his first football game, competition, and band concert all within a few days! Thanks to Sarah and Nick who came out to support GAC at the competition. Wes' parents were also able to come for the concert. Here are a few pictures. The next day, our supercool friends Matt and Kate Altmix (awesome wedding photographers-see blog) came by and met Ashton. He was so happy their entire visit until I got out my camera!

teaming up

wes asked me tonight if i thought haley told ashton to "just keep screaming until they walk us." it looks like she is pleased with his work

That's My Name

Projectile Poop

So after talking with our friends Matt and Nan this weekend, we realized our baby may have a special talent. Apparently projectile pooping doesn't occur with all babies...or at least not their daughter Lelia! Ashton can squirt poop across a room if he does it while we are in mid diaper change! In fact when he was about 2 weeks, it went across the room and landed on a bright white diaper bag that I had not even cut the tags off of. Wes calls it projectile poop. Nan called it a poop rocket! Maybe we can get on Letterman or something.

Kim and Hairy

Ashton had a great time meeting my good friend Kim last Friday who spent the evening with us. I have to confess he is really crying in the picture although he looks like he is laughing-I love the picture. Saturday we had a really big day and Ashton had his first trip to Athens!! We hung out with Wes' family and then ate at our favorite burrito place, The Mean Bean. Ashton got to meet Hairy Dog at the Georgia Center although he slept through the whole thing! Then we went to our friends Matt and Nan's house for the game. Here is a tired baby on the way home but still supporting his team!!