Hit the showers

All that playtime and it was time for a bath. Nothing like sharing the bathtub with your cousin and the paparazzi.

13 Months for Sir Crawlsalot

A whole month and no posting??!?! I may have to fire myself. Since this was the first time I truly neglected the blog, I decided to give myself a written warning.

A common theme we've come to experience in our conversations with others. 'Is Caden walking?'...'not at all, but he crawls faster than half the rabbits out in the yard' I'm sure he'll take to walking when the time comes, but for now he's just happy to scoot about. Into the laundry room to dump the dogs water, into the hall bath to chew soap, up to the front door to chew on dirt, hands in the VCR, drool in the brassiere drawer...no corner of the home to be spared.

Thoi Noi Kurth

Since the Kurth kids grew up in the western world, they had no such ceremony as our young Caden and millions of others. It seems a shame to rob an innocent child of something as important as your fate and direction in life. So we improvised. I like to think of it as blindfolded childhood thoi close enough.

So there it is. Skylar found the microphone putting her on the fast track to Radio, News, Film and Entertainment. Ben, with the comb is destined for a smooth carefree life. Wee Emily came to grips with the (once) mighty dollar and wealth appears on the horizon. Isn't life simple...

Thoi Noi

Join us for Thoi Noi, a Vietnamese first birthday tradition passed along from Linh and Bruce in Vancouver. Take a handful of symbolic items, spread them out and let the lil buckeroo choose his destiny in life. You can pause the start to read about all the items. Full screen works best.

Happy Birthday Caden

Toys 'R' Us for Geoffrey's Birthday Club.

A quick stop at the office

The handsome boys club had a meet and greet.

Birthday at the Zoo

Fresh off our big day at Disney, we packed up the lil guy for a birthday afternoon at the San Diego Zoo.

Caden took quite a liking to the orangutans and gorillas.



Any day in the stroller is good day for Cdog.


What a fun afternoon.

Time to unwrap some presents

The day came to a close and wee Caden opened up his many gifts.






Hang on Huckleberry

No Foolin'

Out the door before dawn. Work a long day. The sun is gone by the time you park the car in the garage. House is quiet. Sure, you haven't eaten, it's late and you're plenty hungry. May as well check on the little guy before you start cooking. You barely hear him breathe and his chest hardly moves. But you pause to take it all in. That is the highlight of the day and you can't believe how lucky you are.

Fashion

I have to be honest. I don't know what to make of this. A one piece racing stripe shorty jumpsuit with full hoodie. I don't know dog, it's like some euro piece that I'm not feeling. You gotta bring some flavor. What.

Like any weed

Out here on the ranch, weed growth patterns are quite obvious. Under the shade of tree, weeds flourish. Out on their own, forced to deal with the elements...sparse at best. We get a week of rain, followed by blistering sun, back to chilly or mild. Not much pattern to the weather pattern up here in the mountains.

Interesting to note that young Caden's hair is growing according to nature's plan. Sparse and barely noticeable up top and on the sides, the elements are winning the battle. Glance back to the hinterlands near the rear collar and you'd think you found rogaine lane.

First came the mullet references.


We had a couple good laughs. But then came the Riff Raff comparisons.


Fearing for the worst, Gayle took matters into hand. Today Caden had his first haircut. Really it was more an inverse trimming of the bangs. But we saved a lock for the scrapbook and cancelled his membership to the redneck yacht club.

The Happiest Place on Earth

It was a day for fond memories of dear Katia. So we packed up and went for a day trip to one of her favorite places.




It was the little man's first outing in the new stroller. He's got a little Jimmie Johnson in him...loves speed.

After some strolling about we decided to take Caden on his first ride. What better to introduce the lil man to the chills of amusement park rides than a fast pace tour on the thriller...The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. We had a good 15 minutes in line with tension mounting. Caden took the anxiety of the unknown as cool as could be expected. He peed on my arm. Apparently Greg was downwind.

Freshly changed, wee C took to riding like a champ.



Various disney posings are a must on a day like this.


What do you think buddy...ready to try a big boy ride like Big Thunder???

Neither of us has a fresh change of clothes, so we better wait for next year.

Cheese

Hking to see the new colt

We decided to load up and take a walk. It was such a beautiful day, the sun was out...why not take advantage. Our neighbors welcomed a wee lil colt they named Gavi. He's just a day old when we went to visit.

Cattleman decides to horse around

Well we sold off all our longhorn cattle. Save the bull, Silver who is vacationing up with some young ladies in Ramona for a bit. So with all this land, what are we to do. I suppose we'll pasture some horses and see what we can learn.

A neighbor runs a boarding facility. Their trainer, Jesus Piris needed a place to pasture his mares and a couple others. Esta bien!

We took Caden down to look at the new animals.