Proof!

Hershel

Barrett is (pretty much) walking! Matt has taken to calling him Hershel. I've been trying like crazy to get it on camera, but he's never been one to perform on cue. So far I can only capture him taking 5 or 6 steps at a time and then falling on his tush. I know that's still pretty good, but I'm trying to get a shot of him making it to where he's going before I post a video.

He also really loves to weave around the dining room table and chairs and have me chase him. He finds this game VERY exciting (as you can see), and it's incredibly cute.

Easter plus

Some belated Easter pictures of Barrett.

We also took our second official family trip last weekend when we drove down to Clute to visit Mandy and Brian and our precious new nephew Gabriel. Both Barrett and Charlie did surprisingly well for the 5 hour car ride.

Thanks again, Lipscombs, for having us!

Barrett - As Seen on TV

Barrett had himself a pretty big day today. He and mom prettied themselves up and went downtown to the Fox 4 studio to shoot a commercial! It's kind of silly, but we're feeling pretty excited about it.

My friend Krystle Gutierrez is a reporter for Fox 4 News (you can check her out on the morning show, and as a sometimes anchor on the midday show). So, Fox was doing a promo for the March of Dimes who has a race coming up in Dallas, and they needed a few babies with their mamas for the commercial. You'll get to see Krystle and her precious daughter, Katelyn, and also Barrett and I of course! The commercial should begin airing sometime next week, and will run up until the race, which is April 18th.

If you live in the Dallas area, you can be on the lookout for us - I am "candidly" playing with Barrett when I look up at the camera to say, "I'm marching for Barrett" (which I'm not - the only time I'll ever be on TV and of course I'm lying. Part of me actually feels the need to sign myself up for the race now). We had to do about a dozen takes, because our normally ebullient little man was totally dazed by the lights and cameras. He did a lot of blank staring and uncomfortable squirming. I, too, was pretty uncomfortable - I kept forgetting to deliver the line, so I was basically just sitting there on the floor in front of the cameraman playing with my son, occassionally looking up to awkwardly say the line. Hopefully he'll be a genius in the editing room, but if you see us and we look silly, you'll understand why. I'm rather famously awkward, you know.

After we filmed, Krystle gave us a tour of the studio and we got some great pictures

Barrett and I with Krystle and Katelyn at the news desk

Barrett the Anchorman

Elroy Matthew Wood?

Is it just me or does Barrett look
an awful lot like Elroy Jetson?
I'm seriously considering this as
a Halloween costume down the line.

Just Because

20

Unlike everyone else on facebook, I only came up with 20 random things about myself, but here they are. I don't know how to tag people on facebook, so I thought I'd put them up here in case anyone is interested.

1. I eat some kind of candy almost everyday. Today it was Heath.
2. I love dancing with Barrett in the afternoon when I feel like we need to mix things up. I keep the blinds open in the off chance that someone might see us and smile.
3. Barrett's favorite word right now is "Meow" - if we're calling that a word.
4. On more than one occassion, I have told a random lie to someone in order to fill an awkward silence.
5. I have had 17 jobs in my life - that is, 17 different employers.
6. I have been fired from only 1 of those jobs - the summer I was a dog walker.
7. No one has ever thought that I in any way resemeble Liv Tyler, yet I have been told by 3 different people that I look like "Liv Tyler in Lord of the Rings" - which is to say, I look like an elf. It's to do with the ears, I know.
8. I am always looking for cotton candy scented candles, but I've never found them.
9. I'm almost 2 full years older than Matt, and I love the month of June, because it's the only time we seem like we're only a year apart.
10. In addition to my brother Ryan, I also have a half brother named Jeff who is 50.
11. I'm supposed to be good with grammar, but I always get confused about object pronouns - that vs. which.
12. I have a (probably unhealthy) need to know exactly how everyone feels about me - good or bad. I therefore really enjoy reading student evaluations every semester.
13. I used to want my name to be Emily
14. I recently threw my neck out hugging my son and it made me feel really old.
15. Matt and I really enjoy doing puzzles, and we've made "puzzle" a verb. We puzzle competetively.
16. My best friend, Courtney, and I are a perfect partnership when it comes to playing any kind of game that involves the giving of clues. Our 2 most impressive feats were successfully signaling "Hormones" and "butternut squash" during a game of CHARADES.
17. In high school, my friends and I used to walk around the hallways of Omni hotels to steal the little vases that come on room service trays.
18. I think that hand holding is really sexy
19. One of my biggest guilty pleasures is the OC. It comes on SoapNet and I try to watch it everyday. I'm on my 3rd time through the series, and I can't stop. I am also somewhat compulsive about pointing out to Matt every actor we see who was ever on the OC.
20. My absolute favorite food is fruit snacks.

-Angie