Please pray . . .

for this family - Nate, Tricia & Gwyneth.

Ride 'em Zebra

Great-Aunt Mary and Great-Uncle Gene got this riding zebra for Joseph for Christmas. He loves it. He loves to bounce and spin and make a lot of noise. Hopefully I'll get it on video soon!

Fifteen months and A-OK

The little big man had a checkup again today. He impressed his pediatrician by exclaiming "Merry Distmas" or something like that. Joseph also knows how to communicate with cows (Moo), explain that did not hurt himself when he fell (Uh-Oh), and is so appreciative when you give him some milk (Danks!).

Stats at fifteen months...
Head Diameter - 20" - Off the chart
Height - 33.5" - Off the chart
Weight - 27 lbs 14 oz - 80th percentile

All this means that Joseph is growing just right.

The Time of My Life

Some other fun Christmas pictures

All those presents and really all he wanted was a crate. . .

and stairs. . .

Socks?! We don't need no stinkin' socks!
Lovin' the curls!
Hint to Shutterfly shoppers: When you order 3 books of your child for Christmas presents, make sure you check all 3 before you give them out. Because books 1 and 2 might be perfect . . . but book 3 might actually be about Tyler (regardless of the cover) and include pictures of his naked butt. Very fun when your mother-in-law gets this instead of the intended book of sweet Joseph.
Mr. & Mrs. Swearingen's first Christmas.
Hyper Joseph - sleepy daddy.

If you give a Joe a present

If you give Little Joe some presents . .

He might just be hoping for a barn . . . And once he has the barn, he'll need keys to a new tractor.Now that his farm is all taken care of he's going to need a schoolbus . . .

So he can learn how to read all his new books!After he reads his books he can get his toes tickled by Chloe . .
and bounce up and down on Aunt Alissa's lap . . . and have Great-Aunt Mary help him jump up and down.

Then he just might needGreat-Granddaddy to give him a lot of milk. . . so next we may need to get a cow. . . but at least we already have the barn.

Go Titans

There's just something about being in Tennessee, wearing your team colors and watching your team on a huge new TV.

The ones that didn't make it on the card . . .

Apparently . .

I have been negligent in posting new pictures for the grandparents. So here are a few . . . .

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