Caty Rexroad’s Birthday Party

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Yesterday we went to Caty Rexroad’s 5th birthday party in Keller. Caty is the son of Lacy, the best man in our wedding. We had a great time catching up with him and his family. Lacy currently works as a firefighter in Graham but just got a new job as a firefighter in Azle, so he hopes to move his family back to the DFW area soon. I still remember when Lacy called me to say Caty was on the way, and now she’s five year old. Time flies.

I took a couple of pictures at the party. The first is Brenden and Lacy IV (“Bubby”) driving in the backyard. Looks like they skipped the whole driver’s ed thing.

b and bubby

They set up a bounce house in the backyard. Regular bounce houses are cool, but this one even had a slide! I can’t tell you how many times I carried B up so he could slide down. Here he goes after getting released by Lacy:

b on slide

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells…

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Christmas is coming! To celebrate, I added a countdown on the right side of the page. Jenny and I are working on our Christmas plans, including shopping, our Christmas angel, time with family, and the Christmas Eve service at church. Christmas is our favorite time of the year. This year is particularly special because we should be within about a month of unwrapping Jonathan.

One holiday event that might interest some of you is the Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis. It’s a scenic walk or run (your choice) through Fort Worth’s beautiful Sundance Square, enhanced by Christmas decorations. Each participant receives tiny bells to tie onto his or her shoes during the race, creating an army of jingling bells marching through the streets. Many also bring Santa hats, reindeer antlers, Christmas sweaters, or anything else they can find to get into the spirit. Jenny and I did this race a few years ago and had a blast.

The race occurs Saturday afternoon on December 5. The 1-mile fun run starts at 4:15pm and the 5k at 5:00pm. I plan to run the 5k. Jenny, Brenden, and Jonathan plan to walk either the 1-mile or the 5k, depending on how she feels. Our friends Chris and Demona have put together a team and need at least one more participant. If you join our team by Nov 14, the registration fee is $16 ($18 if you want chip timing) instead of $20-27 for individuals. To join our team, contact me ASAP and I’ll send you the info. We hope you will join us!

Brenden’s “New” Bed

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Our active and brilliant son has learned a new trick: dropping the side rail on his crib. I couldn’t remember how it worked myself, but he figured it out on his own. Unfortunately, after he drops it, the top of the rail comes up to his bellybutton, so we had to do something. After some debate, we decided to convert his crib into a toddler bed several months earlier than planned. Here are a couple of before-and-after pictures:

Big Boy Bed - before

Big Boy Bed - after

We talked to him about his new “big boy bed” and let him watch while I took off the side rail. He seemed to enjoy being able to crawl up into the bed himself and practiced climbing in and out several times. After a couple of roll-outs onto the pillows we laid on the floor, I rolled up a towel and stuffed it under the sheet near the edge to show him where it is. After that he fell asleep and seems very content. Pray that it goes well tonight!

Comment Ratings

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I added another feature: comment ratings. In the same way you can anonymously Like/Dislike a blog post, you can now Like/Dislike the comments on each post. Naturally, it’s always nice to get replies to the comments as well to promote discussion, but I know sometimes all you want to do is give a thumbs up or thumbs down. Happy voting!

Mobilized!

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For those of you who surf the interwebs via your mobile phone, I just added a plugin that makes AndyBox.com easier to browse that way. It strips out the sidebars so that you just see the blog posts and also makes them appear in a readable font size instead of making you zoom it. For me, it provides a mobile admin panel so I can blog and approve/post comments through my phone. If you post a comment using a weird name, this should help me approve your comment faster. I hope this helps some of you.