Eat my shorts Orwell...

Ah, now that I have selected a fine piece of literature I can get down to some reading.

Now that I am 8 months old, I can finally open these contraptions on my own.

I always skip to the juicy parts in the middle...

This book is hilarious, I wonder how it ends.

Mom, could you please get that dang camera out of my face, I am trying to read here. Jeesh, what does a guy have to do to get some peace and quiet??

A Brawley Christmas

Christmas Dinner
Auntie Dawn & a HOT A-Ross
Jenkins Family after a looong night of gift opening

What does Christmas look like in Brawley, CA? Picture 70 degree weather, sunlight from the time you wake up 'til it goes down again, a fire just so you can open the sliding glass door to get some fresh air, and lots of late nights telling hilarious stories of what really happened in the Jenkins house after Mom and Dad went to sleep. We did our Christmas early this year because Adrian is at work right now :-( But never the less we had a great nightand our topless Austin stayed up until 8:30pm without a single tear.

Sleepy Head

I just thought this was a cute picture of A-Ross catchin' some zzz's. I wish he would sleep with a more clear airway though, he is turning me into a more nuerotic mom than I already am.

Let the Christmas festivities begin!!

Austin with his Aunt Pat and his Great Grandma.

This weekend we kicked off the Christmas season with our first gift exchange for the year. Austin's Aunt Pat and Great Grandma came over and boy did that child make a KILLING!!! I am not sure why we bothered showing up, we now know who the "main event" is. :-) It's a good thing he's cute! Austin's Aunt Pat is notrious for coming up with some super cool gifts for people, well this year A-Ross got his very own personalized airplane. Look carefully at the picture and you will see A-Ross painted on the side. We have about six months before he can really play with it so in the mean time his father will be reaping the benefits of showcasing it in his garage.

Bass Lake or BUST!!!

Well, Austin is 7 months old as of Saturday. We spent the weekend enjoying the beautiful fresh mountain air in Bass Lake. Austin wasn't too wild about the cold weather but he loved sleeping in the bedroom next to the fireplace. Everyone else was sweating but Austin was in "Hog Heaven". We even found some time to go up Beashore Rd. to check out a lil' snow. When Austin wasn't next to the fire he was being entertained by his 3 new buddies; Kylie, Kaylynn, and Krista. It was just proof again of just how entertaining other kids can be for an infant.

Naught or Nice????

Well, we drug our poor son down to the mall to sit on that strange man in the red jump suit's lap. For the first picture he had this look like, "what the #$%^&* are you people thinking". The second picture he was taking every ounce of air he could get into his lungs in preparation for the third picture where he was in full blown scream mode. Needless to say we opted not to purchase any of the phots offered but his Grammy came through with this great second option. Maybe next year Santa...

Turkey, Ham, Teeth, Potatoes Oh my...

Austin had a lot to be thankful for his first Thanksgiving. 1. A visit from his Uncle Patrick. 2. An extra nap 3. Screaming at Santa for pictures 4. Last but not least, his second tooth. Austin was awesome while we were all enjoying mashed potatoes, turkey and all of the other Holiday fixin's he was suffering with another dang tooth.

Happy Boy

If you look carefully you can spy a little tiny white tooth in this picture. We are so glad we got the first one out of the way, only 20-something to go...

After a fierce game of Peek A Boo Austin found us again.

Betty Ford for Corgis?

This isn't an Austin picture but it's funny. I think our puppy has a problem.



- Get Your Own

Naked Man

Create Your Own!

6 months Hooray!!

We were a bit tardy in documenting the 6th month of life. Austin had bigger fish to fry. Not only did he get the gift of shots but he also got his 1st tooth for his 1/2 birthday. Oh boy, lucky us. I guess that explains the sleepless nights and fussy days.

Austin's cameo at RJ's wedding

This is one of only a few photos of Austin's very brief cameo at RJ and Dawn's wedding.

P.S. Those of you who have been keeping track are probably thinking I am behind on posting Austin's 6 month pictures. Truth be told, his 6mos. shots have been BRUTAL on all of us and I really don't want to capture the memory of his current mood. :-)

Mr. Beef Jr.

This is A-Ross at his Poppy's (Grandpa Ross) office. We figure this is the closest he is going to get to any real cattle at the feed yard for a while. I am just waiting until Austin is old enough to traipse enough manure through the car to really send his father through the roof. (Don't worry, I will keep Adrian's blood pressure medication nearby).

El Jefe - The Boss

We always joke when we have to abruptly leave somewhere it's because "the boss" said it is time to go. We thought it would be appropriate to get a picture of the "boss" in the bosses chair. This is Austin in his Grandpa Ross' big boss chair in his office. For some reason that adorable smile always commands all of our attention and we are always at his beck and call, when he says jump, we say, "how high?"

Designated Driver

Our little road warrior got to take yet anohter journey to the desert. Austin got to go to his Uncle RJ and Aunt Dawn's wedding this past weekend. During the rehearsal dinner Austin decided to audition for the position of designated driver for the wedding. CLick on the link below and you will find more pictures from the wedding.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=js9ogo5.cb1joelx&Uy=yfvkvr&Ux=0

Clearance Sale at the Salvation Army

That's right, even the Salvation Army couldn't give these shirts away. Being the charitable soles that we are we were kind enough to take one off their hands. In case you didin't know our home is divided by the Bay during football season. Granted neither team has much to brag about but at least we are not winless. By the way, who won that Raider/49er game? I think Austin is going to have to be a Charger fan just to keep everyone happy.

One combo burrito to go

If you keep up with the blog you know that Austin loves to be outside and on his favorite blanket. I guess you could say that he is a little steam roller now because this is what we found the other eveining. Austin managed to roll himself completely into a little boy burrito. It must be the Mexican in him :-)

In search of the "Great Pumpkin"

Is bigger better? I guess it depends who is measuring your pumpkin. Austin is roaring and ready to go for his 1st Halloween. This year we decided to forego the Monkey cosutume for something more practical...you will have to wait and see...

5 months and counting...

Okay, so we are a day early but everyone knows that real birthdays are only celebrated on weekends anyway. :-) Needless to say, Austin had a very busy weekend of celebration, he went to a car show, a flea market, and of course Target. The only let down for the entire weekend was the ending. It rained or sprinkled all day on Sunday. There are only two things that Austin truly hates but he is very passionate about those them, his car seat and being inside all day long. Hopefully next weekend the weather gods will shine down upon us.

No more photos please.

Being a first time mom you can imagine how much time I spend searching for that "perfect" photo. So picture this through Austin's eyes; Austin is laying on the bed, all decked out to start his day and he is FULL of smiles...until I pull out the camera. I start encouraging him to smile by modeling my smile, I get nothing. Then Adrian jumps in and he too is trying to get him to smile, still we get nothing. By this time we are waving every toy within arms reach in front of Austin jumping up and down, heck we even held the dog up to see if she could get him to flash those gums. Instead this is what we got, he rolls over puts his head down and sighs (the picture above). Once again Austin show us just who is the boss in this house.