Rich Man!

September and October are two of my favorite months in the year. I love being able to detect the first signs of Fall. Before the leaves begin to start falling, there'll be a morning when i can definitely feel a clean coolness in the air. it's an amazing and distinct feeling that reminds me of how wonderful it is to be happy and carefree.

Noah is growing more amazing everyday. i love his little one liners... sometimes if we say one of his little sayings, he'll say, "you don't say that, i say that". if we say, "i tell you what.."  he'll quickly say, "no i tell you what". he loves getting the big trucks to blow their horn and sometimes when they don't, he'll say, "he can't blow his horn" or when he says hey to a stranger somewhere and they don't respond, he'll look at me and say, "he can't talk to me".

i love him so much and can't wait for us to be together. i get to see him every other weekend and sometimes a little more than that and it is always priceless. on my last visit, we played football in the yard, and he never slowed down. he loves it! i took him a bama football shirt, and he didn't want to take it off.

he loves playing in my truck and the horn had stopped working so i asked him if he wanted to help me fix it. his face lit up and he was all about getting to work on the truck. i handed him a little blue fuse and told him it was what we were going to put in, so he held on to it while i took off the fuse panel. he was crouched down looking intensely while i took out the old fuse. i showed it to him and so we traded. i put in the new fuse and told him he could try the horn and see if it worked. he climbed up from the floorboard and the look on his face when he pressed the horn was amazing! he blowed the horn and started laughing and saying, "i fixed the horn.. i fixed the horn.." yeah i'm a rich man!

Roll Tide!

ok i'm officially a full time UA student working toward getting my Masters in Interactive Technology. yeah it sounds awesome.. has a nice ring to it ;-) i'm lovin' my job here at UA and my apartment is so convenient being less than a mile from where i work.

i watched a really funny movie called Rango.. i laughed til i cried.. it's definitely worth watching again. a couple of others that rank at the top of my list are Limitless and another one called Sahara.

i bought a pair of Airwalk flipflops that have become my favorite pair of shoes!

I'm HERE!

Noah was so happy when he saw me and said, "I'm HERE!". He's been wanting to come see me in Tuscaloosa and he was so excited.

It doesn't matter what we're doing, as long as we're together.. we're having fun! making funny noises, pretending to be sharks, or saying, "don't let frank getcha!" (from the movie cars).

we love swimming and did a lot of that over the past few days. he loved my apartment and had so much fun running and playing in a new place.

he likes pretending that he works at a fast-food drive thru and acts like he's keying in what you order. he loves trains and got to see several while he was here. the garbage truck fascinates him as well as anything that looks like a firetruck!

Sandcastle time!

i don't know who had more fun, noah or me. friday night we built a fire and he is all business when it comes to gathering wood. he loved it and i was taking it all in and basking in the quality time i'm getting to spend with my beautiful little boy!

we went to the beach on saturday and the sun felt so good. we had fun playing in the water and jumping into the waves. noah was amazed at how the waves worked. we built a few sandcastles, and one of them had a tunnel all the way thru so that his little dump truck could go thru.

he specializes in two things building and demolition. this picture was right after he did some finalization work ;-) noah played and played and ran as fast as his little legs would take him.

sunday night he told me he wanted to sleep with me on his bed and after saying our prayers, he layed down next to me and put his arm around my neck and went to sleep. yeah, it's amazing what God can do. when i slipped out of bed monday morning at 4:30am, i knelt beside the bed to say a prayer before heading back to tuscaloosa. while i was praying, i felt a little hand reach over and take mine. isn't it just like God to give us the desires of our heart...

Another Great Weekend!

hearing Noah say, you're HERE Dad! melts me like butter. he loves going to get water at the artesian spring. Noah likes to wade in the water while mamabear fills up her water bottles. he loves to help.

he is truly amazing and so much fun. he goes 90 to nothin' until he konks out at naptime or bedtime.

i can't explain how great it feels to be with my little boy. Noah is beautiful in every way and the sound of his little voice echoes in my heart even when i'm not with him. i can hear him talking and singing and being silly. oh, he loves to be silly!

he likes to act like he's taking our order at a fastfood restraunt. he'll say, what you want dad... he then waits for me to say, I... want.... hamburger, french fries, and a milkshake. then he'll act like he's pressing keys on a computer and make a beeping sound, then he'll act like he's handing me my food.

Terrie has about 15 or so water bottles that she fills at the water spring. Noah loves being right there in the middle of the action. not only does he fill em up he also helps carry them in the house when we get back home. kinda like he knows that one of his jobs is helping toss the wet clothes into the dryer. Terrie puts them on the dryer door and Noah pushes them into the dryer. when he notices something of mine, he'll say.. uh.. that's dad's.

i love my new job at the university of alabama and seem to be catching on and learning how to do all the things that come my way. God helps me everyday to do the things that i need to do. He gives me grace and patience to follow Him and wait for the day that i get to be with my family all the time. i'm grateful to be closer to them and i'm praying for God to continue to work things out for us to be together. i've been in my apartment now for a week and starting to cook in my kitchen. i'm only a mile from where i work so i get to go home for lunch.. saves me quite a bit on not eating out.

July 4th Weekend!

this past weekend was so much fun. i spent the night with enoch and we played halo. it was so good to see him and hear him talk and laugh.

on my drive down to see terrie and noah, i talked to chris on the phone. i'm so proud of chris and enoch and hearing them talk to me. i hope that after i get settled in my apartment that we can start playing some xbox live together.

noah was on the porch when i drove up and from the moment i picked him up we were like glued together for the whole weekend.  every night we'd get in my truck and drive down the dirt rode. he loves my old truck.

we picked up some sticks for firewood to build a fire and he was so excited. he made every step i made and loved helping build the fire. he is so amazing and full of life, i can hardly wait to be with him all the time.

after we got our baths and pj's on, he'd say, "get me dad" then i chase him down the hall and he would run into the bedroom and close the door before i could get him. he'd wait about 5 seconds and then slowly open the door, looking for me. i would hide in a different place each time and it was so funny to see him find me. one time i put a blanket over a bean bag and he thought it was me, i scarred him so good he got weak all over and laughed and laughed.

me and terrie had a great time cooking together... i cooked some hamburgers and she fixed corn, baked beans, baked potatoes and tea... Mmmm so good! she fixed a brownie dessert with strawberries, vanilla pudding and ice cream. wow! after dinner we piled up and watched an awesome fireworks show on youtube for our july 4th http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_9bx6U8_0

i have an apartment!

well, i now have my own place again! i moved into my apartment this morning before coming into work. it'll have to wait until after the weekend before i get to cook in my kitchen. heading to enoch's house when i get off from work today. taking ken's trailer back to him tomorrow, then i'll get to go spend a couple of days with the bossman (noah) and mamabear (terrie).