What a disappointing lost to Ole Miss this weekend. Mom and I drove over to Fayetteville for the Razorback game. She arranged for nurses for my dad. It was great for her to get out, and meet up with Corey and Whitney also. Travis and Eston stayed home. Eston looks pretty rough right now. He's got scratches, bumps, and bruises all over his head. He looks like he's been in a fight. Poor kid runs into and trips over everything. Either he's inherited clumsiness from his dad or he's in too much of a hurry to look where he's going. Probably a little of both. I'm glad his daycare knows us well, or they might think twice about turning us into DHS!

Back to the Razorbacks...Whenever Eston sees a Razorback or we mention that word, he holds up one hand in the air and says "woooooo." We're working on perfecting the hog call, but it's pretty cute for now.

Eston's starting to transition to the "big boy" room at daycare. They have been letting him go to the bigger kids room for a hour or two each day so he won't be in total shock next month. He starts it at 18 months. He just turned 17 months yesterday. They said he just looked around at the other kids and observed the first few days. Now he jumps right in and plays. They eat at tables instead of high chairs. He did well with that...of course, it's food, right! It keeps his attention usually. And they nap on mats instead of in cribs. That transition is more of a challenge. Eston doesn't like to nap anyway. But don't confine him, and he sure isn't going to stay still and nap. Bless Miss Lilly for trying that one. So, a few evenings he's come home a little cranky from being tired.

The past few weekends we've been out and about. Two weekends ago, we went to dinner and watched football at our friends' Dan and Brandi Smakl's house. They have two kids and also had some other couples over. Eston rode a motorized car for the first time there. He did pretty good! Last weekend, we went to a cookout at George and Judy Lawrence's house. They had lots of families over and the kids had a blast playing outside. Apple bobbing, crafts, cookout, smores. We had a great time visiting with old friends. Eston wore himself out walking around and watching the other kids. Uncle Corey and Aunt Whitney were also in to visit last week. Eston had fun throwing Derby Dog's ball for him. Alli and Zoe mostly keep their distance from Eston and don't play with him much. That is, unless he has food. Then, they are his best friends!

Eston's first Happy Meal at Mickey D's! Oh how this kid loves fries. We really don't feed him fast food all the time. Promise! With this picture and the other one eating Sonic, you'd think that. This was actually a few months ago. We went to McDonalds before we went to the high school to the Blue and Gold Scrimmage football game. Eston wasn't all that interested in the game, of course. He just walked and walked. So we followed and followed.

Here's Eston at the park climbing through a tunnel on the play ground equipment. He loves slides, but I didn't get a picture of him on one. Travis would be at the top of the slide, and me at the bottom to make sure he didn't fall. So, no time to snap a picture. I've found that I take alot of pictures with my phone. I've always got it with me and don't carry around our camera. Travis is in the background trying to get his phone to take a picture too. Actually this is a surprise to me. Or maybe I told him to! I'm usually always the one that takes the pictures or thinks to get the video camera out. So, I'm hoping Eston doesn't think I was never in his life, since there aren't too many pictures of me and him. Hopefully he will be smart enough to realize Mom's the one behind the camera. I try to give Travis a really hard time about this!

After playing at the park at Cranfield, we walked down to the lake and threw some rocks in.