Formerly September 21...

small birthday morsel

Chris — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:59:21 +0000

As you might imagine, time is a precious commodity around our house. I know it is in most houses, too. So it doesn’t drag out too much longer, I am posting a few pictures from PT’s Princess Birthday party. Joe took these. He took the time to get them up before I got my own up. I wonder where that ranks me in “Dad of the Year” standings…

Princess Petrea and Princess Nealy letting the neighborhood know they are having a good time...

Soah was quite satisfied with the party and the cake... "Esperate, dad - Is that more cake you have there?"

Aunt Shirley holding back Soah the Dragon!

Birthday Presents for Petrea…

Chris — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:05:51 +0000

Just in case you are feeling guilty that you missed my birthday Sunday, I thought I would give you some ideas for birthday presents that did not get checked off my list… I asked dad if we could do some window shopping on the internet. I saw this blanket and pointed it out and really, really want one or two…

And to make things even easier, CLICK HERE to go get it!

Of course, I looked around a little more and really thought about something that would match the kitchen and bring a little pop to the tile floor. It’s the perfect size and that beautiful cardinal red just makes me want to turn on the tube, pop some popcorn and grab a cold beer, err, sippee…

And you can find this beautiful, quality rug HERE!

HAHAHA

Let us email you!

Chris — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:33:15 +0000

Of course, you can always stop by and look at pictures, but I want to make sure you know about the email alert that lets you know by email that we have updated the blog. If you go over to the right, there is a link to sign up for this service… Just click on it, it takes you to a sign up page (you won’t be spammed and your email won’t be sold to any crazy websites sending out advertisements for “real” Rolex watches for $19 or black-market Viagra), type in your email and viola! When we post more pictures of the girls, you will be the first to know because an email will be sent to your account. How cool is that?

There is also an RSS feed up top and I am trying to put a Reader link over there somewhere – this particular theme is being a little hard to work with in getting that done…

Bringing Us Up to Date!

Chris — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:05:16 +0000

I haven’t heard anything negative, or positive for that matter, about the gallery post so I am going to hit you with it again! Lot’s of new ones that should bring us almost right at up to date…

Soah Gallery

Chris — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:12:36 +0000

Over on the right, there is a page called Soah – Every Day. You can link to it here, too. It is a gallery of regular Soah pictures to show how much she changes over the course of a few days/weeks/months. Just my own little experiment that you as family get to enjoy. Hopefully her kids will get to enjoy it one day, too…

New Beginnings

Chris — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:14:07 +0000

Here we are at a new address. I hope it doesn’t throw too many people off. Fact is, WordPress works better for us to blog from. Lots of reasons – nothing against Typepad (besides the $85/year) – this is just a good place for the Chastain family!

So, without further adeiu and excuses, let’s get to the pictures, right? That’s why you came, I know!

I am trying something a little different because there are so many pictures to update. This just gets us through like June, so there are a ton more to put on here… Be sure and let me know if you like the new “gallery” format! Enjoy!

Sorta behind

Chris — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:14:32 +0000

May 15th was our last post here? Almost two months? Are you kidding me?

Well, I am making some changes tonight and gonna start updating plenty of things that have happened, including pictures over the last couple of months!

Stay tuned, I promise there are some updates coming…

Testing, Testing, 1 – 2 – 3…

Chris — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:11:38 +0000

Just wanna see if this little movie clip shows up for everyone…

Download nitenitepapi.mov

Let’s see what happens!

April showers…

Chris — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:44:15 +0000

April has brought the rain. Yes, we are only two days into it but the Chastain house is TIRED of the rain! We are trying to get out as much as possible. For example, we went to Breakfast/Lunch with the Barre’s on Sunday. CrackerBarrel. It was a hoot. Soah was rockin the conductor hat.

She ate more than Petrea – I don’t know where she put it, but it was hilarious that she just kept eating! A cup of grits, two biscuits, almost two pancakes and a couple bites of eggs! If that doesn’t help put weight on her…

The duo have been warming up to each other more, too. Soah doesn’t just automatically start wincing and crying when PT enters the room. I consider that a good sign! They even posed for a picture together – FINALLY!

I can’t wait for it to get warm so me and PT can get outside and try her new glove! We have been playing "catch" in the kitchen As soon as we get to go outside, she is going to HAVE to have a tee and a bat. She loves baseball!

Funny one to leave you with – the other day we picked PT up from school and she had had an accident at some point during the day. Autumn asked PT if she peepeed in her pants and PT’s reply was, "Well, maybe just a little bit!" Priceless…

Easter!

Chris — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:35:17 +0000

I can’t believe how active Soah has become in only the last two months. It is amazing and a blessing every day to watch her move more and smile more and talk more reach out and even tuck her head into my neck when she wants to be shy… I can’t wait to see what she does tomorrow – I know there is something new that is going to amaze us. So, we will keep taking pictures and sharing…

Now, Easter was awesome. We went to Little Rock to stay at Brandon and Kristin’s house with Ashton and Bubba. The kids had a ball and we got most of it on film. Well, not really on film, but you know what I mean!

On Saturday, we made the trip to Firefly Studios in Little Rock to paint some Easter goodies and a really cool Mother’s Day platter for Gran. The kids had a blast. The ceramics, however, didn’t fare so well. Poor bunny…

Easter Sunday brought fantastic weather and we all got outside and soaked up some of the sunshine! Petrea found a baseball glove and a bat and started swinging. She caught the ball when we threw it to her and even hit the ball a couple of times! We were amazed – and can’t wait to get PT her own baseball glove and bat and tee to get her some practice.

After the baseball show, Uncle Charles, Uncle Brandon, Uncle T and me played some basketball. Now, I haven’t played basketball like that in years, but we had a blast. It was even better that we had such a great cheering section!

It was Baby Braden’s first Easter. he is so awesome!

Petrea jamming on the piano. I am sure the Easter Bunny was really upset that he missed it. I think she was rocking "I’m a Little Teapot" in this picture.

Little Story: The other night, I was putting PT down for bed. It’s not that she doesn’t like going to bed, she just doesn’t like actually going to sleep. So, it is usually a chore to get her to close her eyes and turn off the party. So, again, I was putting her down and she wouldn’t go to sleep – just kept playing and playing. After repeated attempts to get her to close her eyes, she just wouldn’t so I threatened her with a spanking. She kept pushing so I had to follow through and smacked her bottom. She got very quiet and I could see that bottom lip poked waaayy out there. Maybe a minute passed and I hear this very pitiful, sad voice say, "Daddy, that huwt my bottom!" I was crushed and immediately felt exactly the way I should have – like an ass. She needs her sleep, sure – but right in front of me was this opportunity. She wanted to play with me and spend time with me and I was more interested in getting her to sleep so I could get downstairs and do some of the things that I didn’t get done that day. What was really more important than spending that time with my kid?