7 Months...Running Late

Well, August has been a very busy month. We started at a new school, went on several trips, cut our first tooth. Guess what...we made it!

We flew to Ft. Davis the first weekend of August to visit Geep and and Grandpa. Crawford did so well on the plane. He is becoming an experienced traveler!


We had such a great time seeing Jerry and Susan. We drove to Marfa to have lunch one day. We checked out some art at the local galleries. Crawford has expensive taste. He slept through most of the galleries but did pipe up in one where we could have purchased some art for about $40K. He loved playing with Ebby. I think Jerry enjoyed it too! We are raising another dog lover!


We also did some hiking at Davis Mountains State Park. Crawford did pretty well in his new backpack style carrier. I know Daddy LOVED it. He got a little hot so Grandpa volunteered to hike back to the truck and meet us at the bottom of the trail. Thanks Grandpa!


Greer and I had the rare opportunity to have a night out on the town. Grandpa and Geep took care of Crawford while we saw The Dark Knight and ate at The Reata. Our visit to Elberta was short, but we had a great time. Crawford can't wait until Geep and Grandpa are back in Grapevine.

On August 4th Crawford started his new school. I was a little nervous at first. I got lost trying to get to work because the route I planned to travel was closed due to construction. I called to check on him throughout the day. He adjusted just fine. Probably never noticed the change, but it was hard on me. It is hard leaving your baby with strangers. We donated some fish to the infant class to butter up the teachers. I hope it worked. So far so good. My favorite things about his new school - they puree food for him if we select food off of the menu. It doesn't work out every day since we aren't giving him fruits yet, but he gets school food about 50% of the time. Saves me time and money and he gets fresh food.

The next weekend we drove to Houston to surprise Mimi for her 60th birthday. I arrived at the 3Day Training walk at 6:00am Saturday morning and Mom didn't even realize it was me. Once she did, all she wanted to know was "where is Crawford?" She finally was able to see him when she arrived at her surprise party. Quite a few of the Dills got together for Mom's birthday. John E. even flew in from Lubbock. We had a great time visiting. We stayed through Sunday but had to leave soon after church so we could get back and plan for the next week.


Teeth - okay, I had no idea teeth could be so painful. Our normally very happy little boy has an evil twin. This twin doesn't like to sleep, cries with no consoling, drools on EVERYTHING, and poops 6 times a day. Not to mention those suckers are SHARP! I can't wait until they are all the way in. It will be so cute!

Crawford weighs 18 1/2 pounds and is about 27 1/2 inches long. He really didn't grow much this month. I guess he gave all of his energy to his teeth.

Well, I better close out. I'll report on the rest of August in next month's posting. That's only 2 weeks away.

I'm Sitting Up!

Well, I know I don't usually do a mid-month entry, but I just had to. Crawford is just too cute sitting up. He is so darn proud of himself. We put toys around him and he has a great time playing. It is so amazing watching him grow up. Having a child really makes you appreciate how brilliant God is.

I couldn't pass on this one...what goes up must come down. Obviously, he is still learning to sit. He'll hate me one day for this picture.

Peaceful sleep tonight, what an angel. I love you Crawford!

I Love Green Peas!

Before you know it he will be one! Time continues to fly. He is really turning into a little person. What fun!

Susan (Geep) flew to Dallas to visit the little guy this month. We kept him home from school one day so they could have some quality time together. It is always nice to give him time with family. She had the pleasure of feeding him some cereal. She saw first hand what a good eater he is!

My Dad (Grandad) kept Crawford for a week while his school was on Summer Break. Crawford was a little afraid of him at first. I think the mustache scared him. By the end of the week Crawford smiled every time he saw Grandad. I don't think he's heard that many crazy songs before. Satellite Radio can't compare to my Dad's song list. Dad was talking to Crawford about the dogs when I took this picture. As you can tell, Crawford is amazed.

We went to Tanner (Greer's cousin) and Darlene's house for dinner so Crawford could meet some more family. It was great to get out and Crawford sure enjoyed seeing their little dog. He really notices dogs now.

Greer and I had the opportunity to see Hairspray so Crawford stayed with Judy Allen, our neighbor. It was the first non-family member he has stayed with for over an hour (other than school of course). I think he did pretty darn well. I know Greer and I had a great time.

Well Crawford tried food other than cereal. That was a great laugh. We started with sugar snap peas. He didn't take to them quite as quickly as cereal. Actually, he turned towards Greer and spewed them right back out of his mouth. It was so funny. He likes them now and can't wait to get the next bite. He even tried some Cheerios but I think he is still a little young for those.
I am making the food and it is actually pretty easy.

We went to Elberta again and Crawford was in his first parade. He had on his 4th of July shirt and waved to the crowd. We have such a good time down there. He enjoys getting in the water and so do we.

They have a new nickname for him at school...Pickle. Greer has really taken to the name and has started calling him that at home. There is a cute girl that says "I'm going to tickle Pickle" when I get there in the mornings and Crawford smiles from ear to ear! I'm not sure how I feel about people calling him Pickle, but Mom says she dealt with it growing up (Dill is her maiden name).

We had a brief spell when he wasn't sleeping through the night because he is teething. No one told me about this. I knew it was painful for him, but I didn't know it would be painful for us too. We can usually get him back to sleep fairly quickly though.

Crawford has a new best friend...it is no longer the ceiling fan. It is now the remote control. Actually, it is anything that he can hold that has buttons and lights up - phones and remotes for now. If you are around, make sure your phone is on keylock because he is going to push those buttons! Remote...I guess it's a guy thing and apparently they learn it early.

Big firsts this month - eating solid foods (avocado, sugar snap peas, frozen peas, green beans, sweet potatoes & apricots), seeing Daddy play softball, sitting up in the Boppy, sleeping without being swaddled, finding his pee-pee, sitting in his jumper, expanded use of ba-ba-ba, ga-ga-ga & da-da-da & copying sounds that he hears.

He weighs 17 pounds (average) and is 27 inches long (long for his age). Eats solids 3 times a day and still has about 30 oz of milk.

Can't believe the summer is almost over. Try to stay out of the heat!

First Father's Day

Well today is Father's Day and Crawford and I spent time with Grandad this morning in Houston. I was in Houston this weekend for our first 3-Day training walk. Crawford did a great job "walking" the 6 miles! We flew home to spend some time with Daddy on Father's Day too. Now both Crawford and Daddy are napping...one of their favorite past times. Greer invited some friends over last night for some poker...Happy Father's Day Greer!

Crawford's big firsts this month - ate cereal, found his feet, visited Elberta, took a "swim" at Lake Elberta, invited Scarlett to Elberta for a sleepover, flew to Houston (first flight), met Benjamin, Jonathan & Debra.


He did pretty well on his first flight. I now have empathy for everyone on a plane with a baby. Talk about something beyond your control! You just pray that everything goes well. It is exhausting even if the baby is perfect.

He seems okay with cereal. While it isn't his favorite thing, he certainly doesn't turn down any food. Everything goes in his mouth. He drinks about 6.5 oz of milk/feeding. He weighs 15 lbs 6 oz and is just shy of 26" long.


Crawford seems to always be congested. We are working on that. Greer seems to think it is allergies. I certainly hope he doesn't have them as badly as Greer and I do. We will see.

Hope everyone is doing well. We are looking forward to a fun summer!