Just...a little... bit... closer..

After we spent 28 hours traveling down to Florida (getting in at midnight on Monday), attending my dad's funeral that Tuesday morning and spending the afternoon over at Sally's with lots of family and close friends..... we were all WIPED OUT. We had gone back to the hotel room to rest and all 3 of us were sacked out on the bed. I had gotten up a few hours later to go to the store. Caelan had not only scooted up against Matt but kept scooting closer and closer- up onto the pillow and almost onto Matt's head! It was sooooo sweet! Caelan actually ended up sleeping from about 6pm until 9 or 10 am the next morning.

I just LOVE those IRISH guys!

Super Sized

Matt had picked up these two awesome pumpkins for us to carve- the smaller one is 41 pounds and the larger one is 62 pounds. We had wanted to carve out the larger of the two and put Caelan in it. We never got the chance to do it though. We took the smaller one down south with us and carved it there. There was no room left in the trunk for the other one to go as well.

It's an Oompa Loompa!

Nooooo!! It's not an Oompa Loompa!!! It's Caelan James after eating spaghetti!

(one of his favorites!)

*these were taken in late September

My Dad

My dad died yesterday. I am unable to access any pictures of him right now but I wanted to make sure I got this posted on here.

Services are in Pensacola on Tuesday at 10 am. We are leaving tomorrow night to drive down.

James Christopher (Chris) Sparkman

proudly AKA "POP"

September 17, 1944- October 16, 2009

At the Park

Caelan and I had Daddy meet us at the park one day after he got off work- we ate dinner and then played for a while.

The smiles on the swing didn't last long.... he was ok at first but then started fussing. We thought he would really like it since he loved his swings so much as a baby but..... not quite!

So on to the bouncing horse they went!

This didn't last long either. Once down the slide was more than enough in his opinion....

so on to the....

chimes?? They make different pitches when you hit them. THESE he LIKED!

Then we just played in the grass for a while- he liked that too!

Ready? Set......

GO!!

A Handful....

I slept out on the porch a lot through the summer when it was warm. One night Caelan woke up fussy and wanted to sleep with someone- so I took him out on the porch with me. Matt came out and took this picture before he went to work. It is a bit difficult to see (picture taken in night mode- it was still dark outside) but Caelan has a handful of my hair. He often plays with my hair- especially if he is sleepy. So he got all comfy, had a handful of my hair and went to sleep.

Entranced......

oooooooooo.......

....... it's sooo....

COOOOOLLLLL!!

I HELP!!!!

We keep cases of canned cat food on a book case near the back door- Caelan often sits there pulling them all off the shelves..... well one day he pulled off a can of food, crawled into the kitchen over to Ries's food bowl and put it in there!

He was quite proud of himself!

Picnic at Interlochen

Ok.... I have to explain this one- as we were walking down the path to the deck, I looked up in the tree and there was this spoon..... yes, a spoon. It was bent perfectly and draped over one of the branches. Wonder how many people notic it there??

Canoers out on the water (to the left)

Caelan waved at them-

Garden Fresh...

PEAS PLEASE!!!

Caelan enjoyed LOTS of fresh veggies from our garden this year- peas, green beans, beets, zuchinni and squash!