Christmas Time !!!

Merry Christmas from all those Chambley children!

As you can see, our baby boy was so excited about Christmas!

Alas, despite everyone buying Brantley many wonderful presents, in the end the paper was his favorite toy.

I wish Brantley had a bibb that big; there might be a chance that we kept him semi-clean during feedin' time. Brantley has recently discovered that it is a joy to produce a post-prandial hotmess.

On Christmas Day, our boy got his first car. He absolutely loved it and wanted to ride and honk the horn all day....

...however, his day only goes until about 9:30 before needed a big nap.

He has learned to dominate the one-handed slam on his 16" goal. All his Bball skills, must come from mommy.

This is the best crappy present we have ever gotten :)

Hi-OH, and Away!!! Gitty-up

Our little bear is now becoming our little conductor.

1st B-day Party will be coming soon!

Santa and The Merry-Go-Round

Mommy and the baby anxiously awaiting their turn on the M-g-R.


Family photo post ride on a very chilly night. Brantley had an awesome time.

Chambley Family Picture

(my Brtohter, his wife Amiee, ane thier two little boys CJ and Carter and my mom )

Turner family picture
( Ryan's mom and his Aunt Twanna and cousin Travis)

Our sweet baby boy was so excited about riding the horsey. Even though, he had never seen a merry-go-round, he was quite playful and happy even before we got moving.

Brantley and his cousin, Carter, brave the frozen tundra that was the line leading up to the famed Valley, AL Merry-go-round.

As some of you may remember from previous posts, we have a condition of Santaphobia in the family. Brantley did well with his first encounter of St. Nick, but this second episode ended in pure terror. Our boy was having nothing at all to do with this Santa. Perhaps this Santa had a foul odour or the elves were a bit unwelcoming, but either way, Brantley flipped out. Luckily, we did not have to pay for lap time.

Here is a brief moment when Brantley is mesmerized by a bell and not consumed with primal fear for the Kringled one. Next time, I think we will just photoshop in a pic of the two.

Christmas/ Nine Month Pictures

Merry Christmas Ya'll

Brantley's Baptism

Brantley's baptism was this past weekend. It was wonderful having our family and friends share in this special ceremony and time. Brantley, of course, was quite vocal and restless during the service, babbling while I and others were trying to read the blessings. We are so thankful for all those that shared in this experience.

Here is the terrific spread that my beautiful wife laid out for Brantley's baptism luncheon. As you will notice, it is a modest but elegant spread....except for the squeeze bottle of Helman's in the lower right corner. This once again confirms, that you can take us out the country, but you can't take the country outta us. (Oh, and the mayonnaise is intended for use on the chicken salad croissants, which are mostly made of mayonnaise themselves. I will say that it did make them much more tasty....as does most things when one adds mayo or jelly - though preferable not together).

Here comes Santa Claus

Daddy's favorite job of the year is unfurling a tied up Frasier Fir from Lowe's only to discover, it is rather puny and deficient of full pine-needle-action coverage.

Mommy opened her best Christmas present ever -- Baby Bear!!!

Daddy wants to take a nap and a bath while Baby wants to play and eat the pine needles.

This was Brantley's first ever Santa experience. He seemed a little confused about this dude at first, but did well. We were concerned, because we have a family member that has clinically diagnosed Santaphobia. This could potentially be a hereditary condition, so this was a big step. (Let's just say that as a child, if one of us wanted to see Santa, we had to stand in line ourselves...that's tough for a 3 year old).


Brantley did start cyring, however; but only because St. Nick yelled and Ho-Ho-Ho all up in his ear. You gotta warn a brotha' before you go doing that all point blank and such.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving at Ginger's family. Here is a photo of all the family boys. As you can see, Brantley is staking claim to a pumpkin that weighs more than him.

Mommy and baby. "Mommy, why are my ears retroilluminated in this picture?"

Brantley plays with a mirror-type toy. Carter is his cousin (though much bigger, Carter is actually 2 months younger).

Carter and fussy Brantley.

Trip to the lake

Ryan and I took a little trip to the lake before the Thanksgiving holidays. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

Baby wanted desperately to taste the leaves.
It is always amazing how Brantley can determine anything of value and radily put it in peril. Hence, the sunglasses about to go into the water.

Beautiful backdrop for my beautiful family.

We put Brantley in this basket thinking I could get some professional pictures.

no luck!

All done!