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It has been WAY TOO LONG since we wrote something, so here are lots of pictures to make up for our absence.
First, as you may have gathered by now, this kid LOVES to be outside and parks are his FAVORITE!! Eric is a scavenger for new parks and keeps finding new ones to go and explore. This one is just around the corner from his office and has a playground, tennis courts, and multiple baseball fields - Austin got to run the bases...

Here he is rounding first base, although a lot wide and far, far outside.

Here he has discovered that you can stop and pick up the rock that Mom & Dad are using for the baseball - hey people, sometimes you must improvise....

Here is that face again, the one we have not yet decided if it is cute or not.... kind of looks guilty of something -

Here we are telling him that he has run the wrong way, and that 2nd base is to his left, but we obviously are not getting very far....

We have now moved on to the park, and all of the toys that are offered here...

sliding with Dad is the BEST - well, almost the best, sliding by myself is actually best, but this slide was TOO long for me to go solo...

This is a globe that is about 5 feet off the ground, right by the top of the slide where AC can look through to see Mom on the ground below ... hard to take this picture because of the sun behind his head.

and then there is always the parting shot of him trying to escape the stairs - he loves to climb stairs and is not a big fan of the hand rails, something we are definitely working on...

Hope you all are having a good week.

Eric met Kenny Rodgers yesterday (the singer not the baseball player) apparently he lives in the area and wanted to buy a car, not from Eric but a co-worker. Eric said his salesman indicated that Kenny loves to be asked for autographs - so if he sees him again and you want an autograph... I am kidding.

As for the rest of the family, my classes end next week for our first session, and I will go to only teaching on Tuesday nights and Saturday mornings, so I will get to spend more time in the evenings with Austin & Eric. AC & I are getting ready to go home to my dad's house for a long weekend, so we will have many pictures to document our travels in Texas. I cannot wait to get some REAL Mexican food & Bar-B-Que - it's just not the same here in Georgia.

Finally, all you Longhorns out there better get ready for this weekend - GO TEXAS - Beat OU!!!! I hope we can get the game out here on one of the TV stations - unfortunately we are stuck in SEC country and don't usually get any games from West of the Mississippi.

One more thing, Austin's new favorite calming pasttime, i.e. the time just before nap is to sit in my lap in front of the computer and look at pictures of himself I have saved. He smiles and says Mama & Dada when appropriate - pretty cute - and yes, I do not consider that watching TV although some could argue he is; whatever!!

Have a good week.