Happy Birthday! (Belated!)

I really wanted to post this for your birthday, but oh well. You were late too, after all. I was due last year on the 10 of September. I was induced on the 19th. Finally, on the 21st, you had to be dragged out by a team of professionals. I'm surprised the CIA wasn't involved. Some things Mom remembers about your birth:
The radio was playing Tuesday Afternoon when we drove you home. You were born on Tuesday at 2:40.
The first night I stayed alone at the hospital with you, we watched Airplane. Because I wanted you to be cultured.
You never wanted a pacifier. There are no pictures of you with one actually in your mouth.
When you were born, we had not yet decided what to name you. But we knew you were Austin when we saw you.

Happy Father's Day!

What makes a man a great dad?


















It helps to have similar interests... and styles.

















They should root for the same side...

















It's always good to be a little bit silly.














Or maybe a lot silly.













Dad must be able to use a camera. It's the law.

He should also have a high tolerance for pain.

But most of all, he needs to be sweet.

Like Austin's is. :)

Austin's Feet

It has been brought to our attention, that Mr. Austin does not wear shoes. Upon reviewing our records, we have discovered that this is true.

Exhibit A:

As you can see, he did not wear shoes in the hospital.













At 9 days old, he is still barefoot. Perhaps it is because his feet are enormous. We have included Dad's thumb for scale.










Sometimes Austin's feet like to dress up. Still no shoes, though.

Austin's feet also make very convincing turkeys.

















Sometimes his feet get lost inside the pants. Maybe they are hiding from the shoes.


















Austin's feet are very helpful for grabbing things, like Mommy's camera.













And grass.
















And they are delicious.

Austin: The Early Days

The real purpose of this blog is to make it easy for family and friends to keep up with his majesty's activities. Especially since flip seems to be slowly dying. We will make an effort to upload our video collection here for everybody's convenience. Without further ado, here is one of his very first pictures in the hospital.

And here is one of the first movies we originally shared of him. He is 18 days old.