These top two photos are the most recent of our son. He has a sweet smile, just like his Dad! (These photos are on top of Arabia Mountain, and I took both of them!)
Christmas Party, 2009.
On the Eastbourne Seafront in England. Posing with Snow-In-Summer! June 2010.
Christmas Eve at Aunt Pam's, 2009.
With his English Grandparents on the Bluebell Walk in England in May 2010.
4th of July 2009 with his American Grandfather, "Papa".
One of the songs that I sang to my baby was "Cuddle Up A Little Closer". I knew it from Chas & Dave (my son grew up with their music!) and they sang it in a kind of honky tonk style, but I sang it like a lullaby, very softly. I'm glad that this singer has recorded it as a lullaby. It is perfect for babies. Listen and memorize it and you will have a song at the ready whenever you need to get a baby to sleep! Happy Birthday, Christopher, you will always be the babe!
Thanks, Jane! And thanks for telling us about "Movember". It's a great idea but I had never heard of it until you just told me! www.movember.com There, I typed the link above for anyone else (like ME) who had never heard of it before.
Oooh...so sweet! ♫♫ A very happy birthday to Christopher. ♫♫ May the coming year and every one after that be filled with good health and happiness.
These are beautiful photos, Kay! And the two you took on top are fantastic. Don't be so hard on yourself about photography (like I find you are on some posts)! I think you take great images!
Dear Martha, Thank you and I love the musical notes you have here for him and for your good wishes! Thanks, Martha! I am only being honest. After we look at our photos on the camera, I just pick the best looking ones for my blog and most of them happen to be Richard's! I thank you very much for your kind comment though! (And Richard & I both love YOUR photography!)
Well, Kay, it is hardly surprising that you have the Best Son - he has the Best Mom & Dad, and the Best Grandparents - he couldn't have turned out anything else! You'll see, now that you have shown so many pictures of this handsome young man, you'll have fan mail arriving for him by the truckload :-) Happy (belated?) Birthday to you, Christopher! Time for another guest post...?
Happy Birthday, Christopher! (Also my little brother's name!) Kay, he looks SO MUCH LIKE YOU. I don't think I ever realized it until I saw these pictures today. You must LOVE that. Lovely, lovely photos. And I do love that lullaby ~ may have to put that in our nightly rotation!!! XOXO
My poor boy, he has heard his whole life how much he looks like his mother. He is more like Richard now, in his mannerisms and also, his nice deep voice, it might be deeper than Richard's! So happy you like the song too! It's an easy one to sing, that's the only kind I try.
Lovely pictures and of course he is the best son in the whole wide world, just the same as Kate is the best daughter in the whole wide world. Strange parents if we didn't don't you think?
Kate has just left us again to go back to work and will be spending the next 6 months in the Caribbean. We are missing her already.
I hope you all had a wonderful "Christopher's Birthday."
Hey Pat! I was just thinking about you! :-) Yes! Isn't it amazing how our children are just the BEST, that is just the way that it should be. I know you miss your Kate but wow, that must be so much fun to spend all that time in the Caribbean. I know she is working but I hope she gets to have some "off" time on a beach somewhere! And today is really C's birthday, but he is one busy guy, so I knew if I did the post today, he wouldn't see it. Thanks so much for your well wishes. Hope all is well for you on your beautiful island! xx
http://www.bluebellwalk.co.uk/ The bluebell walk was in Arlington, East Sussex, not far from Eastbourne. I found the website to it if you would like to see it. Is it anywhere close to where you live? Of course, I know that are bluebell walks too. I hope the ash trees stay healthy, I've read they are important for bluebells.
Thank you, Terry! He was in his Aunt Pam's wedding at the Devil's Thumb Ranch in Colorado. Do you know where that is? He was only six and was a great little ringbearer! Glad you liked the video too! :-)
Thank you so much. I think he had a great day. He even liked the birthday meal and birthday cake I made for him. Of course, he is such a nice guy, he would say so!
Oh my! What a gorgeous young man. He has the sweetest smile, I agree! He also has the kindest eyes. Just looking at him, you want to have him for a friend. Happy Birthday, Christopher!
Dear Kay, Thank you! That is such a sweet thing to say! He has always had a very sweet, kind nature and you are correct, he is a very good friend! Thanks so much to YOU, my friend!
Happy Birthday to your handsome Son! What fun pics too..He kind of looks like Josh Groban in some of those shots. But he really looks like his Dad. His personality just shines. Nice tribute to him!
Belated birthday greetings to Christopher. He does look like Richard, but in that picture of the two of you sitting side by side, there is no mistaking he is yours!
Kay, Thank you for posting these wonderful photos of The Little Vermint himself! Wow! He is looking great, and yes, the resemblance to BOTH you and Richard is fantastic! I always thought Christopher was the smartest and dearest child I ever met, and it is very obvious in these photos and your postings that he is STILL extraordinary. I have a feeling he will always be a blessing to all he meets. Bless you & Richard for being such wonderful people. All 3 of you have been a blessing to me.
A Very Happy Birthday to Christopher! I like the facial hair - is he taking part in 'Movember'?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jane! And thanks for telling us about "Movember". It's a great idea but I had never heard of it until you just told me!
Deletewww.movember.com
There, I typed the link above for anyone else (like ME) who had never heard of it before.
Oooh...so sweet! ♫♫ A very happy birthday to Christopher. ♫♫ May the coming year and every one after that be filled with good health and happiness.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful photos, Kay! And the two you took on top are fantastic. Don't be so hard on yourself about photography (like I find you are on some posts)! I think you take great images!
Dear Martha,
DeleteThank you and I love the musical notes you have here for him and for your good wishes!
Thanks, Martha! I am only being honest. After we look at our photos on the camera, I just pick the best looking ones for my blog and most of them happen to be Richard's! I thank you very much for your kind comment though! (And Richard & I both love YOUR photography!)
i just love this, kay. christopher is clearly a great and good man.
ReplyDeletenothing like loving a child. nothing like it in the whole universe...
♥
kj
Thanks, kj!
DeleteHe really is the best!
And you are so right, there is nothing else like it, nothing!
A handsome lad indeed. Happy Birthday to him!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Debra. He really always has been a cutie!
DeleteWhat a happy, sweet-looking lad. A son is such a blessing! I am glad he is close to you- xo Diana
ReplyDeletePictures just don't lie, do they? His kindergarten teacher calls him a "jewel". And yes, she still remembers him!
DeleteWell, Kay, it is hardly surprising that you have the Best Son - he has the Best Mom & Dad, and the Best Grandparents - he couldn't have turned out anything else!
ReplyDeleteYou'll see, now that you have shown so many pictures of this handsome young man, you'll have fan mail arriving for him by the truckload :-)
Happy (belated?) Birthday to you, Christopher! Time for another guest post...?
Thanks, Meike! And yes, I will remind him it is time for another one!
DeleteHis birthday is really today, so you are just on the day!
Hi Kay
ReplyDeleteA belated Happy Birthday Christopher. Am I right in thinking that it is number 23?
You wear that goatee well.
Henry
Thanks, Henry! And yes, you are right.
DeleteAh, a goatee. You should know! ;-)
Happy Birthday Christopher. He's a lovely looking chap, Kay. Love the little song/film, very sweet.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your good wishes!
DeleteI loved that sweet song, I love that it was written in the early 1900's. Why can't we have music like that now?
Happy Birthday, Christopher! (Also my little brother's name!) Kay, he looks SO MUCH LIKE YOU. I don't think I ever realized it until I saw these pictures today. You must LOVE that. Lovely, lovely photos. And I do love that lullaby ~ may have to put that in our nightly rotation!!! XOXO
ReplyDeleteMy poor boy, he has heard his whole life how much he looks like his mother. He is more like Richard now, in his mannerisms and also, his nice deep voice, it might be deeper than Richard's!
DeleteSo happy you like the song too! It's an easy one to sing, that's the only kind I try.
Many happy returns of the day, Christopher!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Mimi! I will pass this along to him!
DeleteLovely pictures and of course he is the best son in the whole wide world, just the same as Kate is the best daughter in the whole wide world. Strange parents if we didn't don't you think?
ReplyDeleteKate has just left us again to go back to work and will be spending the next 6 months in the Caribbean. We are missing her already.
I hope you all had a wonderful "Christopher's Birthday."
Hey Pat!
DeleteI was just thinking about you! :-)
Yes! Isn't it amazing how our children are just the BEST, that is just the way that it should be.
I know you miss your Kate but wow, that must be so much fun to spend all that time in the Caribbean. I know she is working but I hope she gets to have some "off" time on a beach somewhere!
And today is really C's birthday, but he is one busy guy, so I knew if I did the post today, he wouldn't see it. Thanks so much for your well wishes.
Hope all is well for you on your beautiful island! xx
Where was the bluebell walk??? Xxxx happy birthday to him. Xxx
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bluebellwalk.co.uk/
DeleteThe bluebell walk was in Arlington, East Sussex, not far from Eastbourne.
I found the website to it if you would like to see it. Is it anywhere close to where you live? Of course, I know that are bluebell walks too. I hope the ash trees stay healthy, I've read they are important for bluebells.
Happy Birthday to Chistopher! He's a handsome young man.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the sweet video.
Thank you, Terry! He was in his Aunt Pam's wedding at the Devil's Thumb Ranch in Colorado. Do you know where that is? He was only six and was a great little ringbearer!
DeleteGlad you liked the video too! :-)
I would love to go to Devil's Thumb Ranch someday. It is a very beautiful place.
DeleteWe were there in 1996 and the backdrop of the Rockies during the wedding, just spectacular! What a lovely spot of the country, you are so lucky!
DeleteSuch a nice tribute to your son, Kay. Hope he enjoyed as wonderful a birthday celebration as he deserved.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. I think he had a great day. He even liked the birthday meal and birthday cake I made for him. Of course, he is such a nice guy, he would say so!
DeleteOh my! What a gorgeous young man. He has the sweetest smile, I agree! He also has the kindest eyes. Just looking at him, you want to have him for a friend. Happy Birthday, Christopher!
ReplyDeleteDear Kay,
DeleteThank you! That is such a sweet thing to say! He has always had a very sweet, kind nature and you are correct, he is a very good friend!
Thanks so much to YOU, my friend!
Happy Birthday to your handsome Son! What fun pics too..He kind of looks like Josh Groban in some of those shots. But he really looks like his Dad. His personality just shines. Nice tribute to him!
ReplyDeleteThanks! (He reminds me a bit of Josh Groban too!)
DeleteAnd he is looking more like Richard now, he is losing his round baby face which I have never lost!
Belated birthday greetings to Christopher. He does look like Richard, but in that picture of the two of you sitting side by side, there is no mistaking he is yours!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tracey, I will pass the good wishes along to him! That's my boy! :-)
DeleteKay,
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting these wonderful photos of The Little Vermint himself! Wow! He is looking great, and yes, the resemblance to BOTH you and Richard is fantastic!
I always thought Christopher was the smartest and dearest child I ever met, and it is very obvious in these photos and your postings that he is STILL extraordinary. I have a feeling he will always be a blessing to all he meets. Bless you & Richard for being such wonderful people. All 3 of you have been a blessing to me.
Dave in DC
Oops! Sorry I misspelled "Varmint" above!
ReplyDeleteDave