Jimi

To be sensual, I think , is to respect and rejoice
in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present
in all that one does, from the effort of loving to
the making of bread.---------James Baldwin

Jimi Davis-my beautiful friend

When people say he looks like his father I say , really?

GO SOX!!!!!!

All I can say is Theo has now learned when baseball is on one should yell at the television
and if necessary pound on the screen with little fists until something happens....like a homerun or something.

Entertaining Theo

Some days are full of parental promise and a sense of purpose-we are going out for an ADVENTURE and we are all going to have an unforgettable family moment. The zoo seems full of that sort of promise on a Sunday-so you find yourself amongst throngs of other well intentioned, newish parents dragging their equally underwhelmed babies through the expansive sprawl that is the SF Zoo. The zoo is a trip best planned, much like a camping trip with multiple layers of clothing, various baby rolling and/or carrying devices and food of your own making. Theo, while oblivious to many of the animals, did seem to enjoy (if moderately) the large plastic wagon he got to ride around in....
Other days are more realistic in their parental participation-entertaining a newly energized almost walker takes creativity and at times, a fallback to the simple standbys such as a ticklefest.

Downtime

Just some pictures of our favorite visitors Little Calista and Little Caskey-Theo's BFF.
Calsita is blooming into a beauty with her big blue eyes and Caskey and Theo like to
eat spaghetti on the floor and run around in diapers. "These are the days you remember"....

October Evenings in Oakland

The first weekend of October found the little Chastain family deep in the woods of Piedmont, somewhere accross the bridge-stopping in at the McBirney/Prisco household. An early autumn BBQ and swapping stories with more Texans! Theo scooted after the Cat Buster who was about as large as Theo himself...Bethany and Joe, still newlyweds, joined us for dinner and Miss B. taught Theo how to behave at a UT game. "Hook em' horns"!! So much to learn.....