Fight On!

One of the perks of being a student once again is the chance to relive collegiate sports. Part of the fun this time around is introducing Anthon to these great sporting events. And lest you think that Anthon really isn't aware of what's going on, rest assured...he is.

Case in point - Saturday's game. USC hosted Arizona St. When Shelley and I woke Anthon up and put him in his USC t-shirt, I think he suspected that something fun was going to happen that day. While I was brushing my teeth in the bathroom, Anthon ran into my room, opened up my t-shirt drawer and grabbed the only USC t-shirt I own and ran it into me for me to put on. He did the same with Shelley's shirt. This is a boy who was excited to go to a game!

While at the game, we were feeding Anthon goldfish crackers during a timeout. Mostly, he took them from Shelley and then tried to feed me, instead. While he was doing this, the arena cameras focused on Anthon and he was on display on the jumbo-tron above center court. I stood Anthon up on my lap and he saw himself and began to blow kisses to the crowd. He's becoming a total ham.

Here are two pictures: one of Anthon at the ASU game and one of the family at the UCLA game.

More Random Shots of Anthon

Over the space of a few weeks, I was allowed to test out my Dad's 70-300mm zoom lens made for Nikon dSLR cameras. I was lucky enough to capture Anthon in two different spots in rather funny moods. The first four shots are of Anthon in a cemetary not too far from Shelley's parents place in Indiana. It was a cold afternoon and I thought Anthon looked so cute bundled up. On the way home, I cupped his hands and blew on them to keep them warm and I held Anthon against me. He didn't last five minutes before he was out like a light and felt like a dead weight against me. It was one of those moments where I wished the walk home was a bit longer.

The second set of photos were taken in mid-January on the tennis court by our condo. Anthon had received a set of balls for Christmas: a basketball, football and soccer ball. So we took them and some tennis balls and ran around for a while. I especially love these shots because it captures some of the unique personality quirks that Anthon has.

Please click on the thumbnails below for more pictures.

The St. Louis Arch

While driving from St. Louis to Shelley's home in Evansville, Indiana, we stopped for a few minutes at the St. Louis Arch and took it all in. Man, this structure is huge! I had no idea it was that large. And for some reason I thought it was made of stone. But it's not...it's metal. Guess I'm not so smart after all.

Even though it was a cloudy day, I snapped what I think are a few interesting shots. This structure does really allow the photographer to shoot at some fun angles.

Busath Photos

We finally got the proofs back from Anthon's 1-year portrait that was shot by Busath over Thanksgiving. You can see the shots by following the link below:

Anthon's Busath Photos

Anthon's New Suit

For the wedding of Shelley's sister, Diana, Shelley bought Anthon a black three-piece suit. A little trick that we use with Anthon to get him into some clothes that he might like - after we get him dressed we have to bring him in front of a mirror and tell him how cute he looks. He usually cheers up. We've probably created a vain child in the process. But we'll worry about that later. For now, we think he's pretty cute in his his suit.

Announcing a new video archive

The video archive is up and running, finally. Here you'll find short video clips of our family - mostly of Anthon, probably. You'll need Apple's Quicktime software to view the files. If you don't have it, download it for free by clicking the link. Or you can click on any of the pictures below to go to the video archive.