...Updates...

Sorry it's been awhile since our last entry. However, since Tam's return we've been go go go, and not to mention spending quality time together with family & friends. Any how here's updates of the latest and greatest in our lives thus far:

#1: 5 days before Tam's return, my friend from school & his wife welcomed their first child, a beautiful baby girl. Congrats again you guys. What an awesome gift. Here's her stats:

Name: Ruth Jamison Fletcher

Birthdate: 26 August 2006 (hey another august baby)

Weight: 5 lbs & 13 ozs

Length: 19 inches

Baby Jamison was born 5 weeks early, but very healthy and happy. We can't wait to see you guys again. December's just around the corner, literally.

1st mother (Cherish) & daughter (Baby Jamison) picture.

Miss Ruth Jamison Fletcher, welcome. We can't wait to meet you.

#2: Tam arrived on 8/31/06, as you can tell from our last entry.

#3: 9/2/06, we had a BBQ with friends and family to welcome home Tam. Sorry we didn't take pictures, but we sure did have a lot of great food, not to mention a wonderful time visiting and catching up with family & friends. Thanks, Rhianon for helping make Tam's welcome home sign. We still have it hanging in the garage.

Thanks again, Rhianon, for sharing your talent with me. Plus I had a blast just hanging out with you.

#4: Again, just a lot of catching up with family and friends & not to mention hanging out around the house.

#5: 9/16/06, Tam & I went shopping for bikes (the peddling kind :-)). In the end we both came away with Gary Fisher bikes. Tam has a Big Sur & I have a Tassajara. Can't wait for our first riding trip, but we still need to get a trailer for Dominic. That way he can enjoy our adventures with us, so I guess we'll have to wait.

Later on that same evening, we went to dinner with our friends The Alabaladejo's (Joe, Regina & Isabelle-Izzy). Okay, so we all must love to hang out and eat and our favorite food must be Thai. Just got to love good food and even better company. My how Izzy has grown and what a cutie to boot. Look out Joe, she'll be dating before we can all say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (yes, I looked this one up).

Daddy (Joe) & his little girl (Isabelle).

Mommy (Regina) & her baby girl (Isabelle).

#6: 9/17/06, after church today, Tam, Dominic & I met up w/our long time friends the Boles' family (Mike, Teresa, Brenna, Jared & Alexandra). We met up for Mexican food @ On The Border. Okay so you're thinking we must just be eating fools and fat by now as it seems like we're always eating. But after lunch we walked around the mall (burning calories & all the food we just ate) & then headed to Cold Stone for some desert. It was rather refreshing as the temperature outside was 97 degrees.

Al "cheesing" for the camera, sitting on daddy's lap.

Dominic w/Uncle Mike & Al.

Well that sums up our many adventures thus far. So I will close w/a few extra pics, just for Linh. She's a diehard USC fan (duh, it's also her alumni) as well as an Angel's fan (so in love w/Kennedy). Anyhow, Linh, please enjoy. Take care everyone.

Love ya'll

Tam, Nyoka & Dominic

"Well hello there."

"Man I sure like this comb."

Always in the kitchen.

"Here daddy, let me help."

"Well come on already."

"Don't these people ever stop w/these pictures?"

P.S. As if you haven't guessed from one or two of the above pictures, our little one is walking. The day after the BBQ he took his second set of steps (the very first being in July). He did what is father had asked and waited until he came home. Good thing too, we were both excited and forgot to get some of them on tape. Man how amazing, to see the life you've helped create grow.