Unfortunately, Exercise is Funny

Baby laughter is more contagious than pink eye. Any time Crew starts laughing we gather around him and join in, which makes him laugh more (probably at us, not with us). As we've discovered, and found true with other parents, the changing table is somehow a happy place for babies. It is definitely Crew's happy place. I was changing Crew's diaper one night and dropped something. I disappeared from his sight when I bent down to get it, and when I stood up, I got a big laugh from him. So... I did it again, getting another big chuckle. I proceeded to squat and stand for him repeatedly, even calling Michelle into the room to watch this amazing discovery. Each time I'd pop up, Crew would laugh. After about a kagillion squats, I felt like I was back in 8th grade doing squat thrusts for Coach Gonzalez. Man was I wrong when I disagreed with him that I would ever use squat thrusts after 8th grade.

Unfortunately for me, the thing that makes my kid laugh the most involves exercise. Why couldn't he think eating ice cream was funny? Or watching me watch tv? But, if it's squats that make him laugh, you can call me the King of Squat... and eventually the most fit guy in the neighborhood.

Here is a video of Crew laughing at exercise. It's 34 seconds long, cause that's the longest amount of time I can do non-stop squats without passing out.

My Grandmother the Comic

I bet you didn't know my Grandma Billee was the inspiration for a famous comic character.

Chip Off Wally's Block.

One thing is for sure, Crew does not look a lot like me. People have said he looks just like Michelle, others say he looks like my dad (aka Griz), and still others say he looks like his Grandpa Wally. One of the nephews has a toy Spy Kit that has a mustache in it so we put it on Crew to see how much Wally our little guy has in him.

(Hint: Crew is on the right)

Boyd Family Takes Omaha

Danen, the youngest Boyd, got hitched to Michele (who is affectionately referred to as Michele One L) in Omaha last weekend. Derek, the oldest, and the Colaws flew in from Hawaii which meant all the Boyds were together for the first time in 2 years. We spent Friday afternoon at the Henry Doorly Zoo which is by far the best zoo we've ever been to. To give you an idea of what we experienced, the OKC zoo has 1800 animals and the Omaha zoo has over 17,000!!! We had a blast and got some great pics of the fam.

Busy Weekends Abound

May 3 was the last Saturday we didn't have anything to do. Since then, every weekend has us either out of town or with house guests. We love it all, but fatigue has started to set in. This past weekend we had Grandpa Wally (aka The Walrus), Ashley Hunziker (in from Azerbaijan on his way to Iraq), and Chris Pregler (in from Bartlesville to see Ashley) at our house. We also got a visit from Michelle's friends, Caroline and Kathryn. It was way fun!


Walrus hadn't seen Crew in almost 2 months so he was surprised to see how big he is and the change in his personality. Ashley and Kathryn met Crew for the first time and no doubt were impressed by his awesomeness.


We're heading to Omaha for Danen & Michele's wedding and we'll get to see Kylee's family and Derek for the first time in a long time. We're all excited for them to meet Crew and for us to meet our new niece Kaeden.