Come On Ride That Train

Teri and I from the very earliest of our relationship have talked about how we want to take a time or two a month and have one on one time with our kids. We think that Daddy taking James on a guy’s trip, or Mommy spending the evening with him at MacDonald’s Play Land are very worthy pursuits. We feel the same about Liv and any other children that we may have, but James is just getting to the stage where he can appreciate it. Some may call it “dating” their kids, and when our children are older we will want to take them out and show them how interacting with the opposite sex is supposed to look like, but right now it is jut fun time for the sake of undivided attention with Mommy and Daddy.
Today, James and I broke away from church a little early (oops), and went to the Nashville Model Train Show. He is very enamored with trains and specifically Thomas the Train. He loved it, and I had a hard time in the end pulling him away from the convention center. The only thing that could get his mind off of leaving the show was a statue of Billy Graham at the Lifeway building in downtown Nashville that he wanted to high-five!

Oh yeah, James quote of the day (and also a phrase he is saying a lot right now about various things he sees…
“Daddy, what’s that?”
“That’s a train track.”
“Daddy, I want to eat that train track!”

Nashville Gives Chris A Chance

After months of waiting (because they only offer auditions every six months)I (Chris) auditioned for Improv Nashville on Sunday, October the 19th. Then, after two more days of waiting, they called today and asked if I would join the troupe. I'm totally excited, and hope that each of you reading this will come and see me perform soon. They have performances every Friday and Saturday night at 8 and 10. See you there.

Three Good Times in the PM

For some reason Liv would not settle down after Teri put her in her crib. She usually does fuss a bit, but she really was wailing in her room so Teri knew that something was wrong. Teri peeked in to see what the matter was, and she found Liv, standing in her crib for the first time, not knowing how to get back down. She is growing up fast, but hopefully she'll learn how to sit back down sooner than later.

Tonight James was unusually quiet going down (they are often opposite in the way that they settle into sleepy time), but we figured we should not look a gift horse in the mouth and accept that he may have just been tired. We soon realized, though, that James was so quiet because he had snuck out of his room and crawled into Mommy and Daddy's bed. It shocked Teri quite a bit to find a sleeping child completely under the covers when she went to change into her bed clothes.

Finally, after everyone had settled Teri and I were hanging out on the couch, watching TV and talking. After catching me at a certain angle she leaned into my ear to whisper what I thought would be a "sweet nothing". I readied myself for a nice flirtatious comment when she said, "From this angle you look Middle Eastern." Yep, it was a sweet nothing alright!

Mr. and Mrs. Murphy

Chris and Teri Watching America's Funniest Videos

Just for the memory of it I am posting this blog that no one will get but Teri and me, but what is life without a little inside jokin'.
"Hey Pinky Tank Top, whose draws am I wearing?" says popcrackerpop

Chris and Drew in LA for "Jingles" Competition

Here is a video of Chris' recent trip to LA, where he and his good friend Drew were competing to become contestants on the reality show Jingles. There was fun times had by all.

Murphy's Throw In Towel and Admit Defeat to Winter Ails

This photo was taken in the midst of a week that we would rather forget. Teri and the kids came home from California (in what was supposed to be a fun filled vacation, and instead turned into a week where the kids competed to see who could throw up more) sick with what seemed like the flu, except that it stuck around for two weeks with both kids. Teri only had flu like symptoms for a day or so, but when she arrived back in Nashville she got an upper respitory infection. The next day I came down with it too, and we have both spent more than a week recouperating. All said and done, we have all been over 101 degrees at some point, taken five trips to the doctor, and spent a total of probably three hours standing in line at Walgreens filling various prescriptions. Fun, fun, fun.

Baby Liv Has Arrived

With much anticipation and farfare we welcome our new addition, Liv Ashley Murphy. She wiggled her way onto the scene at 12:21pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2007. She is as beautiful as we knew she would be, and now we share her to you.

Notice all that hair! I (Chris) sit in front of a mirror all day trying to get my hair to do that, and she comes into the world sportin' major style. Oh well, I'm used to standing in awe of the women around me(I mean, do you see my wife!?). This is just another example of how God's gifts are far greater than we could ever imagine.