I am still behind but before I catch up...

on a bunch of old posts that I am way behind on...please see this picture below of Riley!  Holland is hard at work on perfecting her photog skills and Riley is happy to be her toddler model.  Is this picture not unbelievable??  Michael said he and Riley were answering the question, "What sound does an owl make?" 

Do you like his new hairdo?  I will post about his first trip to  the salon soon....I promise!

Now go to Holland's blog and check out the only other two pictures she was able to take while they tried to manage two toddlers outdoors.  They too are awesome!

Future athlete?

This video is from this morning, just after Riley got up.  My parents asked if we ever put Riley in clothes...I promise we do.  I promise to have him clothed in the next video, however, in the meantime enjoy this video. 

Riley Meets Curran

Riley had a big weekend, in particular a super fun Saturday.  Please check out the full story and more pictures at The Quinns. 

sorry...so sorry

4 of my six readers have complained so I decided it was time to post. Here are some videos of my precious little angel:

I am updating...but don't get used to it...

So a friend of mine told me that it had been over a month since my last update...tisk tisk!  Anyway, I have started a new job and been working my old job until last week and trying to help train the new "me" and now I am out of town on business for the second time in a month and I am out of town next week too...and I went home several times last month to help Momma pack up Pcola...so anyway I have some good reasons...I am BUSY!  But, I will post a picture for you:

This is from Brewton this past weekend, Pop and Riley were reading his book.  Snaps, zippers, and all sorts of fun inside its pages, they look like they are enjoying it. 

Mcleod Blog Post

New Team Member


June 24th, 2010

E. Coy Irvin, M.D.

On Monday, Dr. Coy Irvin, joined the McLeod Regional Medical Center leadership team as Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer (CMO). He was chosen for this position after a national search process was conducted to find the right team member for McLeod. Dr. Irvin will be leading the medical staff matters formerly directed by Dr. Alva Whitehead. After more than ten years of service, Dr. Whitehead notified us in late 2009 that he wished to move to a part-time position. Dr. Whitehead will work directly with me and serve as medical advisor for McLeod Health.

Dr. Irvin’s medical training and specialty is Family Medicine. He served patients in a Family Medicine practice for 20 years before joining Baptist Health in Pensacola, Florida, as the Chief Medical Officer in 2005. Baptist Health is recognized as a previous recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.



I would like to introduce you to Dr. Irvin by sharing his thoughts on several questions I had a chance to cover with him recently. Additional information will be available in a formal announcement.



RC: Dr. Irvin, what attracted you to medicine as a career choice?



CI: I grew up in a small town where family friends were General Practitioners. I was moved by how much they loved caring for their patients and community.



RC: Your previous job was in leadership at Baptist Health in Pensacola, Florida. As a member of a health system with a national reputation in service excellence, what advice do you have for serving patients and families?



CI: Patients want to know we are here for them, that we will protect them and that we will not hurt them. They need to see us as “friends.”



RC: How can the health system better support physicians?



CI: Major challenges to practicing medicine include growing bureaucracy and paperwork which takes away time from helping patients. Anything we can do to give doctors more time to practice medicine will better help them serve their patients.



RC: As a busy leader… a physician and an executive leader, what are your hobbies and outside interests?



CI: I believe in giving back to our communities, so I have long been involved in volunteer work as well as the political process. I also enjoy boating and, of course, my grandson, Riley.



Please join me in welcoming Dr. Coy Irvin and his wife, Angie, to McLeod and the Florence community.



Thanks,



Rob

Blogworthy Story

So, I swear I will be back to posting pictures soon enough.  However, in the meantime, you can read this hilarious story from my Mom.  She has Riley this week. 

From: angie irvin


Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:30:08 -0700 (PDT)

To: Allison Godwin; Elizabeth Irvin; ; Michael Godwin; Coy Irvin; Blair Boyd

Subject: Allison, are you sure

you are not adopted from some Hispanic family????? This afternoon, Riley and I were in Publix. We had a very short shopping list, we had not been there long. We were looking for grits. As we "whooshed" (Thomas Talk) down the cereal aisle, we passed two lovely long-haired brunette young ladies in tank tops, sunglasses and cute skirts - they were in deep conversation and it was obvious they were speaking Spanish. Riley began saying "Momma" slowly at first and then more and more rapidly and more loudly, then became agitated. I had already turned around to see what he had noticed and they were the only humans in sight. Finally, he was so agitated that I spun the cart around and began chasing down the poor unsuspecting young ladies so that he would see that his mother had not breezed past him and left his plea unanswered. I cut them off before they could make it to the check out line and we interrupted their intense conversation. "Excuse me ladies... I'm sorry but my grandson seems to believe that one of you is his mother." Then I realized how crazy (accusatory) that may have sounded to them. So, I said "you both look a lot like my daughter" and they visibly relaxed. I guess they then realized that I was not too much of a nut case. Riley continued to loudly chant "Momma, Momma. Momma." And he had long before begun to get tearful. The young ladies jerked off their sunglasses. It made me so sad for him, as he looked at them and looked so confused. It dawned on me that someone might call security and have me checked out as some child predator - kidnapper, so I apologized for the intrusion, thanked them and skeedaddled quickly with many apologies to the young ladies who just stood there staring, amazed that this little fellow continued to call out to them "Momma!" I detoured into the toy aisle and found the dinosaur figures I had spotted on a previous trip when I purchased the safari animal figures. He was a happy camper after that! You never know what will happen to you in the grocery store! I'm very appreciative that I had a very short list! Coy - does this incident make you reminiscent of the Art Linkletter show "Kids Say the Darnedest Things!" I bet Riley would have been their youngest guest!