back in time - CHRISTMAS!

Sorry it took so long to get these posted up! Christmas was FANTASTIC! Little man got tons of cool stuff and was wild all morning long until he collapsed into a super long mid day nap. I smoked my free Vanderbilt turkey and Stephanie put together a great Christmas dinner. My mom visited for the holiday and we had a friend from our church visit for the afternoon. Good times! Stephanie made like 5 or 6 different desserts. I guess no one noticed that I was on a diet!

The grandparents took us all to the big Christmas celebration at the Gaylord OpryLand here in Nashville. We are sitting in front of a huge 30 foot plus Christmas tree:



Assorted pictures:

climbing training at an early age

If you know me at all you know I want JD climbing. Leave it to me to teach him bad things like how to do pull ups on the kitchen island towel bar. I think he got it! Suhweet!

back in time - thanksgiving!

Stephanie's dad and grandmother visited for Thanksgiving. We all had a great time and our meal was fantastic. We cheated a little, Stepahnie's grandmother brought a Greenberg Turkey and darn those birds sure are tasty. My smoked turkeys don't compare at all :(

**Also, I was was blessed with yet another mountain bike around this same time so I just felt like I should add a picture in this post :)

sorry

I have been *really* bad with the pictures, updates, and such. Well here is one everyone likes to laugh at. This was taken on January 5th soon after James busted out his tooth on the coffee table. He doesn't mind. In fact, he looks proud!

extra assorted pictures

James enjoys his 365th day!

Stephanie put together a wonderful birthday for little man. It had a baseball theme with hamburgers, hotdogs, and all the extra fixings for food. James really enjoyed attacking his birthday cake and tearing into the many gifts he received. Lots of friends from around the neighborhood came by to wish little man a happy birthday. Thanks everyone!

HALLOWEEN

JD really seemed to enjoy his first Halloween night! The decorations around the neighborhood were great, the scary music was loud, and 100 or more kids were roaming around in all kinds of different costumes. We had a full house too with the grandparents, my dad, and our friend Alene sharing the moment with us. Good times! Here are some pictures of the little man's frog costume. We managed to trick or treat 4 houses or so.