Holiday party

We had a few friends over before heading out for Christmas. The Heusers, Obalils, Gentrys, and Clevelands joined us for dinner. I had fun snapping a few pictures of the kids playing. It's so fun to see the kids grow and interact.

Lucas looking at Harper who's looking at me while Campbell (Cam) does her own thing.

Cam & Lucas considering giving me a smile.

Nora...just chillin.

Cam giving a serious face.

First attempt at a group picture.

A few more of the kids looking in the direction of the camera.

A few smiles...

Cam & Nora's weak attempts at smiling for me.

Logan watching his sister to figure out what's going on and what he should be doing.

Logan being a little monkey.

We have many fun gatherings to look foward to...and to see how quickly these little ones grow up.

2013

Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful time during the holiday season with family and friends and that 2013 is off to a great start for you. We were blessed to have a fantastic time seeing many wonderful people. It will take a while for me to sort through the hundreds of pictures taken in the last couple of weeks, but I'll get caught up at some point. :) Blogger has also changed how I upload photos, so I need to figure things out. Sorry you need to wait on new photos.

Baseball & books

When I put baseball jersey style pj's on Lucas the other night, Nathan thought it was appropriate to round out the outfit with his Cardinals hat. I agreed.

Lucas was working to get the hat off his head because he likes to eat them, but we managed to keep it on long enough to get a few photos.

Last night Campbell & Logan came over for a bit, which was fun. Before Lucas went to bed Campbell, Lucas and I got to read a few books; they both liked this one.

7 months

Yes, Lucas is already 7 months old, really almost 7.5 months at this time. Nathan and I can't believe what a big little boy we have. He continues to learn new things each day and likes to practice newly learned skills from the time he wakes up until he goes to bed. The biggest things right now are waving and clapping his hands. It sounds like he says 'hi' when he waves, but really he's just learned to mimic the inflection change as he squeals...but it's fun nonetheless. He claps his hands to songs, us cheering, or when he likes something. And with such a happy kid, there is a lot of clapping. :)

A couple pictures with the Christmas tree, which we've managed to keep him out of.

"Oh Daddy, you're so silly! Do it again!"

Big smile. :)

Love his smirk.

Getting pictures of Lucas on his back on the tennis/basketball blanket are next to impossible unless Nathan is playing with him and keeping him distracted...so lots of smiles result.

"Yeah!"

"Dad, I like eating my sox. You should try them."

As you can see we continue to enjoy all of our moments together.

Brunch with Hollis Family

On Sunday we got to visit the wonderful Hollis family, Gloria, and Barbara. It had been way too long since we'd seen them, and really enjoyed our time together. Thank you for the invitation!

Great one of the kids...Caleb, Noah, Alina, Meg, & Lucas (L-R, top to bottom).

Alina kept a close eye on me and the camera so she knew when to smile.

Meg was a little distracted by Lucas and getting to hold the baby...but I got her to look here, even if it meant it looks like she's just holding a head.

Lucas had a ball with Anne. I don't know exactly what she was doing over there...but he obviously loved it.

Good times.

New camera

So I finally got all the parts for my new camera...and I'm in love. I've been waiting a long time to get a camera like this and I'm having so much fun with it. It's a little sad that I'm looking forward to the long car rides for Christmas to read the manual. :) Can you see the difference?

Lucas is curious about what I'm doing.

"I'll give you a smile if you'll let me touch the tree."

This is a face only a mom or dad could love. ;-)

My boys in the morning.

Lucas wearing his Idaho State shirt for Grandpa Thomas.

December 1st

We celebrated the beginning of December by getting our Christmas tree from a local stand and then heading to the BU vs. Michigan men's basketball game. We didn't get a family picture with the tree yet because we weren't dressed for it, but it will come. Lucas thought the trees were pretty cool.

"Oh, Daddy wants me to look at him, not the tree."

 

I still don't know how Lucas fell asleep during the game was it was loud in the arena, but it was nap time. He did really good during the game. It was a fun and fairly close game...and Nathan was in happy place, even though it wasn't a BU victory.