It was a very Merry Christmas

Our family photo on Christmas Eve:

Isn't this a duplicate of Aunt Susie & David?

It was a wonderful holiday. There is something about watching a child on Christmas morning that is very special. Kevin doesn't understand all the history of Christmas yet, but he sure understands all the new toys!

Here is a video we took as we gave Kevin the Tickle-Me-Elmo that his Great Aunt Susie sent him. We must have tickled Elmo at least 50 times on Christmas day.

Thank you Great Grandma & Grandpa Stone for Kevin's new outfit. It fits him perfectly and the penguin is so cute!

WOW - there are a lot of toys in our tiny home, but we have one happy baby!

Kevin's friends

Yesterday the Dewart's came over for lunch. Ben is getting older now and can play with all the toys, it was fun to watch the 2 boys together.

Saturday evening Chris & Mike came over. Chris & I went to Sheila's new condo to celebrate our annual LZHS Christmas. Nate & Mike put Kevin to bed and spent the evening playing a cool game called Cashflow. Chris & I thought we stayed out a little too late, but when we came home, the guys were still playing Cashflow (for 4 hours!)

We wish you all a Merry Christmas.

1 week 'til Christmas

Merry, Merry!
We are really excited to celebrate Kevin's first Christmas!

Weekly update

It's been a busy week. Last Saturday we went to dinner at Justin & Mishi's place in Aurora. Mishi made a great Hot-Pot dinner & we played Wii (I am really good at Wii tennis!) Justin wasn't too comfortable with Kevin as a newborn, but they bonded on Saturday night.

Sunday we put up our Christmas tree and I baked a ton of cookies. Kevin can't crawl yet, so we went ahead and put up the tree in our living room. We debated about putting it on our deck, but I like it better in the house with the ornaments. Each night when we turn it on, Kevin is fascinated with the lights.

A special thanks to the Skinners for sending Kevin his new train toy. It is really loud and makes Kevin laugh each time the train whistle blows.

Lastly, here is a video Nate took last week. Kevin is so silly :)

8 months old!

At 8 months, Kevin is sooo close to crawling. He just can't seem to get moving. That is okay with us. He is content to sit on a blanket and play with all his toys. We plan to spend the weekend baby-proofing! So far, he only has one tooth. I am just waiting for the cries as they come in.

Hope you all are enjoying the Holiday season. We are getting our tree this weekend.

Trip to Phoenix

I know we normally blog about Kevin's adventures, but I thought you might like to know what we did this weekend. Nate was a groomsman in his friend Ryan's wedding. We flew to Phoenix for the event. While we were both sad to leave Kevin, it was nice to spend time with old friends and get dressed up for a fancy party. Kevin was in the experienced hands of Grandmom & Grandpop.