Christmas Pictures

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, all of which were celebrated with our wonderful family and friends. The little guy is showing a vast improvement in his present opening skills from his 1st birthday party. I think he is mostly excited that he gets to tear something to pieces and then pleasantly surprised when there is actually something inside :-) Our most wonderful gift of the season was received on the 29th...Daddy had his CT scan and is officially considered to be in remission! But now on to the reason you are here, pictures!

The UPS man came on Christmas eve...presents from Great Grandma D. and Grandpa D.


Oh so much tissue...

...to throw everywhere!

Wait a minute Mommy, you mean this fabulous box isn't the present?


Christmas Eve with Daddy and Great Uncle Woody.

Christmas morning with Grandma Sheri.


The actual present from Great Grandma D. He had so much fun with the box on Christmas eve we saved this until Christmas day.

Oh but wait, we aren't done with that box just yet!


Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Calvert's. This is actually Grandpa's gift. Mikey was interested in everyone's gifts but his own.


And finally a picture with cousins Colby and Kiley.

15 Months

Mikey was 15 months old this week which meant a check up with his pediatrician. Our little man has grown nearly 2 inches since his 12 month appointment but only gained one pound! That puts him in the 90% for height and 40% for weight. He has become quite the handful lately. He rarely sits still, is babbling like crazy and is very "expressive" when he doesn't get his way :-) He has 3 words that we can make out for sure...hi, no and mine. We love mine :-)

Our little ham. If you can see in the upper right hand corner, our Christmas tree is on the kitchen table :-)

Loving spagettios...and what a mess!

Hanging out with his buddy Jace.

Relaxing in Daddy's recliner before my big trip to see Santa.

Waiting in line to see the big guy.


Meeting Santa for the first time.



Mommy was very impressed, I didn't cry or anything. But I wouldn't crack a smile for him either...maybe next year.


Daddy is much cooler than that Santa guy.

Long time no pics...

Going to pick out a pumpkin.

Helping Daddy with the Cart.

This one looks good!

Walking with Grandma C. and Kiley at Colby's birthday party.

My cousins have a neat ride.

The little man dressed up as a tiger for Halloween.

Visiting Daddy at the hospital.

Chatting with Grandpa.

Trick or Treat!

My cool new ride.

Our little Ralphie all bundled up :-)

For some reason the little guy loves running around with a blanket on his head???

Still with the blanket.

Tired boy.

Birthday Celebration

Mikey's birthday party was Sunday at a park near our home. We couldn't have asked for a nicer day as the weather was perfect. Mikey must have thought the weather was great too because he kept trying to escape the shelter house. Now don't get me wrong, its wonderful that my child wants to enjoy the outdoors. But, he always headed straight towards the road and then nearly had a meltdown when Mommy wouldn't let him play in the street. Besides that, it was a great day with lots of cake, presents, family and friends. Mikey also has his 1 year appointment last week. He weighed in at 22 lbs which puts him in the 50% and I can't remember his exact length but it was in the 80%.

Mikey opening gifts with the help of his cousins.

Even more presents!

Happy Birthday to me!

Can you believe Mommy let me make this mess!

One happy boy :-)

Happy Birthday Michael!

Mikey turned one today and we can hardly believe how fast this day arrived. Looking back its hard to imagine that just one year ago we were sitting in the hospital with our little bundle of joy not yet knowing how our lives would be changed forever. From the sleepless nights, to first steps and the sweet sounds of Mama or Dada, we can't imagine our life without him.

Tonight Mikey enjoyed a mini celebration with Mommy and Daddy in hopes to get him prepared for this weekend. Between the cupcake he devoured or the wrapping paper he attempted to eat, I am very surprised he didn't get sick!

Mikey sporting his new Cubs hat and playing with the paper.

Playing with more paper.

Calling someone up on his new phone.

Playing with a box instead of the paper.

And finally one year ago...

I-Cubs...

Mikey went to his 1st I-Cubs game over the weekend. Mommy and Daddy were a little nervous that our little busy boy was going to be a handful.

Here is the whole crew -

Aunt Jody, Uncle Troy, Cousins Kiley & Colby, Grandpa, Grandma, Mommy, Mikey & Daddy.

Mikey started out on Daddy's lap, then Mommy's, then Grandma's...I think you get the picture. About the end of the 1st inning Daddy thought it would be a good idea to take Mikey upstairs for a walk in his stroller :-)

Mommy then braved the crowd to get the little guy a hot dog, only to come back and see the sleepy head....

I think he lasted until maybe the 3rd inning! He slept sound until the top of the 7th when Mommy decided she wanted to get a picture. That's ok we got to sing "Take me out to the ball game" together which made Mommy happy:-)

Play Dates, Pants & Poppers

So Mikey will be 11 months old tomorrow. Not only is he a month away from turning one, but that also means Mommy has seriously being slacking on the posts! This is partly due to my lack of picture taking, but mostly due to pure laziness :-) As usual summer has been keeping us busy...visits from Grandparents, dinner with Aunt Sue and Uncle Harvey, an outing to the Iowa State Fair and a play date with all of Mommy's friends. A few weeks ago Mommy's friend Tina was in town all the way from Oregon, so that meant a mini reunion with Tina, Paige, Jenn and Krista...plus a few little additions.

The little additions - Jenna, Mikey, Cole and Peyton. It took some quick snapping of pics to get them all together!

Going...

Going...

Gone!

Jenna looking at Mikey like "Relax already would ya!"

Mikey looking like he is going to attack Peyton.

Mikey with a pair of pants on his head :-)

Mikey still with the pants on his head, but also his new popper. Thanks to Grandma C. and a whole 25 cents spent at a garage sale we get to hear the sound of this thing EVERY night.

Still loving the popper.

And just a cute pic of Mikey in the tub!