jumbo and riddler

29 April 2013

I meant to do this a long time ago . . .

When Van was born, my Mom had the great idea of taking a picture of Van every two weeks in the outfit we brought him home from the hospital in. So fun to see the changes.

Leaving the hospital


18 weeks

22 March 2013

I Didn't Pose This

Playing in his crib right after his nap.

There's a New Sheriff in Town

Like most kids do, Van is going through the phase of trying on our shoes. Well, these were pretty perfect.

He's pretty quick on the draw.

Workin' it

First Hair Cut

So we decided it was finally time for Van to get a hair cut. And we decided that we'd do it at home, so Nate did the honors. Now we need to get it fixed. Here is a documentary in pictures.

The smile before the hair cut.

Wondering what in the world is so close to his head.

No longer smiling.

Lamenting his hair or just plain traumatized.

Not sure if you can tell, but there is a puddle of tears on his cover.

Before . . .

and after.

In February over President's Day weekend we drove to visit Marne and Craig's family just outside of Austin, TX. (Marne is my sister.) It's about an 11 hr. drive and it wasn't bad at all because we split it into two days. We had a lot of fun. None of them had met Van yet so I'm really glad we got to go. He loved all of them. We had some yummy BBQ from Salt Lick, some yummy Mexican food, went to an awesome park in Austin and rode a little train around, and went to their Stake Conference with them. It was fun to visit with them. The Austin area seems like a really cool place to live, plus they have Sprouts there, my favorite grocery store that I used to go to all the time in L.A.

Hanging out with his cousins - Nicole

Spencer

Spencer, Dallin, Me, Van, Nate, Emily, and Nicole

Feeling pretty big on the slide.

Van and Marne

Then two weeks later we flew to Holly and Preston's house in Cumming, GA. I think we took the cold weather of Missouri with us because it was pretty chilly and even had snow flurries, which delayed our flight. We were stuck on the plane at the gate and then on the runway for an hour. Boo. But it was a really fun trip. We hiked to the top of Stone Mountain in the cold, then we tried a random German restaurant in the area. We also watched movies, explored Dahlonega and ate some yummy chocolates, and went to a yummy restaurant in Roswell. Holly and I went shopping while the boys went to Charlie's soccer practice and let's just say I won't be buying clothes for a while. I didn't take very many pictures, don't know why.

Van and his cousin Charlie

Preventing making my feet cold on the floor.

The top of Stone Mountain

11 February 2013

Lately

Not much has been going on lately but here are some recent pictures.

He thinks he's so clever.

Poor thing got a little case of pneumonia and had to use a nebulizer, but he did really well with it.

Lately he loves to cover his head to go to sleep. Such a goof. (But I'll confess, he gets it from me.)

10 January 2013

December

December through pictures.

We met Jessi and Chris at St. Charles (in St. Louis). It's a really great part of the city where they go all out making it feel Christmas in the olden days, pretty much like from Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It's a great way to get in the spirit of Christmas. Then we went to dinner and then to the St. Louis Zoo where they decorate with tons of lights. The weather was perfect. It was a really fun day. Thanks Pinks!

We got to go home for Christmas (unfortunately Nate only got to go home for not quite four days) but we made the most of it, spending time with family and a day of skiing. And, we got a white Christmas. It snowed on Christmas Eve and then almost every day after that until New Year's Day.

Nothing like a get-together with the G's (some of my best friends from high school). Me, Cuz (Rachelle), Mindy, Erin, Mary, Soph, and Megan. We missed you Jess! We hadn't seen Mindy for 8 years. Way too long!