Family Xmas 2013

I know it has been quiet around here, but there are a lot of cute xmas pics to share... Some made it on Twitter, some haven't, but here's how our Christmas is going so far. I hope yours is wonderful!

T liked picking out trees this year.

So did E, especially since we were looking for one his size (more T-proofable).

And E got to pay for it.

Posing because sometimes I win.

E hamming up his excitement at Santa's arrival.

T loves his meat stick (don't know what's with his hair!)

Donut just lovin'.

Boah? Boah? (book!)

 Socks that might pass the chief pilot and still be fun.

Girl scientist lego mini fig. Scientists, staring entranced at liquids...

YES, a skateboard!

Yes, a haul!

Wishing you all the joys possible this Christmas and into the new year!

The Baumzingers

Anatomy of a first birthday party

Start with a cake. Banana with chocolate? Sure.


Let's see what he thinks...

Dad, what is this? Do I have to give up my cow?

Hmmm. Good mouthfeel, definite taste of bananas, well balanced...

NOMNOMNOMNOM

Urp. 
Can someone get that off my leg and feed it to me?
(Note he also demolished the meatloaf and mixed veggies. Easy birthday dinner, there.)

Next up: torment the four year old by telling him he can't open the presents.

Check.

Provide noisemakers for a whole family. Check. Earplugs? Check.

Sharing, check.

Although T did make sure to drool on everything in case there's any question of ownership.


Next up: bike ride. T is more obsessed with the trike than E is with his bike. Which is saying a lot.

Birds and dogs and bunnies?

Check.
Sunshine?

Check.

Finally, a run through the park. Fun?

Check.
Happy birthday, little dude!

11 months

This one turned 11 months old yesterday.

The changes are getting more incremental. He's more mobile, but not *quite* walking. He has more sounds (babbaba) but not quite talking.

He fills out his clothes in a way his brother didn't even at 15 months. He's closing on 19 lbs but is easily the tallest in his room at daycare. That's because he's still eating everything. (This would be his favorite, chicken.)

With the obvious results.

He's getting more confident in what he's doing.

He figured out how to use the coffee tables to get up on our couch, but that's mostly ok because, unlike E, he'll find the edge and then spin around to slide down feet first.

And he still has an awesome personality.

He was sick for a good chunk of the last month (cold turned to ear infection) and it made him a little fussy. I'm very glad to report he's back to his happy self with the addition of some amoxicillin.

(I wish this had sound so you could hear his motoroboat noise. It's his expression of general happiness, but he'll hold a conversation all in buzzes.)

His only question...
Wait, were you going to eat this?


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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all of you! Here are a few highlights from our Christmas season.

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Octopus

I'm a little proud of this one.
I had a picture I really wanted for the boys' rooms - E decided he got the planes and t got this one. But the original was 8"x10", and I needed BIG for the empty wall opposite all this orange.
So I made my own.

And I think it came out pretty darn well!

Iphonography October

More from the phone that sees all - and sees that I am WAY BEHIND.


October brought the end of our harvest (including the sole butternut squash)...
...the end of swim lessons (the last set essentially private due to E's solo enrollment, and ending with a pretty impressive little challenge course)...

... and the beginning of T's time as second child, stuffed in this snowsuit (ask Ray for the pictures of E towing T about on a sled!).

E discovered that raking is worthwhile if you get to jump in the leaves (I'm not sure if that pile ever did get raked up - you can see it in the Halloween pics!)

I went back to work full-time and so did Ray, which means the ipad and Facetime became key to family dinners.

I mastered the art of the sharpie jolly roger tattoo (originally on my leg for work, then on E).

And E mastered the art of making Thanksgiving just as fun as Halloween. Gobble!

Iphoneography September

More from the phone that sees all...

MN car trip 2012 pt.. 3?

From Lessingers we went on to Clarks so that T had someone to socialize with.

Actually, we all had lots of fun at Clarks, but most of the pics I took inside can be summed up as "blurry three and five year old". So you'll get pics of our day out in Stillwater instead.