Jordon and Santa

I took Jordon to the Christmas breakfast at work where he had a chance to see Santa. He didn't seem to be scared of him-- someone said that comes next year...

Happy Anniversary

Mom and Dad wanted to take the family out to celebrate their 33rd anniversary. Dad has wanted to go to the Golden Ox for quite a while, and said it had been about 40 yrs. since he had been there. He really enjoyed all the historical photos in the restaurant, and we talked about how he used to bring cattle up to the stockyards (before it closed) when we were kids, including the wreck we were in with the cattle truck when we were very young. We all had steak, and the food was good. It was a really nice time.

Early Christmas

We opened some of the gifts brought up from the Mississippi crew early (at their request)... and I will have to admit I have a hard time leaving gifts alone. Don says I am worse than a kid. So here are some of the things we got... Jordon got some really cool Christmas books, and some animal bath toys that he loves to play with. He seems to be partial to the pelican and really seems to like bath time. Sharon made me a fantastic "Smores" quilt-- I have to fight with the cats to claim it some nights. Jordon especially liked the bows and wrapping paper.

First snow

Happy Thanksgiving

We had Thanksgiving at our house this year. It was a good time and the food was excellent. Glad I was feeling better from whatever it was that Jordon gave me and was able to eat some of the spread. It was warm enough that the kids could play outside for a while. Evan was up and down the street in his mini-4 wheeler. Logan was pretty content to walk around and chase after a ball, and Jordon was happy with just sitting on the grass and taking it all in. It will be interesting to see how much the kids have grown and changed by next Thanksgiving!

Aunt Sharon and Megan come to visit

Aunt Sharon and cousin Megan came up to visit for Thanksgiving. Poor Uncle Dale was working, as usual. Too bad Jordon and I were sick during the time they were here. Since he has started going to daycare he has had all kinds of cooties which he has graciously passed on to Mom. We did feel well enough to visit Crown Center and Barnes and Noble on the Plaza, and they hit the city with Don and Jordon when I was working.

They brought lots of Christmas goodies up for Jordon from Mississippi. We definitely appreciated having others around to help out with Jordon; it was a nice break. More later... the beast is awake and messing with the keyboard.

Big helper

Yeah.... not so much. No other explanation necessary.

I can walk

Why no posts for so long, you ask? This would be the reason. Jordon is close to 9 months old, and during the last month he has learned he can get around with pushing the cart, holding on to furniture, etc. He has been into everything, even more than before. "No, not the toilet", "No, not the trash", "No not the electric cords".... there is new theme at our house. Just this morning he crawled up on the door when I was loading the dishwasher, and then dumped over the cats' water and was playing in it. He has also learned how to open his dresser drawers, pull out clothes, and throw them on the floor. Now that our house is on the market, trying to keep it show-ready has been a real challenge. He has also crawled up half a flight of stairs, and tumbled off the individual steps that connect the rooms in our house to bang his head off the hard wood floor. He never cries for very long, so I guess he must be pretty hard-headed like his Dad.