We had a great time here. Grammy and Grandpa Dude made the trek to Texas to spend the week with us. We had a great visit though, it wasn't quite the same since Grandma Karen wasn't able to attend this year. But we did the best we could to fill in during her absence. There was plenty of wine and beer to go around! Santa made a special early visit and had something for Karen :-) More on Santa's visit later!
Hayden has made some more big strides over the last couple of weeks. We are now working on teeth 2 and 3, and I think these two are proving more painful than 1 was, but we are surviving! Hayden is now not only crawling all over the place, he's also learned that pulling up on any and everything is way cool... In fact, we even had our first 'incident' at school, he pulled up on a crib, fell and bumped his head - poor thing had a little bruise on his forehead, I'm sure the first of many to come!
He's also learning that stairs are WAY cool, and trying to figure out how to get up them... I fear the fun is only just beginning!
Thanksgiving day was a wonderful combination of great food, wonderful family, great friends, and FOOTBALL! Pam was an absolute life saver and split the cooking with me again this year (I don't know what I would do without her!) She is an amazing cook and an amazing friend! And thankfully, Grammy was here to pick up my slack this year and helped get everything whipped into shape - Hayden was an unusually fussy boy with his new teeth and kept me way too busy! Then after the wonderful feast, Ray, Mikey and Dean all stepped up and did the dishes! How awesome are they?
On Friday we had some very special visitors, Santa and his little elf buddy.
Hayden wasn't too sure what to make of them, but he sure liked playing with Santa's beard and the Elf's hat. That was the best fun ever!!
PLUS Santa brought an early Christmas present from Grammy and Grandpa Dude... Words can't exactly describe the gift, so I'll just have to let the picture speak for it:
Its Bernie a ginormous Bernese Mountain Dog. Hayden LOVES him! Finally a dog he can crawl on and pull its hair!
Hayden also got to play with Grandpa Dude's new hat - how cool??
(hey wait - is that Mikey doing a Superman pose??)
We wrapped up a great week with a Sunday lunch with Great Grandma Rita.
We had to cut Grammy off from the wine! hahaha (She's going to kill me for posting this picture!)
5 comments:
We had a great time! Thanks again. Looks like you and Hayden were ready for the picture and look great, what was up with Muriel and Rita?
Too fun! I love that dog! Wow! How fun to have the visit from Santa. I bet the football watching with all the guys was a little ummmm, fun.
Great pictures - wish I had been there to enjoy all the fun, food & friends.
Love ya lots
Grandma Karen
That dog is HUGE! Very cute! Looks and sounds like you guys had a wonderful visit!
Too funny, but yes, Shannon & Ray, I OWE you big time. Ray set me up by doing a hand puppet above the camera. Hayden didn't fall for it, but I did. Thanks guys.
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