Alairen has found out how to growl, he thinks it is so fun sounding, he does this all day! I love it!

More of Alairen!

Alairen loves to suck on his thumb and pacifier.

Lately he has taken to doing both at the same time!
This is his thumb stuck in the pacifier!

Now that I figured out how to post videos, I am going to put more up for you!




This is Alairen just hanging out and talking (of course blowing spit bubbles too!)








This is one sunday afternoon when Lance pulled out his guitar, Alairen decided to sing along!




We love you Grandma!

Hey Grandma, I hope this video works. It's of Alairen blowing bubbles.

Your sweet Valentine

Bath time!! (he always makes that big eyed look when the flash goes off!)



GrandmaShel came to visit. I swear he spent the whole time looking at me while she was holding him saying, "THIS is what real love is, she takes care of me..."

New toy that Grandma bought him. It plays music and he seems to really like the drums!

His Valentine socks say, "Future Mr. Right" on the bottoms!

Happy Valentines Day Grandma Beth!!

2012 January Snowmageddon

I love snow. I come from snow country..Marquette, Michigan. It seems like the last few years have been less than snowy there, but I remember growing up it seemed like the snow lasted for years...then we had a month of blistering hot summer, and then snow again! We always had snow at Halloween - it was tradition. I don't miss the months and months of snow, but I like to have a couple days every year to enjoy the pristine beauty of new fallen snow. This year really delivered!

Mom came to visit from Michigan before the snow hit...she was delayed getting home because of airport closures. She was right in it with us though...helped us shovel out the driveway. It was a good thing we did that because the next day we had an ice storm and everything was frozen solid. We could at least get out of our driveway...well with the truck anyway. The cars were grounded for a few days.

Newby loved the snow. At first he wouldn't go in it...but we knew he really HAD to go out eventually, so we pushed him a little. After that he couldn't get enough! He loved to jump through it and push it with his nose. His belly was barely above the snow - so he ran everywhere to plow through!

We sure were glad when it finally melted enough to drive. David had a week off of school, and we lost power due to the ice storm for 2 nights and 2.5 days. I was SO thankful for our woodstove which kept us warm. Many friends ended up at motels.