christmas fun, part 2

After a fun day at the tree farm, we followed it up with a day at home. We started decorating the tree, and spent the rest of the day playing with new toys.

Daniel supervised the placement of lights on the tree by Daddy and Papa Tony.
He was also in charge of the garland.
Daniel thoroughly enjoyed all the attention lavished on him by his Grandma and Papa. Lately, he's been doing an adorable thing where he backs up into your lap when he wants to sit there. Grandma was more than happy to oblige and provide him a lap on which to sit while they read some books.

christmas fun, part 1 - the tree

Our Christmas celebration actually started a couple of weeks before Christmas, with a visit from Grandma Deb and Papa Tony. While they were here, we had a fantastic time going to pick out and cut down our tree! We were also lucky enough that Santa happened to be visiting the tree farm on the day we were there.

Our first order of business was to sit down with Santa. Daniel was not overly excited about the opportunity. He had just woken up from a little nap in the car, and had a look on this face the whole time that said "who is this guy with the beard and why am I sitting in his lap?"
After a few animal crackers, we moved on to our search for a perfect tree. Daniel had fun tromping around the field looking for one to bring home.
With some help from Grandma and Papa, he found the perfect one!
Daddy played lumberjack (he was even dressed appropriately!) and chopped it down.
They had a neat old tractor there, which Daniel had a great time pretending to drive!
He's a natural, don't you think?
We even managed to get Santa in on the action and get a family photo with him.
What do you think Grandma and Santa are talking about??
All in all, we had a fantastic time and will definitely be going back to the same place for our tree next year!

it's a boy!

Today was the big ultrasound, and we found out that the little one is growing happy and healthy! Despite our efforts to poke and prod him, he refused to turn around so we could get a profile shot. However, he was not shy about showing us that he's a little boy! It was so much fun to see how our little guy is growing. I'd like to say Daniel is excited about having a little brother, but I don't think he really gets it yet. I'm sure they have many years of trouble-making ahead of them though!

Hi Mom and Dad!

No, I won't turn around so you can see my adorable profile. I'm going to be stubborn from the start!

just for fun... a poll

So as you know, baby #2 is due in May. I have an ultrasound scheduled for Wednesday, December 17, and at that time we'll have the opportunity to find out if the little one is a boy or a girl. When I was pregnant with Daniel, we decided not to find out, so we were surprised on his birthday. This time, we've decided to go ahead and find out what we're having (assuming baby decides to cooperate, that is). So for fun, I've posted a poll on the side of the blog (look to your left). What do you think it is? Stay tuned to find out if you were right!

then and now

These pictures were taken a couple of months ago, but I just ran across them and they made me laugh so I thought I'd share. We were reorganizing Daniel's closet and pulled out his old infant carseat. He thought it would be fun to climb in, and it was.


And for the sake of comparison, here's Daniel in the very same seat in November 2007. What a difference a year makes! It's hard to believe he's growing up so fast (sniff).

halloween

I know this is late in coming, but better late than never!

Daniel dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween. We didn't go trick-or-treating (maybe next year) but he was adorable and had fun anyway.

Except the hat that came with his costume. He did not find that to be fun at all. And it made him look a little bit like a burglar, so we all agreed he was better off without it.

Candy, though... that's fun!

Fortunately, he has no idea what candy really is, so for him, the fun was in helping Daddy hand out the candy to the trick-or-treaters. He had a great time throwing candy in the other kids' bags, and waving at all our neighbors as they walked down the street.

Happy belated Halloween!

daniel has an announcement...

In case you can't read it, his shirt says "I'm going to be a big brother."

That's right, around May 12, 2009 (give or take), Daniel will relinquish his position as baby of the house, and officially become a big brother to his little sibling, who's about 14 weeks along his in 40-week journey. Needless to say, we are very excited to be adding to our family!

Please forgive the lack of blogging lately, I'm going to blame the pregnancy. It's amazing how something so small can make you so tired! Then just when I was starting to feel somewhat normal again, I got whacked by a vicious cold. Enough excuses though - coming soon: pictures from Halloween!