More Christmas

As promised here are some pictures from our time in Montana. We got to see my cousins, Casey and Lindsay, while we were there as well as my grandparents.

James also bonded with Uncle Pete.

And one final shot of James and Doug - like father like son.

Christmas

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Colorado with Cory, Jamie, Kaylynn & Jamie's parents. The day after, we headed north to South Dakota to see Doug's family - Chuck, Kay, Jeanene, Sondra, Tricia, Toby, Amy, Bethany, Kelsie, Lane, and Wade were all anxious for us to get there so they could spoil James. After a few days in SD, we headed further north to Montana to see my mom and dad and Pete. It was wonderful that we were able to see so many family members over the holidays! Here are some pictures from our travels (with more to follow after we get home from Montana).

Kaylynn showing James how to play with his new toy.

Cory and Doug helping Kaylynn put together her new toy.
My little family
Kaylynn and James on Christmas Eve and Christmas DayDoug could hardly wait to open presents in South Dakota!
Aunt Tricia and JamesKelsie, Lane, Jeanene, Wade, & I decorated sugar cookies.
I took my job of decorating very seriously!
James and his cousins

Me and my baby
And a few random pictures of James taken over the last week or so. Isn't he cute?!?!??!!

The Bumbo Chair

What a great invention this is! James love his Bumbo chair and I highly recommend it for anyone who has an infant. James loves to sit in it and play or look at himself in mirror. It also works very well for feeding. We gave James his first taste of rice cereal this week...and he loved it!

Deck the Halls

The house is looking so festive these days that I thought I should share our Christmas spirit on the blog.

James even has a Christmas tree in his room!

Baptism

James was baptized today and we had lots of family and friends here with us to celebrate this happy occasion. Grandma and Grandpa Wolff sent the baptismal outfit since they were unable to make it. James had Aunt Tricia, Aunt Susan, Uncle Cory, Aunt Jamie, cousin Kaylynn, Grandpa and Grandma Kroetch, and Carmen, Preston, and Sophie with him on his special day.

Aunt Tricia

And Auntie Susan

James is baptized

Of course we took some pictures after the ceremony.

One with Grandma and Grandpa Kroetch

And one of James with Doug & I and his godparents - Cory and Tricia

Thanksgiving

Here it is a week into December and I am finally getting around to blogging about Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful holiday and got to give thanks on two days! Preston and Carmen had Thanksgiving early this year and then we celebrated at our house on Thanksgiving day.

Preston with the turkey.

Sophie looking hungry.

Doug posing with James to show how much James looks like him!

And on at our house, James wore his monkey outfit and was up for posing for lots of pictures. In the first one, he really looks like Doug.

And finally, we got a new front for our fireplace. I felt this was blog-worthy since it looks SO much better than the old 1970's gold one. We've been using the fireplace alot this winter.

Kaylynn and James

Just a quick post to show a great picture of James and Kaylynn taken last night. Enjoy!