St. Louis Fun

We made a quick trip to St. Louis for a surprise birthday party (for Aunt Annie), a visit with the family, friends, and even a stop in Kansas City to meet Jason's cousin Tracy's new baby George. It was a busy fun filled weekend, we even got to experience WARM Missouri temps, it was in the 40's! Here are some more pictures from our adventure.

Minneapolis

James, Doug and Finn

Last weekend Finn and I traveled to Minneapolis to visit Amy and the boys. We had so much fun going to James' basketball game, playing Hockey, eating the best burgers in the world and just playing, playing, playing. Amy and I even had a lovely afternoon at a spa getting the best pedicures EVER, they even served wine! Here are some pictures from our adventure...

James using Finn as a hockey puck

Big Dog Uly

Snow"man"

Finn and I went out in the snow yesterday to try out the new "Go Big Red" snow gear and to just get OUT of the house! It was great. Finn had fun trying to maneuver his way through the deep snow in his big suit. We are planning to take the snow sled out today and maybe even make a snowman. Gotta have snow fun while we can!

The last couple weeks Finn has REALLY been learning. He does sign language all the time and surprises me daily. He signs "more", "all done", "milk", "bath", "diaper change", and his new favorite "bird". We put up a bird feeder (the only time of year we can have one since Ali cat stays indoors in the winter) and he LOVES watching the birds, especially the bright red cardinals. He has been understanding more spanish too. When I ask him where his head (cabesa) or mouth (boca) is, he points to it; he even sits down in the bath tub when I ask (sientese por favor). He is a sponge! Now if I can just keep up with him, he's quick!

The Snow Worm

365 days OLD!

At 7:04am this morning Finn officially turned ONE! We started out the day with some birthday singing and chocolate cake, the look on his face is priceless (so glad I had the timer on the camera!). Now we are eating big boy stuff like scrambled eggs and juice. As far as the rest of the day, we'll just see.

We had a wonderful celebration this weekend (click here for more pictures). So many friends and family joined us to celebrate our little boys special day! Thank you for coming and sharing your day with us.

I'm so lucky to be a Mom today!

Finn's first ski

We ventured over to Elmwood park to try out Finn's new ski buggy, although Jason refers to it as the ghetto sled. It was a conversion kit Jason ordered off of skibugg.com. It converts a bike trailer into a ski trailer. It was $38 for the kit; pair that with a $20 bike trailer we found on craigslist and you have "ghetto sled". The whole family had fun!

A little downhill action at the park.

Zoo Fun and more

Last Monday the whole family ventured to the Henry Doorly Zoo. We had so much fun on a wintery day, especially because there were VERY few at the zoo. All of the animals where on display just for us. We just went to the indoor exhibits and of course Finn's favorite the aquarium.

Some videos...

Here is a video from last night when Finn had the sillys while driving his car around at Grandma's house.

This is a video of the big boy eating with a spoon, he's so advanced...

11 months and walkin' (almost)

As I sit here writing, it is 1 degree outside (but feels like -22 degrees, thanks weather.com). Yes, quite lovely out and hard to believe that last week we were in Florida soaking up 70 degree weather. It was a wonderful first Christmas for Finn. Christmas day we were snowed in here in Omaha, but not to worry we had Grandma with us so the spoiling could still happen. The day after Christmas we headed to Florida, but before we left Amy, Steve and the boys stopped so we could do a quick Christmas. Finn decided to give them the best gift ever, he took his first steps to Amy. This video shows the second walking attempt. He still takes steps here and there, but no fulltime walkin' just yet.



Then we were off to have Christmas in Florida (click here for more pictures) with the Alexanders. We had a great time. Finn learned to eat sand and crawl into the ocean. It was a bit chilly, but we still managed to get a little sun, Jason surfed, we played fun beach games, and had a great time with our family. We hope you all had happy holidays and look forward to another wonderful year, Happy New Year!