Christmas 2008

We all got together at Nana and Grandpapa's house on Christmas eve. We had meatballs and mash potatoes for dinner and then we opened up presents. Thanks to everyone for all of my awesome gifts. I got to hang out with my cousin Brayden. We gave each other hugs and kisses.

Here I am with Nana on Christmas Eve.

This in my new Brightlings Exploration Station for Grandma Pam and Grandpa Rick.

Hanging out with Mom and Dad

I got this new tricycle and here I am asking Daddy for "more" pushing. My feet don't reach the pedals yet.

Daddy bought a new office and Mom took me to go see it. Here's the outside.

Daddy and Mike were putting up this new shelving and getting organized. Here is the storage area.

Here I am with Daddy in the office part of the office. It looks different now. He has a desk and some other furniture.

Some random photos

Mom bought me this used slide to keep me busy indoors while it's cold outside. It's pretty fun!

I put on Daddy's slippers today and snuck up on Mommy. She thought I was Daddy.
Here I am sitting at the table in the kitchen eating a cookie. I love cookies.

Look how big my eyes are.

I have lots of teeth now. You can see them all if you look closely. I have 6 on top and 6 on the bottom. Now I'm working on my four eye teeth.

"Special Sauce"

Brock was introduced to ketchup last night. He said he didn't like "ketchup" but when I asked if he liked his "special sauce" he said yes. He used the same french fry to lap up all of he ketchup before eating the fry.

Here are some words Brock knows

Lemons and Ice

How did I get this idea you ask? Mom gave me an ice cube from the ice machine and it fell on the floor. She picked it up and tossed it into the ice machine. The rest is history.

I don't like lemons...no wait, maybe I do....nope I sure don't...for gosh sakes, take that lemon away from me!

Fun in Seattle

Hey look...I can see myself in the drinking fountain button
We stayed at the downtown Sheraton in Seattle for two nights.
The pool was on the top floor...pretty nice view.

There was a gingerbread house display in the lobby of the hotel. I liked this one best.

We went to FAO Schwartz and I got to play with lots of toys.

Here we are at on the observation deck of the Space Needle. It was pretty windy and cold that day.

Wee! Mommy gave me her gloves to keep my hands warm.

The Space Needle

I did not like Santa.

We walked down to the Pike Street Market one morning.

Here's a Monk fish. Pretty creepy looking.

The fish market was pretty neat. We didn't see much tossing of fish because it was pretty early.

Rita Rita Runkin with Grandad

Thanks Grandad!

Our trip to visit family out west

We took a trip out to Seattle/Tacoma to visit some of Daddy's relatives. Here we are at Aunt Karis and Uncle Tony's house. They hosted a dinner one night. Thank you for organizing it all!

Little Anthony, Tony, Prudence, Caleb, Micah, Michelle,

Julia, Grandmom, Grandad and Isaiah.

Here are Elaine, Grandmom, Mark, Grandad and Tony


Michelle, Prudence, Karis, and Mark

Isaiah and I played down in Anthony's room for awhile. They had so many toys!

Earlier that day, we went over to Grandmom and Grandad's house for dinner. They let me try out Grandmom's fancy chair and play on her piano. We had a great lunch.

Thanks for having us over.

I love to dance

Here I am dancing with Daddy. I just learned how to dance and I really like it.

Here I am dancing with Duck.

This is how I spent Thanksgiving

First I had to take a bath for the big trip. I was very serious as I got ready.

Since Mom has Monday through Friday off we decided to drive to St. Louis to see Mommy's family. We left Monday morning at 4:15 in the morning. It took about 10 hours with the couple of stops we made to let me run around. I did great during the ride...that's what Mommy and Daddy said.

We stayed at my Grandma Joan and Grandpa Juan's house in Troy (about 45 minutes away from the rest of Mom's family). We had a great time.

Thanks for everything and we can't wait until you come and stay with us.

Here is Mommy on the tree swing in Grandma's backyard. You can see me and Grandma in the background.

Grandma lives in the country and her neighbor has a horse named Roxy. We walked over to feed him apples. I didn't want to leave the horse. He was really neat!

Here we are with Roxy, Grandma, Mom, Christian and Mikey.

Here's my cousin Jolee. We bought her this outfit as a Christmas present. Isn't she a doll?

The day before Thanksgiving we went over to my Mommy's Dad's house. It was a huge reunioun. It wasn't easy to get a good family photo with so many people. Here's the goofy one.

Double click on the image and it should get bigger. You can see all the way down Daddy's throat!

And here's the best of the serious ones.

Top row from left: Grandpa Rick, Grandma Pam, Daddy, Aunt Chris, Uncle Mike.

Second row: Uncle Rob, Noah (cousin), Aunt Megan, Jake, Taylor and Mikey (cousins)

Third row: Aunt Katie, Mommy, Aunt Sherry

Bottom row: Miranda, ME, Jolee, and Christian (all cousins)

Grandma Joan had these really great plates. She kept me well fed. I ate like a champ the entire time. Daddy and Mommy couldn't get over how much I ate.

Trucks are made for riding

I like to play with the baby monitor. I wanted to wear it like Mommy does....around my neck.

Mom got some new glasses. How do they look on me?


Here's my truck. I got tired of riding it the old fashioned way.

Man this is fun! I feel like I'm on a surf board.

Mom and Dad have been teaching me some sign language. I know the signs for

eat, drink, milk, more, all done (finished), and cracker.

We're woking on cereal, thank you, bird, dog, water, and juice.

Henry likes to play a game we call "Footsy". You just push him away with your feet. He usually grabs a toy and has it in his mouth while he bashes into your feet. Henry and Brock played "footsy" for 2 minutes the other day and I caught it on tape. It's long but very cute.

Brock being Brock

I love to climb and even though I have no chance of making it over this gate, I'm going to try!
Baby Blue Eyes

Mom bought me a new winter hat and I'm not sure I like wearing it.

Here's my very own remote control. It's Elmo.

Here I am with Henry on the couch. We love each other.

Fun on Election Day

Daddy cleared his schedule to spend the day with me and Mommy. We went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch and then to a super fun park. It had lots of slides and I LOVE slides. Then we went to the Crown Plaza in St. Paul to see Nana and Grandpapa who were there for a huge DFL party. We went swimming in the pool and then sat in the hot tub for a bit. The pool was really cold but the hot tub had be broker earlier in the day so it was only 92 degrees and that's why I got to go in it. It was nice to sit in the warm water after playing in the cold pool. Thanks Daddy for such a fun day.


Mom bought this swim suit thinking to was a great idea. She was very wrong. First, of all it's hard for them to hold me because the top is so big. Second, it makes me flop on my back (bad) or flat on my face (really bad). You'll see a video of it here. We took off this silly suit and I just swam in my swim diaper.

Here I am in the hot tub. I didn't take my second nap and this

warm water is making me very relaxed.

Here I am with Grandpapa and Daddy.

Here's what happens in this silly suit.

Turtle Mania

Here are a few pictures of Brock in his costume taken by a professional photographer...Christine Wood. She came out on Friday, Halloween, and spent 2 hours with us. She must have taken hundreds of pictures and we can't wait to get them. It will be about 2 weeks. When we get them you'll see them here on his blog. Hope everyone had a great Halloween. Brock really enjoyed his.