Happy Belated Birthday Aunt Jackie!!!

Happy Birthday Aunt Jackie!

We hope that you had a wonderful day!!!

We miss you and we're sending lots of hugs your way!

We love you!

Christmas Pictures

I think Aaron, Janis and Justin will agree with me that getting three kids to smile at exactly the same time is next to impossible!! :) However, I think all things considered we got some cute pictures of Mary, Ellie and Noah all together. We also got a couple nice pictures of the girls together and some of Noah. We also tried a family shot of the three of us that we weren't happy with: poor Justin's head was chopped off. Anyways, here are our Christmas pictures!

Getting Back on the Blog-Saddle

I don't have any recent pictures to post as I am at school, stalling while I wait for 5th graders to arrive to practice for their upcoming concert.

I haven't been a good blogger lately. I've always thought of this blog as a way to share our good news about our family and I haven't been feeling like doing that lately. My dear Granny passed away on November 10th and it's been so hard to feel joyful. I miss her terribly. It was so hard to see her struggle the past few months and I know that she is in a better place now but it doesn't fill the void I feel without her. Monday was odd not taking dinner over to her house for her and my parents. Instead, we had my parents come to our house for dinner. The holidays will definitely be different. We have spent EVERY Christmas together since I was born. She's been my only grandparent since my grandpa Vogelsberg died in 1990, and I am her only granddaughter, my brother her only grandson. I really an appreciative that I had her in my life for 33+ years and am not looking forward to the holidays without her.

I want to thank every for their thoughts and prayers during this time, they have been very much appreciated.

Noah and his cousins are getting their holiday pictures taken tomorrow. We're going to try to get one of Noah, Justin and myself. I'll post them on Sunday as we're going to my friend Kari's for pizza on Saturday night. Her son, Finn, is about 5 months older than Noah. In addition to Finn, there will be another little one there named Hank. Noah, Hank and Finn were all in swim lessons together last summer. It will be great to see them and see how much they've grown. It will also be great to hang out with their parents!!!

Two Cute Pictures. . .

Here's Mr. "S-ghetti" face. He not only inherited his red, curly hair and dimple in his chin from my Gramps, but also his love of Italian food- especially Romano cheese!

This one can be seen two ways:

1. Noah is doing yoga and is in the downward dog position. If so, we could be going to family yoga with Auntie Jan soon!

or

2. He's practicing to be a lineman for the Broncos. If so, his Grandpa Tom, a former football coach, can give him pointers!

Look What We Did Saturday!

Played with Daddy. . . .
Played the piano. . .

Walked the mall!. . .

Still walking the mall . . . (and had to go into the sports store because a football game was on their t.v.!!!)

Read with Cousin Ellie. . . .

Played with Cousin Mary. . . .

Had dinner and game night with Aunt Janis & Uncle Aaron. . . .

Played with Uncle Aaron. . . (Noah loved it when Uncle Aaron would give him kisses on his forehead- I think Uncle Aaron's whiskers tickled him just so)
And crawled on all fours!!!!!

Go, Noah Go!!!! : )

Obama Wins!!! Broncos Win!!! And Our Little Stair Climber!

Needless to say everyone here is very excited about Obama's win on Tuesday! Here's Noah that morning sporting his Obama shirt.

The next two pictures are from that night at the Shoe's (Noah ate Cheetos, thus his shirt turned orange, so he had a "wardrobe change").

The two pictures below are also from that night. The first is with Uncle Seth and Uncle Adam. In the second he is wearing Grandma Kathy's patriotic hat.

The Broncos had a game Thursday night and won by the skin of their teeth! Uncle Aaron & Aunt Janis bought Noah a Jay Cutler jersey for Christmas last year, thankfully it was an 18 month so he can still wear it!

Noah's climbing stairs now like a champ. He can climb the flight of stairs in our house, which have 14 steps, in about a minute!!!

And our little man is cruising around everywhere! If he could just figure out he doesn't need to hold onto anyone or anything he'd be walking and running around here!

Cause And Effect

Noah is learning cause and effect. He is especially practicing this with the t.v., v.c.r., DVD player and tuner. Here he is this morning pushing the "on" button on the v.c.r., which resulted in a snow storm on the t.v.! (picture below). He does this also with the C.D. player in his room. He's gotten quite good at switching from the cd to the radio and switching back and forth from am to fm. He scares himself every now and then when he turns the volume up too high!

All the while he's learning while pushes these buttons I think sometimes he's starting to push his daddy's buttons, especially in the middle of a football game! : )

He's cruising everywhere now days. We keep thinking he'll soon figure out that he can do it on his own without the wall or chair or our hands. Then we'll truly have our hands full!!!

Here he is getting ready for the Bronco game. We're all hoping that the Broncos and not the Donkeys show up to play today!!!

Come on Denver, we need a win today! : )