Who is 1 ALREADY?

I can't beleive John turned 1 on December 30! I am pretty sure this has been the fastest year of my life! He is such a FUN, GOOD HEARTED little fella. We had a big party 2 weeks ago for him. ONCE AGAIN we got way to many presents from family and friends! We also found out that John loves cake :) One could say he takes after his mama!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the best year of my life John, you are loved!

Merry Christmas.....TO ME!!!

Well.......Christmas has come and gone, I hate to say :( I always get SO EXCITED to celebrate the holiday with family and friends and next thing you know....OVER :( I have to say I was overly excited this year, since we had to open gifts with an extra someone! Boy, did he get spoiled!! Between gifts from us, aunts, grandmas, etc. we need to add on to the house!!!!!! We spent Christmas at home because of the storm, and I have to say it was kind of nice just to be together as a family. We had Boone's over for a soup supper that night, the kids played till about 11. (so did the dads! HAA) What a nice day! We were not able to spend Thanksgiving together since we had a family funeral, and Christmas was the snow storm, HOPEFULLY the holidays will be a bit brighter next year.

SAY CHEESE.........

Good thing I did not count on John to smile good for a Christmas card this year! He was being such a "ham" in front of the tree. I could not get a good picture to save my life. This is his new thing where he smiles so you can't see his eyes :) He was poking at the tree and moving all over so I finally sat him in his bumbo chair. Good thing we had professional photos taken for cards, however I could have came up with something clever to go with this one................

Playing with Cody and Abby

My nephew was in a play 2 weeks ago so he had called and wanted me to go. Let me tell you, it is the FUNNIEST play I have ever seen. I laughed and laughed :) The weather was so nice out on Saturday so we decided to play outside for awhile. Cod has a 4 wheeler and Abby a 3 wheeler, they got them out and took John for a spin. He did not have to much reaction about the whole deal, just loved being outside. He was in a good mood all weekend, he loves going to see Aunt Mo and his cousins.

First Trick or Treat!

What a good first Halloween John had! Melissa, Emma, John and I started Friday night with trick-or-treating downtown Sheldon. Afterwards, the guys came home and we had pizza with the kids. John and Emma watched The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and played the night away. On Saturday night we took John to some close friends and family. Somehow he managed to get 2 pumpkins full of candy! Now what does a 10 month old do with that? Most of it is still sitting on our counter. We have been nibbeling a little here and there!

SPOOKY SPIDER

Well, here we are John's first Halloween! I wanted to try on his costume to make sure it fit. It was perfect :) We went outside (BEFORE all the snow came!) to take some pictures. I am so lucky I got the one I did. He was more interested in the leaves, cars going by and his pumpkin. We were outside for about 45 minutes. We will go trick or treating uptown with Emma and Melissa then to see a host of family and friends. We will see how long John will last.

HMHC Billboard

HERE HE IS! Many of you have asked that I post a photo of the billboard that John is on for the hospital. Here it is :) It is off of Hwy. 18 when you turn to get on 75. Fortunately, I get to see it everyday on my way to work :) I get a HUGE smile whenever I look at it. I cannot think of a better way to start my work day. My friend Nancy works in marketing, she is the one who 'brewed" this up.