Two-fer Toofers!

That's right folks, our little guy got his first tooth - or, um, teeth! He seems to be pretty happy about the whole situation though and is drooling all over everything! He didn't get a fever and never lost his sense of humor : ). Such a blessing!

Baking Adventures with Mikayla

Monday afternoon Mikayla and I decided to do some baking. It's a constructive project that we enjoy doing together... we even have cute aprons to bake in! So, we're adding the dry ingredients into the bowl and Mikayla licks her hand... off to the sink we go because we have to have clean hands when we're baking. After our hands are dry again, she climbs back up on her step stool and I add more flour to the bowl. She turns on the mixer for me, but accidently flips it to full-blast! POOF! We have a cloud of white flour that goes EVERYWHERE! All I can do is laugh... I'm standing behind Mikayla and look down at her. I say, "You're covered in flour!"... she looks up at me and answers "Yeth"... serious as can be. That sends me into another bout of laughter... Meanwhile she's still standing on her stool perfectly still not sure what to do (that was quite something in itself, if you know my Mikayla, sitting still is NOT what she does typically!). So, I cleaned her off and gave her some chocolate chips to munch on. Life was good for her again... Thankfully Keegan was a safe distance away and was just contently watching all the excitement from his bouncy seat. I just smiled as all those popular country songs like "you're going to miss this", "my little girl", and "life's a dance" floated through my head as I cleaned the mixer and the counter and the floor and the cupboards and....

Christmas Pictures - Finally!

Well, it's exactly one month since Christmas - can you believe it!?! On that note, we've finally got a selection of our Christmas Pictures in a slideshow for family and friends to enjoy. We had a very blessed Holiday Season and hope that all of you did too!

Christmas Slideshow

Back at the ranch...

Keegan prefers to be inside and cozy warm instead of playing outside.

He likes his new hooded blankie!

Sunshine & Snow

Mikayla and I took on the cold weather Monday to enjoy the sunshine and snow. I think she ate more snow than anything else, but she had lots of fun taste-testing! The sunshine and fresh air were wonderful for me.

Christmas Season - Come & Gone

Hello, All... Well, the Christmas Season has flown by again and I've been a bad "Blog Mom" and not done any updates! I'm hoping to make up for that soon! Watch for a slideshow of some of the highlights! Among them we enjoyed the Zeeland Christmas Parade, played in the snow, and fought the kids for Christmas pictures together (they prefer taking them separately). We also visited the Critter Barn to see the Live Nativity, enjoyed seeing family (and pets) at Christmas parties, and opened lots of presents!
Hope you all had a safe and blessed Christmas season too!