Christian and the Greats

Christian has gotten the chance to meet and see his Great Grandpa "Pop-Pop" and Grandma "Nonnie" (my mom's parents) 3 times since we have been home in Colorado. Christian is their 11th great-grandchild! Crazy. Here they are holding and loving on our sweet baby boy.

Doesn't Pop-Pop look so wise? (I guess that is what 7 children, 17 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren will do to ya.)

Happy 80th Grandma!

Today is my Grandma E's 80th Birthday! Thank you grandma for your love, support, and faithful prayer! We love you!

Linden and G.G. Christmas 2008

New Parent Thoughts

My SIL, Kimberly, is doing a helpful series on her blog called "Reflections on Being a New Parent." She recently did her second post in the series, and I would recommend any parent, new, established, or expecting to check it out.

13 Days!

We are SO excited! Christian and I get to visit Steve in Florida over Valentine's/President's Day weekend which falls about halfway through Steve's trainings at Hurlburt Field. Little C and I will be flying into Orlando and will meet Daddy at our hotel. Guess where we will be going? Disney World! ** Surprise! ** Well, those of you who know us, know this is not a BIG surprise....At any rate, we are really looking forward to seeing Steve and getting a few days to spend together before meeting up again at our new base in South Carolina mid-March.

Christian, Logan, and Kaitlyn

The other night Christian got to hang out with his older cousins, Logan (almost 5) and Kaitlyn (almost 3.) Right now they are pretty busy doing "big kid stuff" but I am sure that when Christian is old enough he will enjoy following them around and will try to do everything they are doing. I was able to capture a few pictures of Logan and Kaitlyn playing on the floor with Christian...so cute! We are so glad that Christian has 3 older cousins that he can look up to and play with at family gatherings. :)

Wordless Wednesday *Linden Paige*

Feed Me!

Last night Christian had his very first bowl of rice cereal. (When I say "bowl," I mean 2-3 tablespoons.) His pediatrician said that he would be ready for solids when he began to show interest in food at the table and/or when he no longer could stay full after nursing. Christian has been studying food at the table for about a month now...and always seems extremely eager to eat. Plus, he pretty much always has his mouth open and is playing with his tongue. I bought some rice cereal 2 weeks ago and some small spoons a couple of days ago...but kept putting off the solid food thing. It just seems like our baby is growing so fast that *I* secretly wasn't ready for him to begin eating solids. His little growing body obviously has other plans. He LOVED his rice cereal, opened his mouth wide, and probably ate 3/4 of the cereal. We will continue working on eating from a spoon and then will eventually move on to other tasty foods.