Snowman

We got quite a bit of snow yesterday.

We had the cutest snowman!David trying out his new sled for the first time:

Christmas

We celebrated Christmas for a whole week. Though this was David's second Christmas, it was the first one that he was aware of what was going on.


David checking out my new sewing supplies while sitting in his new push wagon:
Opening the car that his Grandpa made:
New clothes!
Showing Amelia how the wagon works:

Posing for their moms':
This year we drove to Texas to spend Christmas with Robert's family. David got to spend lots of time with his G.G.Ma:David practiced pulling up a lot as well as starting to crawl on his hand and knees rather than his usual army crawl:

All the stockings ready for Santa:Opening stockings on Christmas morning:
More presents!
He got to meet lots of second and third cousins:

cute :)

More Birthday

Robert got his own birthday cake too, though he didn't make as much of a mess as David did while eating it.The Birthday Boys:
David holding the outfit that he wore when we came home from the Birth Center:

Birthday!!

We can't believe that David is already 1! This has been a really exciting year, getting to watching our little baby grow into a (almost) toddler. He has learned so much and brought so much joy to our lives.

We had some of his friends over for a birthday party on Saturday, he enjoyed all the attention, and especially the cake!

Thanksgiving

We had two Thanksgiving dinners this year. Here David is ready to eat!

Adrianna, Amelia, David, and Brigit at Thanksgiving:

David with his Aunt Lynette:
And cousin Chase:He got to visit Santa (and thought he was pretty scary):

Playing in the leaves:
It is December, but has been 50 degrees during the day this week, and all the leaves haven't even fallen yet!Playing with the Christmas lights:

Road Trip!!

We decided to take a last minute road trip this past weekend. I'd been wanting to go to the Grand Canyon for years (neither of us had been), and we had Thursday off of work, so Robert and I decided to go!

We left Wed. evening and drove about 3 hours, then finished the drive Thurs. morning.

Entering Arizona:


Thursday afternoon we spent at the rim of the Grand Canyon. It really is quite a sight, you can't even see to the bottom in most places.


Friday we decided to hike below the rim. We didn't know how far we would go, but decided to pack a lunch. We ended up just going three miles down, eating, and hiking back up. I was a bit slow on the down, but it actually took us less time to hike up than down.

Getting started:


On our way back up:


There are free buses that run through the park and stop at different scenic points, so we decided to ride out to one end after our hike:
Saturday morning we went back to the park and had a nice breakfast, and again walked along the rim, we were still tired from the day before, so took it easy.


That afternoon we packed up and headed south to Sedona where we had a really nice hotel and stayed two nights. On Sunday we were able to have lunch with my childhood friend Lindsey and her husband who drove up from Phoenix to see us. In the afternoon we headed to Red Rocks State Park to do some more hiking (notice a theme yet?).


Monday morning we left early and headed back to New Mexico. Lynette (Robert's sister) was being awarded her CPA certificate in the afternoon, so we were able to make it back in time to see that.

Halloween

David and Amelia talking about their first Halloween and how silly their mom's are for dressing them in matching diapers:

All dressed up:
With his bee friend Hope and bear-y friend Amelia:
Checking out his loot:

David is thinking about his cousin Sam in the Airforce:

Happy Boy

Reading his book:
I like to think he agrees with the saying on these pajamas:
David has figured out how to open the cabinets, which he finds very entertaining.
Playing with Mommy's computer:

Showing off his artistic skills:

Hanging with Daddy and Kira:
We took David to the Albuquerque balloon fiesta, unfortunately the event was canceled due to weather, but he enjoyed playing in the grass anyway.