Sooo Close!

Here are a few videos of Timmy, the first is just him being cute, the second he's attempting to crawl and get Mommy's cell phone!

7 Months Old

Well Timmy is keeping us very entertained with his attempts at crawling. He is getting sooo close, he gets up on his hands and knees and rocks, but he hasn't figured out the moving part quite yet, well, at least the moving forward part! He is definitely getting around with a combination of rolling and inch worming. Baby proofing is not far off! For his 7 month birthday we went to celebrate his cousin Dylan's 2nd birthday and Timmy got to spend the evening playing with all the other kids.

Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year and really enjoyed sharing the first one with Timmy. While he really had no idea what was going on, he did meet Santa a few times and had no problem sitting on his lap. He also got the hang of opening presents, although he really preferred chewing on the bits of wrapping paper he tore off more then he liked most of the presents!

We went to Ohio for 2.5 days before Christmas, which allowed us to take Timmy to my dad's family's Christmas Eve party, where he got to be the only baby, though his almost three year old twin cousins were there. Next year we're hoping his slightly older cousin, Jayce, will be there, and he's got a new cousin being born in February this year, so he will have to share Santa's attention a little more!

Christmas morning we opened presents at our house before heading to each of his Grandparents houses and Timmy definitely raked in a pile of goodies! It was great being able to see all of our family for Christmas and I already can't wait til next year when he will have a little more of an idea what's going on!

Jenny & Brett's Wedding

Well, Jenny and Brett gave us an extra hectic December this year by giving us one week's notice that they were going to get married on December 21st! You'll see from the pictures that Jenny managed to pull together a complete wedding in that amount of time (I will claim credit for a few items, if I don't get my architecture license by June maybe I'll try a new career as a Wedding Coordinator/Photographer!) The Bride was beautiful, the Groom gave us all a good laugh during the vows, and everyone had a great time! Plus I got to put Timmy in a tuxedo! Congratulations again Jenny and Brett!!!

Timmy's Baptism

On November 30th we had Timmy baptized at Floris United Methodist Church. We had a large crowd of family and friends there to celebrate with us which made it even more special. His Godfather, Billy Clancy, joined us on stage for the baptism. His Godmother, Nicole Fahey, wasn't able to be there because she is teaching in Saudi Arabia for a few years! We will get to see her next week though!

After the ceremony we had a brunch reception at Elena's house and got to spend some more time visiting with everyone. It was a really nice way to finish off Thanksgiving weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We celebrated Timmy's 1st Thanksgiving with 3 family dinners on Thursday! After a rare chance to sleep in, we had our first meal at Tim's Uncle's house, then visited at Elena's house for a while and ended the evening at my parents where my Grandma and two Uncle's were in town visiting. It was a very nice and filling day!

On Friday, we hosted our 8th Annual Mock Thanksgiving with our friends. This tradition started back in college at a friends apartment, and after we all graduated we continued it at parents houses, and then finally the party landed at our house. It is one of my favorite days of the year! Everyone brings one dish and we have the whole traditional Thanksgiving meal all over again! This year we had a smoked turkey and a deep fried turkey, they were both delicious! This year besides friends that are still local, we had people come up from Richmond, the Williamsburg area, and Ohio! I am so thankful that we have all stayed in touch!

Timmy & Riggy

We took some video of Timmy and Riggins playing with each other last night, it's not the best of Timmy's giggle but it's still really cute! It makes me groan every time I watch Riggins tongue go in Timmy's mouth! But, they obviously love each other. :)