Some Nice Weather

We finally made it back into the 50's over the weekend, so T and I played outside in the afternoons. We shoveled snow into our bucket.
We ran up and down the driveway.

We played some basketball.

He wore his sunglasses for a while.

It was so much fun to be outside again!

Zoo Lights

We went to the Denver Zoo Lights with the Athertons on Friday night and the boys loved it. We put Ethan and Torin in the wagon for a while covered in blankets and Noah walked with us.
Torin enjoyed the wagon as long as it was moving!

Mommy and T

Beautiful lights...

Daddy and T

Torin loved the elephants and giraffes the most.

Where are we going next, Daddy? Torin is getting really good at holding our hand now when he's walking.

Noah, Torin and Ethan checking out the giraffes.

Thanks Athertons for an awesome time at the zoo!

"I said..."

"...I want a stinkin' snack."

Present Opening...Practice Run

We thought we'd give opening presents a practice run for when we are in South Dakota over Christmas.
As you can see, he has no problem opening presents.

Actually, Torin has decided that climbing out of his high chair is a good idea, so Paul and I decided it was time for a big boy booster chair.

He's a big boy alright. He's getting too big too fast for Mommy.

Goodbye high chair...we'll see you in 10 months give or take.

New Wagon!!

T was lucky enough to get an early Christmas gift in the mail from G-ma and G-pa Herding. Before opening it, Carrie and I decided to parley this one gift into two, and let him play with the box for a few days first. If it isn't obvious by the following pictures, T has decided he needs to climb on everything possible.

After a few days of climbing, I opened the box up and started the grand Christmas tradition of toy assembly. Everything went smooth, thanks in no small part to my little "helper".

Now that the wagon is operational, T spends a good part of his day having me pull him from room to room, trying to pull the wagon around the house himself, and climbing in and out (and in and out and in and out). After a few good hours of playing this morning, he decided to just chill in the wagon while I did a few chores around the house. (No, Kurt and Sean, Carrie did not leave me a list. I'm just that conciderate.) Whenever I walked by him, he would just laugh and "da da" at me.

After about 10 mins of this there was complete silence. With a 16 mon old, nothing is more potentially mischievous than complete silence. Luckily he wasn't getting into trouble, he was just tuckered out and decided a nap in the wagon was the perfect cure!

Back to Posting...

Carrie and I have had a bit of a hiatus from the blog lately. The main reason behind the break was the anticipation of our new camera. We (Carrie) decided a new camera would be a great Christmas gift to each other. After much contemplation we (Paul) decided on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR1. I was tired of all the cameras that only have 3x zoom, but didn't want to carry around something that wont comfortably fit in a pocket. This one has a 8x zoom, and is the size of a deck of cards. Much smaller, better zoom, and MUCH better picture quality than our old camera. So far, so good!!