Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas everyone!! Riley had such an exciting morning, he's taking a nap now!! Santa Claus came and left him a lot of presents!! He got lots of new toys, some new clothes, and a bunch of books too!! But his favorite (and Daddy's too) is the Jeep Walker!!

He hasn't quite figured out that he can move around in it, but we're sure he will soon, especially on the kitchen floor. Daddy got some neat gifts too, including some snowshoes and a off-road kit for the Jeep. Mommy got some scrapbooking stuff, clothes and a new cool tri-pod. But her favorite gift came last night, when Riley said his first word!!! It was MA-MA!!!! Yeah!!! (of course now he says it all the time non-stop!!) He is really becoming quite the talker!! We were very proud of him, last night he was a perfect angel during church, hardly a peep out of him!! but then again it helped that they turned down the lights and he slept during the sermon. (like father like son!!) Hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas!! We're sorry we couldn't spend it in Indy with everyone, but it's nice to have a Christmas in Colorado finally!! (which by the way is white - it's snowing pretty hard right now!!) Merry Christmas and God Bless!!

Boy!! Is it good to be home!! I missed my daddy so much!!! But I had a lot of fun in Indy with all of my other family too! Mommy was so proud of me for behaving on both flights, even with a delay on the one to Indy. It was a little scary at first, seeing all these people I don't remember all at once - but I soon realized that Mommy wasn't going to leave me, and these people are good, and fun to be with!! Here's me and Mommy with Aunt Anna:

And here's me and Grandma Louie practicing clapping (which I can do now!!)
And here's me playing with one of my new toys!!
I got lots of new toys!! This Christmas thing is pretty cool, I'll have to remember it for next year!! Mommy says the trip was exhausting (cuz Daddy didn't get to come), but she was glad that we took it! She also says that there's lots of people we didn't get to see, and she's very sorry! Next year, Mommy graduates, so everyone can come to our house for Christmas in one big celebration!! Be sure to look at the Kodak gallery of all the pictures from Indy!!

fruit!

I had my first taste of fruit this week. I had bananas!! It was quite an experience! The first bite I didn't know what to think - so I just let it sit in my mouth for a while. but then I decided it was ok and ate a whole bunch. Then towards the end, I think I realized that it wasn't what I was used to, and started making funny faces and spitting it out. Here's some pictures of my first bananas:

Going in

And it's in, is it going to stay?

thinking about it!Still thinking about it
hmmmm . . . I guess this is ok

Christmas Tree

So we went this weekend and got our Christmas Tree. But it wasn't as much fun as Mommy had said it would be! There was a big storm in the mountains. Everything started off fine, just a little cold and snowy, but after looking for a tree for about a half hour we heard some thunder. Then it started snowing REALLY hard, sleeting and the wind was blowing really hard!! So Mommy and Daddy picked me up off my sled and we hid in some thick trees for a little bit to get out of the wind. Here's me and Daddy hiding:

So we finally decided to go back to the car, look for something on the way out, and if we didn't find anything we would come back the next weekend. But we stopped one more time, and Daddy went out looking while Mommy and I waited in the shelter of the car. And he found the Perfect Tree!! So we went out, took a few quick pictures, Daddy cut it super quick, and ran back to the car!!
It's a pretty tree, and it fits perfectly in the living room. But it's still bigger than the amount of lights and tinsle that we had, so Mommy had to go buy some more!! Daddy measured it and it's about 10 feet tall!! It's a good thing we have vaulted ceilings!! Mommy had to get out the big ladder to decorate it!

Only one more week until we are in INDY!! Yeah!!!