My Boys!

Oh how I love being able to say that! 

Thinking outside the box!

Something tells me this isn't what the fire engine was intended for...

Four Legged Friend!

 These two...

 Really do get along great!

 Maybe we have a little future veterinarian?!

Or maybe just a little boy who really loves his dog!

Quinn is 11 months old! 1/20/11

 I am SOOOO big!

 Oh boy, I am already 11 months old?

 The two amigos!

Quinn is eleven months old today! 

...I can't believe in a month, Quinn will be in the mist of smearing his birthday cake all over himself!

 {And I honestly cannot wait for that part! ...I will have my camera ready!}

New milestones for Quinn's 11th month:

Teeth, teeth and more teeth!  Q now has four on top and three on the bottom.

Eating like a champ!! Although he is getting a little more fussy... he enjoys cut up pieces of food on his tray that he is able to pick up and feed himself.

One word that best describes Quinn: Curious!  Everywhere we go, he is off and running as soon and I put him down!! 

He is becoming more and more fun to watch... he has found a little cubby in the living room that he uses as a hiding spot... when i find him sitting there, he just looks up and gives me a huge grin!

More than two years later

Do you know the tradition about wedding cakes?

...the one that tells you to put the top tier of your wedding cake in the freezer, with that anticipation that at your one year anniversary you take it out and enjoy it with your spouse?

Well... Steve and I forgot all about our beautiful cake, and finally... after almost two and a half years after our wedding day, we took it out of the freezer to take a bite {and find out if it was even good!}

It was NOT! 

But I thought it was still so beautiful that I just had to snap a picture of it before it went into the trash can!

What have we been up to?

 Making lots of music...

 Shooting some hoops!

 Swish!

Improving on our hockey game!

 

 Doing a lot of snuggling up in these...

 While we read these!

 Adding more and more books to the,

'Quinn Library'...

 So that it is more fun to make a mess!

 ...And catching up on our reading!

 Teething = lots of baby Tylenol and Orajel :(

 Still making lots of Quinn's baby food... yum,

butternut squash!

 And using these quite a bit...

 To make lots of yummy meals for dinner!

 Of course all that cooking means A LOT

of trips to the grocery store to keep the fridge

and the pantry fully stocked!

 Snack time is becoming a must

numerous times a day!

 Getting plenty of use from the ducky tub!

 Playing a little of this with Steve after Quinn goes to bed...

 And enjoying one of these!

 Seeing a lot of this outside!

 Beautiful!

 And getting a lot of use from these!

 Noticing more and more 'boy' toys

fill up our home!

 ...and loving it!

 Drinking a lot of tea and coffee to keep

warm on these cold wintry mornings!

 ...And spending a lot of time here!

 ...And starting to think of a certain little boy's first birthday that is quickly coming up! ...Along with another special guy's 33rd birthday! 

Hope everyone is enjoying these wintry, snowy, covered in white days!

Ringing in 2011 with great friends!

 Yes, that would be Riley and Quinn hanging out in Tucker's dog

bed! It's sad when you're so used to seeing your child in the dog's bed

that you almost don't mention the weirdness of it in your blog!

 Riley reading to Quinn :)

 Playing Kinect games to ring in the new year!

 Steve and Sean...

It was a miracle we didn't wake Quinn up!

For New Years, our good friends Sean, Kate and miss Riley came over.

We had Chinese takeout for dinner, enjoyed some ice cold beers, and played some games as you can see from the photos above!  Those new Kinect games really give you a great workout... we were all out of breath a few times :)

Thanks for coming over guys... we had a great evening.  Happy 2011 everyone... may your new year be filled with health and happiness!