Christmas Morning 2011

The kids were ready to go when they heard the Jeralyn alarm clock go off.  Who would have thought a baby's cry would be such a pleasant sound in the morning?

There was a sequence of pictures of the kids in front of the tree, but they were all pretty goofy or blurry.  Katie's expression cracks me up!

Christmas Eve 2011

Santa wanted the kids to open a couple of their gifts on the evening of Christmas Eve.  They got a Kinect and Just Dance 3.  Unfortunately, they weren't able to play with it that evening because of the baby sleeping.

Uncle Jake 12.24.11

Uncle Jake (aka "UJ"--Quent's new name for him) wasn't too impressed with my new rule of "if you want to hold her, you have to change her diaper", but he was a trooper and did the dirty duty!  All of the kids took turns and it was hysterical to watch.

Before coming to Michigan I finally *cheering* found a bottle Jeralyn liked, and so I made sure she got a couple of ounces each day from the bottle so she would stay used to it.  The kids enjoyed feeding her the bottle.

30th birthday 12.23.11

My 30th birthday was pretty low-key.  I went shopping with Amanda and went to lunch with her that day, too.  We had "Spankys" for dinner (a pizza sub) and chocolate cream pie for my birthday dessert.  Yum!  And then we played some games.

Little Fuzzy Bunny 12.22.11

Bekah's Visit 12.22.11

For a second year in a row we went to Michigan for Christmas.  But this year was so very special because it was the first year we were with our sweet little girl.  The flights from Ketchikan to Seattle, Seattle to St. Louis, St. Louis to Detroit (yes, that many!) were successful and Jeralyn did very well!  We were so excited for everyone to meet Jeralyn.  Our first stop was my dad and Kelly's house.  My younger siblings didn't know we were coming, and they sure were surprised!  Such fun!  I guess we were so busy visiting, playing games, and having fun that we didn't take pictures until after a few days of being in Michigan.  Oops!  But there are plenty of pictures to share.

My friend Bekah, her son Titus, and her daughter Leah came for a short visit at my dad's house.  I went to lunch with them and then we visited at my dad's house.  It was really nice to see them!  Titus was cracking me up talking about the weather.

Tigger wants to come 12.19.11

Just before we left for the airport Tigger climbed inside Jeralyn's car seat.  He was quite comfortable...

Little Fingers 12.17.11

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Check out that bald spot!

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Mirror Photography 12.7.11

I thought it would be fun to take some pictures of the two of us in the mirror.  Jeralyn looks cute, but I look like a goof.  Oh well...