Thursday, January 20, 2011

Sawyer mouthing off

OK...not in that way. He loves his feet and judging by how he wants to gum everything he can't be too far from cutting some teeth.

Here we are enjoying our toes.



Here he is giving mom's knuckle a good gnaw.



He also recently had his 10 month checkup and is now 16 lbs 13oz and 27 inches long.

-R

Thursday, January 13, 2011

CA Christmas 2010

First and most importantly Santa came to visit the Birkhead/Ward children and their family and friends while we visited Grandma ("Gra") and Grandpa ("PePaw") out in California!

Here is Santa making his big entrance.

This is what the other side of the room looked like.
From CA Christmas 2010
Michael was pretty excited as you can see...
From CA Christmas 2010

Everybody got to sit and talk to Santa and he brought each of them a special present.

Sawyer looks a little starstruck
From CA Christmas 2010

Aiden Bennet was a bit shy...so much so that he forgot to ask what flying reindeer eat (Santa was ready with an answer though!)
From CA Christmas 2010

Here is Kelsey getting a good laugh with Santa
From CA Christmas 2010

Drew Bennet took a bit to warm up to the idea, but got in some lap time.
From CA Christmas 2010

Cousins Jack and Sam Rosen were a bit more suspicious of Santa...that voice seemed a bit familiar. Here is Sam giving Santa the "sideways-eye".
From CA Christmas 2010

Finally Michael got to visit with Santa and get his present... a stuffed baby jaguar. He was more interested than any of the other kids in having a conversation with Santa too. He probably wanted to give some hints on how to improve his "Ho, Ho, Ho" laugh.
From CA Christmas 2010

At last Santa had to head back to the North Pole to finish getting ready for Christmas (and a well deserved glass of wine!). Thank you "Santa"!!!

From CA Christmas 2010

For the rest of the visit, Michael would just get up and run to the front door, open it, then say, "No...no Santa here" and close the door.

The next morning Michael helped everyone open all their presents.
From CA Christmas 2010

Of course the biggest "score" was PePaw who got a new iPad! Just look at the surprise on that face!

From CA Christmas 2010


-R

Puddle play

Michael certainly enjoys playing in puddles...even when it is cold. Who am I to deny him such fun?



I mean really, who could say "no" to this face?

From Michael Year Two+


-R