Double Barrel Action

Here's a cute vid of Dominik having fun with two rattles at once! I don't know what's more cute about this video--Dominik himself or his parents' cheering!

Merry Christmas!

Here are a few photos of us over the holidays: Jimmy and Dee, Josie and Grammy, and the four of us at Auntie Jeannie's on Christmas Eve.

Some Christmas Thank You's

Here are two films of Jimmy--one of him opening his Backyardigans beanies, and one of him opening his Deigo Rescue Center. Enjoy!

St. George Website

Jimmy is featured in a photo on St. George's website--check it out! The picture changes every once in a while, so at some point this link won't work . . .

Josie Meets Celie

Even though Josie is already four and a half months old, she really has never noticed Celie before (or taken any interest in her). Yesterday she finally did.

Jimmy's First Performance for School

Jimmy and his preschool class performed seven Christmas songs yesterday! I videotaped it and will post a movie as soon as I can; for now here are a few pictures. Jimmy kept his hands in his pockets almost the whole time (he later said he did that so he wouldn't stick his fingers in his nose during the show). Of course, he couldn't help but let his arms loose for "Jingle Bells," where he did his famous "train hands," a move which garnered quite a few amused chuckles from the audience. No one could believe that Sr. Maria was able to get them to learn so many songs!

Getting Ready for Christmas

Jimmy's been busy . . . he wrapped gifts almost entirely on his own (notice the name tags), and he made a gingerbread house with Mommy. He also helped make each kind of this year's holiday cookies!

Winter White

Here's Josie in her pre-Christmas gift from Auntie Jeannie (given early because otherwise Josie would be too big for it)! She's sitting in her Bumbo seat--an early gift from Denise, Mark, Andy and Lauren, given for the same reason as the outfit!

More Thanksgiving Fun

Jim and Jimmy got to take a ride in Nana's golf cart. This past summer Nana had gotten to ride the cart down to the lake. She'd said that she hadn't been down there in over two years, so it was nice that she got to experience that! Juri and Nadia are in the driver's and front passenger's seat.

Belated Thanks

Here are a few pics from Thanksgiving Day up in Wisconsin, including the first photo we've got of me, Jim, Jimmy & Josie!








We also got a nice holiday-season shot of Dan, Anuta and Dominik!









Cousin Andy was happy to accept the invitation to be Josie's Godfather! Josie will be christened on January 7th--her namesake's birthday.