It's freakin' cold out here!

Nah, not really. But we did get this awesome down suit at a garage sale last summer for $8 and had to at least try it out while he still fit into it. So we tried it out, and he couldn't move much so it was short-lived. We did, however, get some good use out of it when we had the awesome xmas snow and all went to the sledding hill. He even fell asleep in it while Haley and assorted family members (Nana) slid down the hill.

Baby loves egg nog

Pete whipped up a batch of homemade soy egg nog over the holidays and Austin chugged a little of the non-alcoholic version. This is what finally convinced him to figure out the intricacies of a sippy cup...apparently water wasn't exciting enough...go figure :)

After he'd finished his cup and everyone else was still nursing their glasses, he started vocalizing (read "freaking out") that he needed some more...so we all had to hide our 'nog after that.

Chillin' with Haley

Jus, Tori and Haley drove up from Louisiana after xmas for a couple of weeks and it was AWESOME!! Austin fell in love with Haley. When they eventually left to go home, Austin was still running around the house looking for her when we showed up to Mom and Dad's. *sigh* poor guy. He was also just starting to get hooked on Jus and his random and distracting vocalizations...it was really great to hang out with them for a while.

Austin's first crawl!

Austin decided to crawl on Christmas Eve this year. It took a bit of tenacity and perserverance, but he eventually made it from the kitchen entryway to the livingroom entryway...he he...

We were still at Mom and Dad's house and Katie was there for it too...here is one from the photo shoot!

Multitaskin' Momma

Can I just say that my sling is the greatest thing EVER to hit baby stuff...not that it's a new idea, but still....

Ahhhhhh......

Pete and Austin were playing last night with a chrysanthemum. Here they are having a moment.

p.s. for those of you who didn't know, you can click on the pictures and see the bigger version of them.

A picture with me in it (gasp)

This certainly isn't the most awesome picture I've ever taken, but given the fact that he and I spend SO much time together (yay) and the complete lack of pictures with me in them with a face shot, Nana took this one yesterday. In case you were wondering, the green thing in his mouth is a delicious carnation stem...mmmm....