13 Jan 2012

Another Christmas in California

Aspen loved playing with cousin Zoe

We were lucky to be the Christmas guests of my brother Jason and his girlfriend Leslie again this year.  Jer and I rode down with Dad and Mom in a rented minivan, and Jill and her girls flew in from Houston.  Great roads and the roomy van made the 14+ hour trip tolerable with a 1 year old.  She was a pretty good sport, but slept for markedly less time than during last year’s trip!

We enjoyed the warm weather, awesome kids, a fabulous dinner thanks to Leslie and a few helpers, meeting Leslie’s family, a trip to the zoo, a bit of shopping (girls and kids), some target practice (guys), Christmas Eve at Uncle Dougs, visits with Grandma Barb, great food, playing in the rocks, watching Curious George (at least 5 times)…

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13 Jan 2012

Thanksgiving recap

Proud Uncles

We had Jer’s family here for Thanksgiving, and it was a WONDERFUL time!  Aspen enjoyed being thoroughly loved on by her Grandma Cindy, her uncles, and her auntie.  The weather held out for safe travels both ways, and we even got outside for awhile for some leaf raking, hot tub filling, rock climbing and downtown shopping!

 

 

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13 Jan 2012

Our little artist

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Well, since it has been forever since I have posted, I thought I had better start somewhere!  These were taken a few days ago, when I decided it was time to see what Aspen would do with some paint.  As you can see, her preference was to rub it all over herself.  Some of it made it to paper, but most did not.  Later, I thought I should have just stuck a piece of paper on her belly and transferred the paint!

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16 Nov 2011

Our little climber

Aspen loved this.  She kept patting his soft head!

On to November!  Aspen has grown and changed so much this month.

*She got a 5th tooth while we were in Houston

*Her hair is growing wild and crazy

*She climbs on and off of everything

*She has taken some small steps, but still prefers to hold on to anything!

*Aspen loves to read books and play with toys, as long as Mommy is pretty close by

*She loves it when Daddy comes home from work.  When she hears loud noises during the day, she looks toward the door and says, “Da, Da!”

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16 Nov 2011

October-Trip to Houston

Packing to go home

Aspen and I got to visit Auntie Jill, Uncle Ayo, and cousins Zoe and Jada for 2.5 weeks in October.  We had a wonderful time, and Aspen loved playing, ‘sharing,’ and spending time with her cousins.  We went to convention, went shopping, played at the Pumpkin Patch, went Trick-or-Treating, ate great food (Uncle Ayo even made us some pounded yam and fried plantains, which Aspen and I both loved), painted walls, ate popsicles…

It was Aspen’s first time on the plane, and she did SO well.  We loved our time in TX, but were happy to get back home to Jer.

 

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