Austin's 1st Christmas...

We had a GREAT first Christmas with Austin! Rob ended up having Christmas Eve off so we enjoyed some family time! We went to church on Christmas Eve and then on Christmas morning had breakfast, opened some presents, and in the afternoon we headed to Rob's parents house to celebrate Christmas with them. We opened presents there and then my parents came from Estes in the afternoon and we ALL had Christmas dinner together which was very special. The day after Christmas, we celebrated with my parents.

Daddy and Austin before we left for church...I think this is one of my very favorite pictures of the two of them together!!

Austin in his new Christmas jammies in front of the tree before heading to bed on Christmas Eve!

Me and my little man!


Getting ready to open his stocking on Christmas morning!

Watching Austin open presents was fun...and slow! He loved the paper!

Getting ready to open a present from Grandma and Grandpa Hunt

Aunt Deb helping Austin open a present from her!

Rob, Sandy, Austin, Grandma and Grandpa Hunt, Abigail, Paul, Aunt Deb, and Uncle Joel

Rob, Sandy, Austin, Grandma and Grandpa Leaycraft

A present to Austin and Grandpa Leaycraft from Grandma...seat belts for Lizzie, Grandpa's 1929 Model A!! I've told them Austin couldn't ride until Lizzie had seat belts...now Grandpa just has to wait until spring!

Merry Christmas Eve!

Rob, Austin, and I wish you all a VERY Merry Christmas! We hope everyone has a joyous holiday! We are so thankful for this year and all that it has brought!! We wanted to share some of our joy from today....

Austin says Merry Christmas!

Smiles and a picture with Mommy!

Austin opening his first Christmas gift...we thought we might start since it seems to take Austin a while to open presents....

Austin found one of Daddy's presents and decided to help him open it!

A fun few days....

We've been busy the past few days...'tis the season! But we've had lots of fun times! Here are a few pics!

Austin's godmother, Julie Sykes, came to town so we went up to Estes to visit her!

Daddy actually said he had to go grab the camera to take a picture of Austin and I in our "matching" pajamas!!

We went to visit Daddy at work and take him a little lunch on Sunday before heading to Estes. My two handsome men!

While in Estes, Grandpa Leaycraft finally got to show me the elk right outside their condo on the golf course!

A quick picture with Aunt Juju and Uncle Ray!

Zoo Lights

We went to Zoo Lights last Friday night with Grandma and Grandpa Hunt, Aunt Deb, cousins Paul and Abigail, Grandma and Grandpa Leaycraft as well as Aunt Nicole, Uncle Jason, Nyah, and Reece... It was a fun night...a little cold but a good time was had by all!

Reece and Austin have the same strollers and had their Pottery Barn blankets to keep them warm...a picture of course I couldn't resist!

Hanging with Abigail and Grandma Hunt

A picture of the three of us!

All the kids...Nyah, Abigail, Paul, Austin...and I think Reece :)

MY GYM fun!

I've been taking Austin to MY GYM now since August and it's been a blast to take him each week...he's grown and changed so much! And he used to be the youngest in the class, but no longer!! It's been fun for me since I used to work there and I really look forward to my play time with the little man each week! Here are a few pics from the last week ....

When Austin first started at MY GYM, he just laid in the balls...now he sits up, throws the balls, and of course, puts them in his mouth!!

One of Austin's favorite activities at the gym....SWINGS!

Today, Austin crawled his way through the tunnel for the first time...I remember when we first started, it seemed like it would be forever 'til he'd be able to!

An ever popular gym activity which Austin got to do for the first time today...ride the train!!

First time in the snow....

We had some good snow last week and Austin's snow suit had arrived so we decided to take Austin in the snow for the first time on Thursday...for those of you who don't know, Thursdays are usually our family day as it's the day we're all home together! Grandma Leaycraft had gotten the snow suit for Austin so we decided to try it out!

Ready to go...check out the shoes too!

I think this is okay....but not really sure how I'm supposed to make snow angels!

This is a little better...I can crawl around!

Okay, so I don't like the cold when my mittens fall off!

Daddy's already teaching me how to throw snowballs at Mommy...he said this was the perfect snow to do it!! Be sure to check out my snowball in the upper left corner!

Christmas fun!

We've had several fun Christmas activities we've done in the last couple of weeks...here are some pics from the Parade of Lights last Saturday and some trees pics! Austin just took in all the lights and sounds at the parade. We so enjoy just watching him! And he's such a good little man...he constantly amazing us as he just goes with the flow of whatever it is we're doing!! We were lucky the weather was so nice for the parade!

We put up the tree last Monday night and decorated. Austin hasn't really seemed interested in it unless we put him right by it! I love this picture of him in front of the Christmas tree...and we're letting him play with the tree...ssshhh...don't tell your cousin Paul as he told us the other night that you're not supposed to touch the Christmas tree!