O Christmas Tree

I think Christmas trees were the highlight of the season for Joshua! We had 4 Christmas celebrations with family, and I think he spent about 95% of the time we weren't eating in front of (or underneath) the Christmas trees. I think the other 5% of the time he was trying to get to the Christmas tree. It wasn't even that he really cared about the ornaments or the gifts...he loved the lights! I don't think he really played with any of his new toys when there was a Christmas tree in sight. This really surprised me, since he cried the entire time we were putting our tree up. It will be interesting to see if he loves them as much next year!

We Are Still Here!!

I know it seems like I should have gotten some Christmas pictures posted already, but life has been super hectic in the Asbeck household. Christmas was great, but had us pretty busy. Then, Joshua got an ear infection right after Christmas. That meant fussy, feverish baby for a couple of days. Now he has gotten some type of mystery rash that the nurse at first told me was probably a yeast infection due to the antibiotics. Now another nurse says it is probably a reaction to the antibiotics (though not an allergic reaction) & should probably go away...eventually! Needless to say, if he is still dealing with this on Wednesday, we are going to see the doctor. I have also been preparing to go back to work part-time for the tax season. This was unexpected, as I had not planned to work this tax season. I was called the week before Christmas and asked to come back. Now, I just need to clean up the house from all of the chaos! The other reason we don't have pictures posted is a compatibility problem with our camera & Vista. Hopefully we will get our old computer set up again & pull the pictures from our camera that way until we get a new camera that will actually work with Vista.

Christmas at the Zoo

We went & watched the animals get their Christmas presents at the zoo.



You can't really tell, but that is a river otter in the water.

Merry Christmas!!

The white tiger enjoyed getting his gifts.

The lion also celebrated his birthday. Everyone sang Happy Birthday to him during this picture, and it seemed like he liked it!

Belle

Belle enjoys testing out Joshua's Christmas presents. They may have some fights over this one!

Sleeping Baby

This is his favorite sleeping position these days....so cute!!

Getting Ready for Christmas

Thanksgiving Pictures

These are a bit late. You can tell that Belle is thrilled about having her picture made...especially since she is having to stand on a bench!

My Biggest Supporter

He really loves these trivets from Southern Living at HOME. He gets really excited about all of the products, but the iron trivets are pretty much the only thing I let him hold. I will have to get him on video....it is really funny to see how excited he gets about this stuff!