Christmas Recovered

We were able to recover a few Christmas pictures from my camera so here they are....

Trimming the tree, this was one of the nicest Black spruce trees that we have found in the yard. The tree was about 15 ft tall, we just sacrificed the top 5 ft. I promise that we will plant a new tree to replace it this spring. Wyatt was even pretty good about not yanking stuff off of it.


Cookie making and decorating with a 2 year old requires a fair bit of patience. I ran out of it during the decorating and had to have Papa remove Wyatt from the kitchen while I finished by myself.


Wyatt seemed pleased with the finished product.

Presents, presents and more presents!!!!
My mom sent my old (25 years old) cabbage patch kid to Wyatt. He loves it and has been spending a lot of time practicing to be a big brother.

Christmas night we had about 20 people over for dinner. We provided our homegrown ham and everybody contributed some thing yummy. We had a spectacular feast, but no pics of the food or many of the crowd.

Rachel and Kieran made it in front of the camera.

Mike, Laura and Brook stayed for the weekend. Mike and Jeff spent a lot of time jamming and the girls did a little skiing and kicking back. Unfortunately the video of Wyatt playing the guitar and singing his song didn't get recovered.

Random pretty picture of some moose in the yard.

Breakin'

I picked a good night to get out of Delta. Brook just happened to be hosting a Sushi and break dance party at her new cabin. A strange combination maybe but it was a huge success!! I can't believe that the dancing and laughing didn't shake my baby loose.

River was giving sushi rolling instructions.

Andrea supplied the break dancing instructional videos.

One move everyone could handle (even the pregnant lady)- the point.

The windmill was a little advanced for this crowd but they definately get an "A" for effort. The most impressive part...nobody got hurt!

As the Groovaloo said "It's not in the move it's in the groove".

Thanks ladies, I needed that!!

Two Years Old!

Sorry- I had to skip Christmas blogging because of technical difficulties with the camera. I hope the pictures can be saved, we are still working on it.

So on to January, Wyatt turned 2 on the 6th! Unfortunately -50 was just a tad too cold to have his little friends over for a party. So we had a quiet celebration at home, Mama made a blueberry cake and he recieved many phone calls from friends and family. Of course the gifts had been rolling in too and after Christmas he knew exactly what to do with the birthday presents!


As some of you may know, anyone who has a birthday celebrated at our house is either 40 or 4. These are the only candles we have :)

Ummm..tastes good, and still makes a good mess even without frosting!

Here is wyatt playing with his new legos that Aunt Liz and Uncle Mike sent.

Mama and Papa got Wyatt a ukelele. He had written his first song for the guitar at Christmas so we figured he was ready. The song goes like this....Wyatt is a big boy, give him a little smooch. He is still working on the chords and subsequent verses. I have a video of him singing it but it is stuck on the camera with the Christmas photos :(

I just got done updating Wyatt's 2 year old milestones for his baby book. So if you don't mind my bragging here is a recap. His vocabulary and speech continue to amaze us and many people we encounter when out and about. He pretty much speaks in full sentences and really doesn't stop unless he is sleeping. Actually we have even heard him talking about airplanes in his sleep a few times. He can pronounce big words, like ornament, imagination, stegasaurus, etc and his memory is very impressive. He still talks about Grandpa fixing the light which happened in back in August. Wyatt loves to sing; in addition to his own song he can sing his ABC's, Old McDonald, Ring around the Rosie, the colors of the rainbow, Patty cake, and bits and pices of many others. He knows his basic colors and shapes and is working on counting. He can also spell his name! He loves anything with wheels or motors (especially boats and airplanes), stacking blocks, scribbling with his crayons and reading books. He hates pretty much all vegetables but will eat almost any kind of meat that is put in front of him- good little Alaskan boy! Sorry I will stop now, but needless to say he is a great kid and we couldn't be prouder!! These two years have gone by quickly.

Sneak Peek -Hawaii '08

We had a wonderful trip to the Big Island in Early December. I am not going to go into detail about all of our adventures because there is just not enough time (give a call if you want a full trip report) and I had over 200 photos so here is just a very quick look at our trip. Who knows maybe after the holidays sometime I will get around to adding some text. The best part about the trip was just being together as a family without any distractions. But don't get me wrong, being on the beach all warm and sunny was nice too. You will notice I opted to post pictures of Wyatt instead of a lot of scenery shots. Can you blame me? I am trying to upload all pics onto a web album so you may still have a chance to see those other shots.

Our camper broke down on us the second day so we stayed in a couple hotels and spent the rest of the time at our friend Dan's guest house near Kona. It turned into to different trip without the camper but it worked out just fine.

This was the highlight of Wyatt's trip- the captain let him drive the glass bottom boat!! Good thing we were the only ones on it :)

Lava was flowing into the ocean- it was amazing to see.

No denying that I am pregnant now!

Our hosts- thanks we had a great time!!

Thanksgiving

We enjoyed a lovely thanksgving at Dan and Adrian's house. They were brave enough to tackle our homegrown 30 lb turkey. We we worried that it would be tough because it was so big but it turned out perfectly.

Even after they got it thawed out, found a pan to fit it, and squeezed it into the oven- Adrian was still a little concerned.


But look how nice it turned out, Dan was pretty excited.

Wyatt was excited that Mark and Shannon brought some friends for him to play with.

Wyatt really wanted to hold baby Hugh, he is going to be a good big brother.

Wyatt was also more than happy to soak up the attention from the adults. He took right to Adrian's parents and even got to show off a few of his spanish words to Adrian's mom.

Waytt and Dan are old pals by now...Dan is a natural with the kids ;)

There were a bunch of other people there too but I apparently only take pictures if Wyatt is in them. Thanks again to Adrian and Dan for hosting, it's so nice to spend the holidays with such good friends, our Alaskan family.