Delightful December

December was pretty busy with Christmases on all sides of the family and at work, school and Bass Pro. Check out all our December photos on Flickr, including this "split screen" gem, both Christmas shots, of Mama and Soren.

We also loaded more videos on YouTube, so look around for those on our channel. Here are some favorites:

Bad Blogger

Sigh! I've been a super-bad blogger, and I've been blaming it on Soren walking. In truth, I really started slacking last August, and I have only posted when baby-starved grandmas and aunts request it. So, to catch up, I'm supplementing posts by making albums on flickr and posting videos to YouTube like a crazy person.

Check out these photos:
Awesome August
Superb September
Outstanding October
Novel November

And to get you started on YouTube, here are a few of my favorites:

New photos

Soren's new (13-month) professional photos came in the mail today. These are a few of my favorites.

 

Nature Boys

Soren and I showed Daddy the pine forest that we learned about during the latest Babes in the Woods program at Burr Oak Woods. We had so much fun finding little bits of nature to play with, touch and explore. I love spending time with my nature boys!

Soren's Ball Pit

Jump around!

Soren's First Birthday Party

Our sweet boy is coming up on his first birthday, and we just had to celebrate! Soren (and Mama and Daddy!) have grown and changed and learned a lot this past year, and we wanted to share our joy with our family.

Aunt L made some delicious cupcakes, and with the help of Grandma S, they looked pretty tasty, too! Aunt L also helped Mama make Soren's birthday banner out of cloth from his weekly photo backdrops (a la http://www.younghouselove.com/ and http://www.soulemama.com/)



 Group photo time!

Soren got lots of fun toys, including a rocking horse from Grandma Ann and Grandpa Tom and a monster tractor from Uncle John! But do you know what is most fun of all? Wrapping paper!