Christmas Pics 2008

What a fantastic Christmas - I've finally got the pics posted! We feel so lucky to have been able to spend it with all of our family! We started out by traveling to Galena, then back to Kansas City and then to Iowa for the extended weekend. Logan did fairly well with all the traveling and seemed to be the entertainer everywhere we went! In Galena, he took along his infamous reindeer antlers and was pleasantly surprised to find out both his Grandma Jill and Great Grandma Jean had some too! He went sledding for the first time and loved it! He was able to meet new family members as well as see another cousin around his age - 4 months! He began crawling on all fours - finally! He ate more clementines, of course. He entertained us all on the piano Christmas Eve but wore himself out and couldn't even wake up to leave milk out for Santa! He got to spend lots of great time with his Aunt Dana and Uncle Brandon as well as Granny Franny and Papa D! And of course received so many books, toys and other gifts! We're off to the Lake for New Year's and will post an update in 2009! Happy New Year Everyone!!

Christmas Is Coming and We're Back in KC!

After a fantastic long weekend in Galena, we're finally back in Kansas City and ready for Logan's first Christmas. It's fun because it's kind of like we get to celebrate twice - and with both of our families! In addition to lots of other goodies from family, Santa brought Logan this awesome roadster car - he loves it!!

The weekend was great but brought along with it a lot of adventure. My parent's house lost electricity while they were gone because of the weather and Jason, Alex and my Dad had to travel back early to start a fire and keep the pipes from freezing since it was so cold - lucky them, sleeping in the 40 degree house! We've got lots of pics from the weekend but will wait until after Christmas to post them all together. We'll be in KC for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and then off to Iowa!! Happy Holiday's Everyone!!!

Let It Snow!

We're celebrating the holidays this week/weekend in Galena, IL with my side of the family. We were able to stop by Iowa City yesterday for a bit, which was fun and then got here early in the day. It's a good thing we did because it snowed almost 8 inches overnight! Jason went out to shovel this morning and came back with an icicle for Logan - he thought it was pretty cool. We'll be opening some of the presents later today and tomorrow morning, which should be fun for Logan considering how much he loves to crinkle paper!

The Dippels Are Jammin'

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Piano Man

Logan loves the piano! Jason and I went to CostCo with Granny Franny & Papa D the other day and Logan was with the Grandparents. We were looking all around for them when we heard Logan jamming out! He was giggling and thought it was so funny. Unfortunatly, we didn't get the video until the end when he was getting bored with it, but you get the idea. Too funny!

Thinking Outside the Box...Or Should We Say Inside?

What Is B Up To?

Well, considering that the site is ThreePlusB, I figured it is time that Braisy made an appearance. I haven't mentioned much because he doesn't do much anymore as you can see from the pic :) He celebrated his fourth birthday earlier this month and is really starting to show his age. Logan loves him and gets really excited to crawl around on the floor and climb on top of him. Braisy licks him all over his head and he just giggles. Anyway, it's pretty cute and should be fun watching them become best buds as they both get older.

Our Little Reindeer Has Been Busy!

We all went to the Mission Tree Lighting Ceremony on Friday and Logan was able to see Santa for the first time. Unfortunatly, the tree was only about 10 feet tall (we were expecting something slightly bigger!) but it was fun to get out and about. The KCStar was there too and took our pic - CHECK US OUT!

Logan and Jason have been reading about the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Logan was very interested, but liked pulling dad's hair too :)

Pics from Thanksgiving and More...

Here are pics from Thanksgiving as well as from the last month for those of you who like to save them on your own computer. I've decided to switch to Picassa since Kodak Gallery no longer allows you to right click and save them. So, feel free to just watch the slideshow on here or click on it and you can view it directly from the Picassa website in a larger view. Enjoy!

That is One Fat Squirrel!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that this is what we came home to on our front porch. Before we left, we had noticed that some of our pumpkins kept disappearing and realized that it was a nearby squirrel. We never in our wildest dreams thought that he would have a bigger feast on Thanksgiving than all of us put together! What a mess - and this pic does not do the mess justice at all!!

Logan Loves Clementines!

We Made it Home...Finally!

Okay, okay, so the title is a little misleading - we've been home since Sunday. As you can see, Logan got us home safely :) It's been a little hectic though as we were hoping to get our Christmas tree as well as all the inside and outside decorations up before the week began. Grandma Jill talked us into staying an extra day, which was nice to spend one more day relaxing. We got our tree on Sunday after we got home, which was really fun because it was Logan's first snow - he was amazed! We also finally have the inside decorations up and will probably wait for the weekend to get the outside decorations up since it's dark by the time Jason gets home from work.

Overall, the week in Macomb was great. Logan was able to meet his great grandpa Bruce (A.K.A. Alexander the Great) and visit more with the rest of the family as well. He began babbling different sounds and moving even faster than he was before. He also started doing this really funny thing where he scrunches his face up and if we laugh, he just does it over and over - probably something only his parents will think is cute :) Jason was able to hunt with the boys and unfortunately didn't see much, but was treated to an old fashioned barbers strait razor shave which sounded awesome.

Now that we're home we're working on getting everything ready for Logan's first Christmas and I am desperately trying to keep Logan out from under the tree and away from all the cords! Let me tell you...this is an all day task!