Bouncy bouncy!

Of course, by the time I got the camera, he stopped laughing and bouncing as hard as he was.  This video is at the end of the fun.  :-)

Let it Snow!

Joe and I cannot remember ever seeing this much snow!  Noodle was supposed to get a haircut today, and after one look outside, I realized that we weren't going anywhere.  I let the dogs out in the morning and they played and played.  Noodle hops like a bunny.  Unfortunately, by the time we had the video camera, they didn't find it as appealing.  We still taped a little clip just so everyone could see how much snow we have.  And, as I am typing this, it is still snowing.  (The video was three hours prior!)

Beckett is doing so well!  I know I have been saying this for awhile, but he is very close to crawling!  He gets up on his elbows and knees and rocks and rocks until he finally face-plants into the ground.  He is an awesome roller and can wiggle his way to pretty much any place he wants to go.  He loves our Christmas tree and if we put him in that room, he will wiggle his way over to touch it.  He also wiggled his way into the dogs' water bowl the other day.  Whoops.

He is also eating solid foods much better now.  He loves bananas, sweet potatoes, and applesauce.  He's not in love with peas and butternut squash, but he'll eat it.  He is doing better with the rice cereal as well.

Joe and I are gearing up to travel for the holidays.  While I am enjoying the snow right now, I hope we don't face anything like this while we travel to O'Fallon and Groves.  I am sad that we won't get to see the entire family this year, but I know I should be thankful for getting to see many family members and friends.  Joe is finished for the semester and is working on research for a few days, and I have to teach Monday and Tuesday and then we have a half day Wednesday.  Hopefully we will get on the road quickly after that.  I hope everyone has a happy holiday season!  Check out our snow video!  

Thanksgiving and First West Virginia Snow Pics!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, Beckett had his first Thanksgiving, even though I'm not sure how much he enjoyed it.  While we missed spending Thanksgiving with Joe's family like we normally do, it was nice not to travel this year.  (We will make up for it at Christmas anyway.)  My parents came to visit and it was nice to see them.  My dad was so excited for Beckett to try some turkey.  Becks wasn't too thrilled with anything except the pumpkin pie.  (Nice choice.)  My dad and Joe cooked up a storm and we ate leftovers for several days.  It was all delicious.  

Unfortunately, Beckett caught a cold the day after Thanksgiving.  I wanted to take him to sit on Santa's lap while my parents were here, but he didn't sleep well because he couldn't breathe and he was so cranky!  Finally on Sunday he started to feel better and started acting like his usual, happy self.   We are hoping for Santa pictures this weekend instead.

We have been giving him different baby foods and rice cereal.  He seems to like the cereal, but he wants to feed himself.  He has tried bananas, carrots, and applesauce and wasn't too thrilled with any of them.  He is still getting the hang of how to keep it in his mouth.  His faces are too funny.  He makes a face sometimes before the food even gets in his mouth.  

Other than that, there isn't too much going on here.  I did get to put a Christmas tree (a big one- finally!) with my mom and that was a lot of fun.  It looks pretty good, minus the yucky white lights.  Joe and I are really looking forward to Beckett's first Christmas and for him to have the chance to meet the other half of his family!