Long time no blog..The Mega Post!

We had a wonderful visit to New Hampshire for Christmas. As you can see in the picture below it was a lot colder than we are used to in Dallas, but it was fun getting all dressed up with warm clothes. We started out our visit with a short Sunday hike with my mom.

Yes, Landon is on my back!

Jimmy becoming one with nature.

The cousins that are four days apart having fun in the bath!

Brothers! Landon loves his brother. Any time Liam interacts with him Landon is in heaven.

Landon also loved snuggling with his Aunt Kirstin

One day we went and visited my Haehnel relatives.

Christmas Eve. Liam was dancing!

The stockings were stuffed with care!

We waited until after church to open presents so Liam was still in his church clothes. I think he looks pretty cute. His favorite presents were cars and candy.

On Sunday night we skyped with my sister who is one her mission in California. It was really one of the highlights to Christmas.

Landon and Bailey bonded. Bailey was so chill with the kiddos. It was so nice.

The few days that there was actually snow on the ground we took advantage of and when sledding. Liam was a super sledder. He liked to go down all by himself. I am glad that we good some snow even though it didn't last long.

Roland and I celebrated our 5th anniversary by going on a mini hike up Pitcher Mountain. This is the same spot where he proposed so it was nice to go back on our anniversary. We didn't stay at the top long though because it was freezing!

We also went out to eat and went bowling for our date. This was the score of our second game. Roland did great and any time I get over 100 I feel pretty good about myself.

And no trip to NH is complete without going to see my Great Grandma and the boys Great great Grandma. She turned 100 this last year and it always so great to see her and my Uncle Wally. Liam was pretty happy about it.

I am in love with this picture!

Roland took a lot of great shots with his camera (and tripod that he got for Christmas). So there with probably be another post about Christmas, because even though that was a long post, I feel like I left a lot out. It was a wonderful visit. I love my family and cherish the time I get to spend with them.

What we have been up to!

I feel like I haven't written a decent blog post in a while. Things have been pretty busy around here. Here is what we have been doing.

Well first of all Liam is obsessed with cars and we love it. His cars go with him everywhere. In the car, in his bed, everywhere! He loves the movie cars also and just got a Lightning McQueen car which he loves. Liam also moved to a toddler bed a couple of weeks ago and I think what really helped is that he got to pick out the sheets which no surprise were car sheets. Getting him in a toddler bed was a piece of cake. He wanted us in there for one night, but after that he has been falling asleep by himself for naps and bedtime. It has been a major blessing.

Landon is 6 months old! It is crazy how fast time has gone. We went to the doctor last week and he is still our little peanut. He weighed in at about 15 lbs (8%tile) and lost an inch? (.01%tile). I know that he didn't lose an inch but is probably about the same height. He is sitting up like a pro and I think he is going to start crawling soon. He is not sleeping through the night, so letting him cry it out has started. I forgot how hard it was, but it does pay off eventually..hopefully.

He loves eating solid foods and is always trying to eat what we have too.

Liam loves to take the couch cushions off and jump from the couch to the cushions. This happens almost every night after dinner.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Roland had the whole week off so we were able to relax and have some fun. On Thanksgiving day we got out and played with the boys for a little while before the meal and it was so fun.

For Thanksgiving we had some of our dear friends over and it was a lot of fun. It was a little weird since it is our first Thanksgiving not visiting family, but it is fun to make some of our own family traditions.

I had a lot of fun making these little turkeys as place settings. This is about all Liam ate for Thanksgiving.

A few days last week it was super foggy at White Rock Lake and it made for some really cool pictures.

So that is what has been happening. I am still training for the half marathon which has been going pretty well and Roland is finishing up his semester. We are counting down until Christmas break. About 2 weeks until NH and Christmas! So so so excited!

Family Pictures 2011

We got our family pictures done this weekend. We love how they turned out. Thank you so much Jolyn! Check out her photography blog:http://jolynlaneyphotography.blogspot.com

Happy Halloween

Introducing....

Max-King of all Wild Things

and our little wild thing

We had a great Halloween!

Enjoying the loot!