Truman's First Christmas!!

We spent Christmas Eve and morning in Flagstaff. We had a fire and Christmas Eve sandwiches on Christmas Eve, then we woke up and opened presents! Truman opened a handmade wooden firetruck made by my Uncle Chuck, a ukulele, and Scout, a stuffed dog that talks.

 After we opened our presents at home, we headed down to Scottsdale to spend the rest of the day with my family. And look who we saw on the freeway!!

 This was our favorite present! Amanda painted this picture of Truman using a photo of him as her guide. We absolutely love it!!

Snowman

Rick had finished finals and there was snow everywhere, so it was time for Truman to meet a real, live, Snowman. We galloped down to the golf course and Rick went to work while I took pictures and "supervised" both he and Truman. This was the first time T crawled around in the snow. He was intrigued with the snow sticking to his mittens and of course enjoyed trying to throw the snow. He also ate a little bit too (don't worry, I warned him about yellow snow).

These first 4 pictures were taken with my old 35mm film slr camera. I'm pretty excited to start playing with it again. (I need some practice!)

 "I can't put my arms down!"

Not a big fan of the restriction of movement while wearing a snowsuit.

A fun family outing :)

Family Pictures

I kind of decided at the last minute that I was going to do a Christmas card. It was Sunday, so I text Kristina and asked if she could do us a favor and take some family pictures for us. She kindly agreed and her and her friend Amy hoped in the car with us and we drove out to this museum that we had passed once before. (Maybe we ditched out on part of Church, don't judge us.) I thought the trains could be fun for some Flagstaff pictures, since you can hear the trains from just about anywhere in this town.

Here are the ones that actually turned out descent. It's always an adventure taking pictures with little ones!

 A big thanks to Kristina and Amy for using everything in their arsenal to capture Truman's attention and for being patient with me while I changed camera settings and poses. We owe our fun Christmas card to you ladies!!

Swim Lessons

Truman has taken 2 sessions of swim lessons. Rick and I get to swim with him in the parent/tot class. Truman absolutely loves being in the water, splashing, kicking, swimming after toys and observing everything that is going on in the Aquaplex.He has learned to move his arms and kick at the same time, put his face in the water and "blow bubbles" (kind of), and most recently he has gone all the way under water. Truman is so fun to watch and we are so proud of him!

Teeth

I was trying to get a couple of good pictures of T's teeth and curls. Got one of his first couple teeth, curls in the back of his hair, not so much. But I did get some other fun ones in the process.