A repost post to fill in the gaps...

We just started finger foods...cheerios being first.  We had no idea how entertaining he could be to watch eat.  It took a few days for him to get his little fingers to do what he wanted, and he would still miss about as many as he made.  Sometimes he grabs the cheerio with his fist and then sticks his whole fist in his mouth  in an attempt to eat the cheerio-hilarious and not always successful.

One happy boy!

January 6- "reading" all by himself.

January 5- His "learning" face.

January 5- This boy LOVES bath time!

This was the favorite Christmas present (mentioned last post) that has helped Der to sit up on his own.  What a big boy!

And there were 3 stocking hung by the chimney with care :)  This was our first year to have a mantel, which I was very excited about!

Prunes have been a favorite of Der's!

December 24- We got to play the Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus at the church Christmas Eve service.  This was a special memory for us...and we can't wait to tell Der when he understands that he played Jesus (quite a role!).  Also neat is that the year my older brother was born, my parents did the same thing in their church.

So in my middle of the night, crazed effort to get some pictures up, I didn't realize that we hadnt even loaded our good camera onto the computer...so there were lots of pictures that I need to fill in.  And I didn't realize it was illegal to post pictures of a naked baby (because he is so cute in the bath tub), that a few days got quickly deleted when Ryan saw the post (hopefully no one saw those, and if you did, you won't report me :) )