A Walk in the Park

Jacob is such a good walker by now. He walks around like he owns the town. I love it!

Steve took him down to City Garden and got my favorite pictures of this little man of ours. Don't they just make you smile?

Our attempt at photography

We got an amazing new camera for Christmas and REALLY wanted to take pictures of Jacob at his one year mark. Unfortunately, he didn't want to cooperate. Here's our best attempt:

Family Pictures

December odds and ends

Here are some other random things from December.

We went down to Union Station in St. Louis before we went to Utah. Such a cute little historic spot with a wonderful Christmas tree to get in the spirit.

Jacob also got his first "real" haircut from a professional. Let's just say he hated it, and that he might have curly hair... You'd never know with how short I keep it cut. 

Fun with the Loos family:

And fun with Grandpa Kirt. Jacob played with Grandpa Kirt almost every night. They had a riot together. We sure miss him!

Happy 1st Birthday, Jacob!

Happy Birthday to Jacob! 

Jacob turned one year old on December 26th, 2012. We had a fun little party for him that night, complete with pizza, cake and ice cream, and family. Thanks to all of our family who could make it and celebrate with us!

 

Christmas 2012

We went to Utah for Christmas this year. Jacob and I went early in December because I was supposed to teach a class at the University of Phoenix. It got cancelled, but we had already booked our flights so I figured why not go have fun with family! It was so fun to be with family for a whole month! We loved every minute of it.

We did lots of things to celebrate Christmas - family parties with the Loos', went to Temple Square to see the lights with Rita, Dave, Fran and Bill, had a family Christmas party with my immediate family (including facetime with the Florida Sudweeks!) etc. We loved spending so much time with our family and can't wait to be back in Utah to play some more.

On Christmas Eve, we went to great Grandpa and Grandma Sudweeks' family Christmas party and Jacob was a shepherd in the nativity. He was so darling! After much persuading, Steve was a shepherd with him. We didn't get that great of pictures unfortunately. I'll have to see if I can find more pictures from someone else. In the meantime, this is what we've got:

Since this was Jacob's first Christmas, he didn't quite understand the opening of gifts, but he still did great. He even said "vroom vroom" when he opened a pack of cars! He had never said that before and he's never said it since then but it was perfect for Christmas morning.

You're about to get an overload of pictures... I just can't narrow it down. Christmas is so much more fun with kids. I can't wait for the many Christmas mornings in the future!