Closer to crawling....

He's getting closer, but still not there yet!

Taking a short break with Bailey!

Splish Splash....Jensen loves the bath!

Jensen just keeps enjoying bath time more and more!

Jensen's first Chirstmas!

The holidays are always such an exciting and wonderful time....And this year proved to be no different! Over the past two weeks, we traveled over 2300 miles (Monticello, Charlotte and NY), celebrated Joe's 30th birthday and completion of his Masters degree, Jensen's first Christmas, Cara's birthday, Debby's baby shower, New Years and my birthday!

Although Jensen is too young to really understand Christmas, he seemed to enjoy tearing wrapping paper, playing with boxes and watching all the activity around him! We loved all the time we got to spend with our family and truly cherish all the wonderful memories of the holidays! We're looking forward to the start of the new year....It's going to be a great one!

Jensen's new froggie hat from Aunt Kiersten

Jensen loves his Aunt Molly!

Jensen & Bailey were mesmerized by all the snow!

A big smile for all the snow!

Grandma Swanee made Jensen a sweater for Christmas!

Christmas morning

A smile that melts my heart!

Jensen & Bailey were such great travelers....We spent lots of hours in the car!

Aunt Katie gave Jensen a puppet....He loved it:)

The cousins....Josslynn, Kylee Grace and Jensen

Jensen is 9 months old!

Sorry...A few weeks late in posting these pics. The holidays are always such a busy time! Jensen was 9 months on December 17th! He continues to be one healthy little boy! At his 9 month appointment, he weighed in at 21 lbs. 9 oz. (75th percentile) and 30" long (97th percentile). He's enjoying his diet of black beans, bread, cheese, cereal, yogurt, lots of fruits and veggies, pancakes, puffs, and what ever else he can get his hands on! He's still content as can be sitting on his bottom...Every now and then he shows signs of crawling, but overall just doesn't seem that interested in it right now! Always a smile on his cute little face:)

Early Christmas visit from G&G Swanee!

Grandma & Grandpa Swanee came for an early Christmas visit at the beginning of December...(Can you tell I've been busy since I'm just getting around to posting the pics!) We had sooo much fun! They babysat one night so Joe and I could enjoy a date night to the movies! Yeah! Mom and I spent much of the time trying to get our Christmas shopping done so dad got to hang out with Jensen quite a bit! I think they enjoyed their time together:)

Looking forward to the wonderful gatherings with family over the next few weeks! We continue to count our blessings everyday...And we're so excited for Jensen's first Christmas!

Christmas shopping with dad!

Jensen's first Christmas book....He likes it..Can you tell?

Our little Santa!

Jensen loves his sippy cup & pears!

Here are a few short videos of Jensen. He has recently learned how to drink from his sippy cup - He's still learning how to tip it up to make the water actually come out. He gets so excited when he gets water! He also enjoys eating his pears.....he can't get them in his mouth quick enough!

Happy Thanksgiving!

So much to be thankful for....and we celebrated today! It was a beautiful Thanksgiving Day! We spent the day with Julie, Marc, Katie, Josslynn, Bob, Krysten and Kylie Grace. We ate awesome food and enjoyed our time with family!