chop

how do you cut an eleven month old's hair if he's not prone to staying still, freakish about having someone touch his ears (too many ear aches), and a super light sleeper. maybe we'll just let it keep growing.

decorating

started putting up christmas decorations & have found myself in the spirit, even though it is only november. here is our little tree.

cabinets

here is rowe playing literally 'in' the cabinets. i'm not quite sure what he is looking for...

tp

rowe has found a new love, toilet paper.

birthday

birthday food is a big deal in this family. you get to choose what you want the whole day, it's great. of all things, andy wanted biscuits & gravy for dinner & oreos for dessert. no problem.

thanksgiving

happy thanksgiving a little late. ours was nice & white.

trouble

luke showin' some guns.

driving

rowe loves being driven around in this jeep by whichever christensen kiddo is driving. today it was luke. his driving skills are pretty impressive for a 3 year old.

stacking

when my mom was here she gave rowe some lessons on stacking. this is his new favorite game for sure.

calling

who knows who he is calling :)

sleepy

walking

i guess this is technically falling, but 'walking' has a better ring to it. he's getting the hang of it.

laci

here is sweet laci playing with rough rowe. yes, he's a biter.

snow

here is another shot that my dad took of the whole fam.

sad

when rowe gets upset lately, he has gotten into the habit of 'flopping' his lips. here he is flopping away.

excuse all of the posting today. baby sleeping, cold outside.

thumb

rowe enjoying some baby einstein. he won't take his eyes off of the screen to look for a binkie, even if it is literally right next to him, so when watching he sucks his thumb.

binkies

rowe is so funny with his binkies. he likes his little pile so that he can take each one, try it out, try the next one out, next one out, & then he is usually asleep mid-try of the next one. if you look closely you can see that coot got a hold of a couple of these :-)

cold

my dad sent some pics of their trip last week. here is one of he and andy hunting down in the valley.

upgrade

about time for a face lift for the ole blog.

water

we had to say farewell to ole coot this morning. he just couldn't bring himself to retrieve in this cold water out here. it broke all of our hearts to let him go, but andy has to have some help for charlie with this hunting business. so we are back to square one. the new puppy will be here in december. you really were sweet, coot. best of luck in ohio.

cherry

here is our indian baby...okay, it is only a cherry, but looks pretty close:-)
two things: first...rowe's teeth have been coming in in a fairly strange order. all the bottom row first, then the outside top two, then the top two middle are just breaking through. you'll notice the 'dagger,' as andy calls it, is leading the pack on the top. second... rowe took his first steps a couple of days ago. so that was super exciting. my dad was taking pics as it unfolded so i will try and grab some from him when they get back home.

pa

here is my dad and rowe fighting over that turkey bone.

thanksgiving

since my mom and dad are here we are trying to celebrate everything in one week: andy' birthday was monday, thanksgiving tuesday, christmas wednesday, new year's thursday... i think that is it. here are some pics of rowe enjoying his first thanksgiving turkey bone.

reading

my mom and dad are here for the week. rowe has had more to play with in the past three days than in the past three months. it is perfect timing for my mom because all of a sudden rowe has shown an interest in his books. perfect for reading time with grammy.

winter

sweater weather has arrived.

boxes

coot's kennel pad came in the mail today, along with a fun new toy for rowe, the box :-)

flippin'

i have been meaning to grab a picture of rowe flipping the lights. this is another of his great loves.