My baby Gray turned five months old on Monday. He mastered rolling over about a month ago, but I never had the camera ready fast enough. This time I made sure I was ready...
He also tried cereal for the first time last weekend. He wanted more. He is growing fast. Have I also told you that he is the SWEETEST baby ever!
Christmas came and went in a hurry. All the planning and preparation for just a few short hours makes me sad it's over. When life somewhat returned to normal, I settled down in front of my computer for some catch-up blogging. Not only did I find that my DSL modem had to be replaced, I also found my computer was doing some crazy thing by not showing any graphics. It's about time to put it out of it's misery and get a new one. Anyway...here are some of my favorite pictures with our families...I'm a little late as usual.
Santa brought Charlie an electric guitar...Molly likes it more than Charlie
Ten Leeper Grandchildren
Molly and Elise...first cousins and best friends!
Charlie's best Elvis impersonation
Sweet kisses from baby Fletcher...he has a new cousin!
Gray and Aunt Amy on Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve in Aberdeen
My blog is currently experiencing technical difficulties...i.e....I think I really messed up. My computer and DSL have been down, so these weird things going on are hopefully not all my fault. Anyway...check back later for future updates.
We have a new visitor at our home this year. His name is Elfie the Elf (ok...no one ever accused me of being creative). Charlie and Molly have been in awe of the magical powers of our elf. He arrives from the North Pole every morning in a new spot. Most of the time he is good, but a few times he has been mischievous. I'm think I'm ready for Elfie to leave us for the year, so maybe we won't have to get up with the chickens to go find him. But, seeing how my baby is only four months old, I feel like Elfie will be coming back for several years to come. Please feel free to share any new ideas of where elves can hide. This week Elfie couldn't find a spot inside, so he rode around with us in the van all day. Molly's still trying to figure out how he got his seatbelt on :)
Elfie listening to Snap, Crackle and Pop
Elfie being good and keeping an eye on everyone's behavior...I hope he gives Santa a good report!
This past Friday, Molly and Charlie had their class Christmas parties. I was unable to attend, since I work on Mondays and Fridays. Of course I wanted to be there, but since I couldn't I sent the next best thing...DADDY! I really should say, the best thing...DADDY. Since Gray has been born, Daddy has really stepped up to the plate by helping with the other two children (I had him quite spoiled up to this point). That has ultimately led to him being in first place in their eyes. So when I asked him to go to the parties to take a few pictures, he was glad to do it. I might add that this also included taking ham sandwiches, gifts to exchange, and being there at two different times...four hours apart. Yes, he definitely deserves the #1 Dad award this week. I wish I had a picture of him with them at the party. Oh well, he can't think of everything...not to mention he used up my flash card! Here is the top five out of about 40!
Molly loved helping open their big box of gifts to keep in their classroom
Out of 9 boys gifts to choose a number for, Charlie chose the one with a movie in it. He couldn't have been happier. He's watched Superman several times this weekend.
