First time sledding! :)

We bundled the little guy up for the first time this winter (yesterday) and took him sledding around the yard. He was not too sure about it at first, but when Daddy got him going fast you couldn't wipe the smile off his face! What a blessing to watch him experience all of his "firsts".

Help! I can't move in this thing... How much fun!

What a little ham. :)

Ear Infection

I took Austin to the doctor today after a rough night. He was so exhausted and nothing even close to his "normal" self today. We found out that he has an ear infection. Hopefully with the antibiotics he will soon be feeling better. Below are some pictures of him that were taken today. He wanted to be held or cuddled a lot. No complaints here... :)

The picture below is of Daddy pulling Austin around the dining room floor on a blanket. A new favorite for Austin. :)

Austin and the Humidifier

Practicing Walking

Merry Christmas! :)

Please view site to see Austin dance with an attitude, Enjoy!!

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11 Months

Here are some pictures of Austin in his Santa outfit! It just so happens that he got tired at 6:00 the night we wanted to take pictures. ;) Here are some pictures of the "not so happy" lil' Mr. Santa. We still think he looks adorable though. (it's not like we are biased or anything. ;))

Here is Austin on the potty. ;) We started the potty training process a little over a week ago. We know it will take months when he is this young, but thought it would be a fun challenge after reading a book by the "Baby Whisperer". You can ask us in a couple of months if we are still potty training him. ;)

This morning when we woke up everything was covered in white! It was beautiful. I brought Austin to the window and he got really excited and I am sure wanted to go out and play! Unfortunately it is really windy and he has a bad cold. Today he will just have to watch the snow fall from inside, but soon it will be time to go out and play. ;)

Thanksgiving

This picture needs no words. ;)

It was Austin's first Thanksgiving! We went to the Schuitema side . He ended up eating a babyfood turkey dinner because he went down for a nap while we were all eating our Thanksgiving dinner. He had a lot of fun roaming through Grandpa and Grandma Schuitema's house. He learned how to climb up a couple of stairs. Below are pictures of the women cooking the night before, daddy and Austin, Grandpa giving Austin a horsey back ride; which he really enjoyed and Austin reading Grandpa a bedtime story. ;)

We went to Joel and Paula's house on Saturday for overdue visit with everyone! It was great getting the boys back together again and just hanging out with everyone.

Bathtime fun! :)

Levi was being so nice, offering to pour some nice warm water on Austin.

Austin was helping daddy put up the Christmas tree! :)

Since Austin got his mouse slippers over Thanksgiving he likes to carry one of them around everywhere he goes. Here is a picture of him with it. Just a little while ago he was trying to stand up next to his leap frog table with the slipper in hand, he could not achieve this so decided to put it in his mouth, stand up and then put it on the table. It was quite humorous.

Beautiful Nature-Gatlinburg

This past week we ventured down south to Gatlinburg for 4 days. It was WONDERFUL! The weather was just gorgeous; we could not have asked for better. We had soooo much fun just hanging out and relaxing, hiking, and walking around the town. It was such a blessing to be out in the middle of such beautiful nature that He has created. I have included quite a few pictures....sorry...I am indecisive and maybe I am turning into my mother. (hi mom) ;) Austin has really started to crawl quite quickly this past week and is pulling himself up on everything. It is great seeing the look of excitement on his face when he completes one of his goals.

The hill right outside the condo.

The trail we hiked was sooooooo beautiful!

Playing in the water!!!

Pulling himself up on anything and everything and trying to get whatever is in reach!

Even had time to put together the Austin and Daddy puzzle!

This was the beautiful view from our slider door at the condo we stayed at. It was gorgeous!

The two "boys" in my life! I love this picture!