Happy 10 Month Birthday Traegaroo!

We celebrate our big guy who offically is pulling up on EVERYTHING (including a ladder step his dad just climbed), eating more table food than before, and waving hi to anyone who walks by! Daddy's football and basketball are two of Traeger's favorite toys . Another favorite is saying the word ball and pointing to it.
We love you bud!

Leaky Faucet

Traeger's nose hasn't stopped running for the last 24 hours.

Not real sure which bug he got but it's not a fun one and we're

praying it doesn't progress to anything more.

The drainage had Traeger waking up every 2 hours last night.

Here Traeger is managing to stay in happy spirits despite his "leaky faucet."

Lunch Guests

Thanks to the D family for coming into town on Friday for some Happy Joes fun! We had fun catching up and playing together!

Adventures in Traeger's land!

Traeger likes to play under his exersaucer and eat up the left over cheerios

from past play times. He had found them all and was on his way to the next adventure by the time I found him in the bathroom doing this.

Around lunch time, while we were waiting for Daddy to come home, Traeger and I ventured out for a walk and enjoyed the beautiful sunny day! We walked down by the river and watched all the ducks swimming in the water.

Traeger's new found "trick" is to pull himself up in his crib, which we just lowered to the last point yesterday. When I went in to check on him during nap time I found him pulled up and WITHOUT PANTS. Check it out. I have no idea how he managed that one, but I laughed so hard my eyes were watering, and yes, for those of you who know me all too well, I had to run to the bathroom :O)! Maybe it was one of those "you had to be there moments," but he made me laugh pretty hard!

Sign of the times!

Apparently, we have been running a little too much because yesterday Traeger was so tired that he didn't even wake up when we took him out of his car seat or while we were changing his diaper. He slept through it all! That has never happened before but I think we have just been on the go so much that he had reached his limit!

Exploring

This morning I was scrapbooking and took my eye off Traeger for about 3 seconds to type names on the computer and when I turned back I found him pulled up and checking in my scrapbook bin. I'm sure he was just making sure everything was in order :O)!

He got down from that exploration and moved on to the next, pulling up on the chair. Note to self, do my scrapbooking when Traeger is sleeping.

I'm so thankful for funny moments like these in my day :O)!!

Creating memories with Nonnie

Nonnie came to visit us for 5 days while Grandpa was in Romania.

Nonnie was a huge help making meals, changing diapers...well pretty much she helped with everything! It was a lot of fun and we were sad to see her go!

Happy 9 Month Birthday Champ!

Yeah for Traeger, you're 9 months old!!!

We are still wondering where the time has gone. It's hard to believe Traeger is already 9 months old, 20 lbs, 29 inches long, has 7 teeth, crawls and is starting to pull up on things. The time has gone quickly but we are loving every minute of it!
Traeger is a daily reminder to us of God's goodness!

On the Road Again :O) !

Traeger and I are back from our 6 day trip south

to visit our dear family and friends.

We made the rounds and got to see a ton of people

who are close to our hearts but we don't get to see often.

Our first stop was to the Patrick household to hang out

and say good-bye to my dad before he left on a mission trip to Romania.

Pictured are Grandpa and Nonnie with the 4 GRANDSONS!

Our next stop was in Grafton to visit Jen

and see students I worked with when I interpreted for Abby (who is pictured below).

I really enjoyed catching up with Jen and seeing the kids.

I haven't seen them since 3rd grade and now they're in 7th - where did the time go ?!

Girls I loved seeing you!!

On Thursday evening we made it to Casey's and settled in until Sunday afternoon. We had a blast talking, going on our Target trip, watching movies (I actually stayed awake for 3 - a pure miracle :O)), and Casey got a babysitter from her school to come over and take care of Traeger while we went out to dinner and a movie!!

Here's a pic of Traeger hangin' out with Casey's dog Peyton.

Thanks Casey for a fun and relaxing time!

Since the weather wasn't really cooperating with us, we stayed in the area for 2 extra days. It wasn't a problem because we got to stop by for a short visit with the Heinens (Caleb and Traeger below)

We also got to hang out with John, Nicole and Annabelle on Sunday night. Thanks for braving the bad weather to hang out for a few hours - we loved it!!! Grandpa and Nana Hatfield were very pleased to have us stay for 2 days while we waited for the snow to finally stop! It was great to hang out with them (even though Grandpa whooped up on Nana and I in Settler's)!

Daddy was ready for us to be home after our extended trip to visit our dear friends and family!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to see and hang out with us - we loved every minute of it!!