New Years and Dylan Skiing!

We all had a pretty good New Years.  Nothing like pre-baby but still good and much more relaxing.  We had some friends over for good food and drinks.  Dylan decided to wake up around 11:30pm and have a little fun with us.  He was so tired but wouldn't fall back asleep.  He looked as if he were sleep walking. 

Shane and I took Dylan skiing for his first time in our front yard.  He looked so cute with all of his gear on!  He had fun while I pushed him around on his skis.  He tried to walk in his skis and thought that was very funny.  Later this winter we are going to take him to Snowbird or Alta.  He thought the snow is pretty fun too! Especially when he tries to through it at Cash.  Although he did do a face plant in the snow when he was playing in the snow so that concluded our snow day.

Dylan on New Year's Eve

putting on a show.

Here is when he woke up at 11:30 pm, partying it up!

Silly boy!  Rosie from my work made this adorable hat.

First day of skiing, 14 months old.

He loves it!

Playing in the snow after skiing.

Pushing him along, he thought this was so much fun!

Christmas Fun!

We have had a great Christmas.  The week after Thanksgiving we went to the local lot and got our tree.   We had a fun time picking out our Charlie Brown tree!  I think Dylan liked looking at the Reindeer.  I drove past this place a couple weeks before and the reindeer had antlers but by the time we went, their antlers had fallen off.  Oh well, the pictures are still cute.  I was amazed by how small and aggressive they are.  I figured that they were the size of a elk.

We had a interesting visit to Cabelas.  Dylan and I went to Cabelas to do some shopping for Shane and I decided it would be fun to have Dylan's picture taken with Santa.  I got there a few minutes after Santa was there and the line was so long.  I thought it would go quickly but after 30 minutes we were almost there.  Yep, I waiting with a busy little 14 month old, bad idea.  By the time we got to Santa Dylan was so over it all he did was cry.  One of the Santa pictures he is crying and the other he has a binkie in his mouth...oh well...I tried...

Our Christmas day went very smoothly and uneventful.  In the morning I made coffee and we had sticky buns that I had made the night before.  Oh so good!  Dyan's Christmas present to us was letting us sleep in until 8:15a.m.  We enjoyed the morning and afternoon lounging around.  It was so fun to watch Dylan open up his presents.  He loved picking up the boxes and moving them around.  Every few presents he would actually get intrigued, but mostly he liked the paper and the boxes.  We cooked dinner for our friends and then I went to work for the night. 

Below are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Dylan and the reindeer at the tree lot where we got our tree.

Waiting for Santa at Cabelas.

About 20 minutes later...still waiting...Dylan having some juice.

Christmas morning...yay...boxes!

So happy!

Dylan finally able to open his own presents...and ours!

checking out one of his new toys.

Jess and Dylan opening presents...Dylan just loved to crawl into all of the boxes.

I love this hat!  Thanks Aunt Karen

Dylan got his first pair of skis this Christmas!!!

Can't you just see the little skier in him?!?!

Dylan loves going to Home Depot and riding in these carts.

Such a happy little boy...we love him so much!!

He is on the MOVE!!!

He is on the move, everywhere!  Dylan is now walking and he loves it.  We have are adjusting to more and more babyproofing.  Dylan loves try to get into any cabinet or door that he can.  He still falls down but not nearly as much.  Speaking of the baby himself...another thing is new too, not sleeping through the night.  He has been such a good kid when it comes to sleeping and lately he likes to wake up and just cries.  We have tried the cry it out method...sometimes it works and other times not so much.  Well here are some pictures, I have got to go see if I can get this little monkey to sleep, again...Oh yeah, Dylan got his first hair cut today.  Smiling, crying, snuggling...that is about the order it was.

Grandma and Dylan

Ready for the cold! 

I'm walking and I'm everywhere!

My first haircut..started out with daddy...

and ended with momm.

Dylan is 1 year old!!!

I should have taken a picture before I showed Dylan. :)

I can barely believe that my little baby is 1 year old!  Wow, that went fast!  Dylan had is 12 month well child visit last week and his new stats are:  19 lb 10 oz and 30.5 inches long.  He is cruising around the furniture a lot and has even started to take a few steps on his own.  He is really starting to show is own personality.  Shane says he acts just like me, although I would deny some of it.
 We have been extremely busy between work and working on the house.  We are redoing our sidewalk and Shane is trying to finish up the garage.  A friend of ours and I demolished the downstairs room.  We tore off the siding ripped down the ceiling.  I actually enjoyed that part.  It was the clean up that  I was not a fan of.  We hope to start working on the downstairs when the cold weather comes in. 
We had a great little Birthday party for Dylan.  I made dinner and a cake.  I didn't want him to have to much processed foods and sugars so I made a pumpkin apple harvest cake for his birthday cake.  I liked it, Shane was not a fan, and Dylan was partial.  It actually turned out to be more of a pumpkin apple pie than a cake.  It was fun to watch him get the frosting and cake all over.  We tried to open presents but by the time he opened (with help) two of them he was crying and ready for bed.  We decided to let him open the rest the next day.  He loved the paper and the boxes.  He kept trying to put the paper in his mouth and wanted to roll the boxes around.  So cute!
Below are some pictures.

First bite of Birthday cake.

Opening presents

Playing in the dirt with Daddy

In the TP...again...

Bathtime with Daddy

He loves playing with his elk.

11 Months Old!

Oh my! I can not believe that our little boy is already 11 months old.  Time has gone by so fast.

Yesterday we went for a 5 mile hike up Millcreek Canyon.  We went with a couple friends and also took Cash along.  Dylan really seemed to enjoy it.  It was his first time in his new backpack.  He stayed awake for the majority of the hike but did fall asleep for a good nap. 

The fall colors are perfect!

Cash on the trail

Dylan relaxing as Mommy does all the work.

Taking a water break.

Dylan enjoying the ride.

Dylan having a picnic lunch.

Shane and Chad starting a fire from a firestarter stick.

We're almost there...

2.5 miles straight uphill, yup, breaktime again.

Our friends, Chad and Amanda.