Bear Creek & Philadelphia

After the train show, we drove to Bear Creek Mountain Ski Resort to check it out. We just ate dinner and watched the night skiiers. Made us wish we were on the mountains too! So, we'll be planning a ski trip soon! We did take Colby out and used a lunch tray to let him slide down the mountain. He liked it until he fell over and got snow on him. Then, he was done.



The next day, we drove to Philadelphia (about an hour) and toured the sights. It was pretty cold, but we got to see a lot of great things...the LOVE sign, Liberty Hall, The Liberty Bell, ate a Philly cheesesteak, The Philadelphia Museum of Art where Rocky climbed the stairs).

Trains Trains Trains

Colby now has a wooden train table at our house and Jason bought an electric train to go around the tree. So, this past weekend we took a trip to PA to see a train show (whoo hoo!) There were tons of trains set up, thousands of people, and a Thomas the Train ride (that was the best part in my opinion). Colby did really well in the car up there and back, especially considering it took us almost an hour to go 5 miles when we got to the exit for the show. Who knew so many people were obsessed with trains! :)

Family Photo

We met my brother & sister & their families for a group photo op in Sterling over the holidays. The kids did pretty well and we got some cute shots.

Christmas Tour 2008

I've been slacking on my blog entries, so I'll have to catch up.

We had a wonderful Christmas morning at home in Annapolis, and then we hit the road to visit our family. This was Colby's second Christmas, but it really felt like his first since he was so small last year. Colby had a great time playing with his cousins and seeing everyone. We went to Nana's, then to Harrisonburg to see my grandparents, then to Pa's, and then to Grandad & Grandma Brigitte's house. It was a whirlwind, but we enjoyed visiting with everyone.

Tiger Winters

For Grandad:

Party

We had a great time at Colby's birthday party this weekend. Colby loved seeing everyone and is enjoying all his great gifts. Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate.


 
 
 

Birthday Boy!

Today is Colby's 1st Birthday! We can't believe how fast this year has gone by. He's grown and changed so much since we brought him home.


We took this video this morning as we went into Colby's room to get him.
Please ignore the terrible singing!


Here he was 1 year ago:


Our little baby boy

1 year later:

Wagon Ride

My brother, Adam, Niki & Jacob came up for a surprise visit with Pa. We took them for a wagon ride to the playground across the street. The cousins had a lot of fun playing together!

Attention

Colby has learned how to get his daddy's attention when he's working on his computer in the family room. He climbs up on the lever of the recliner and bangs on Jason's keyboard or his arm.

Grrrrr!!

Colby's 1st Halloween was lots of fun. He dressed up as a cute lion since he loves to growl at us all the time. We took him trick or treating down our street and met up with some neighbors. He didn't know what to think, but he liked looking at all the lit pumpkins.

Lil Pumpkin

We took Colby to the Green Meadows Petting Farm this weekend. He loved seeing all the animals, especially the goats. His daddy was not too thrilled with letting him touch them though. We also got a photo op with all the pumpkins.