Delhi

We spent the long weekend last week in Delhi. We had lots of great snow, but it was cold and CJ is not quite old enough to enjoy it!

He preferred being inside by the fire where it was warm and toasty. He loved this red chair because its so low to the ground that he could climb on and off of it easily by himself.

Here's John Walsh and CJ bonding over some Puffs.

Nope, this is not CJ, but looks like it could be! It's actually Dad on his 1st birthday 30 years ago.

Okay, time to brave the cold weather.

Umm, what is this thing???

CJ loves the sled around our yard at home but is not sure what to make of it up here.

And back in the warm house, CJ apparently trying to eat ping pong balls. Hopefully those aren't the beer soaked ones.

And later that night:

The next day was a little sunnier, and we stayed close to the house, which CJ seemed to like a little better.

New Years Eve Day Sledding

More sledding pictures from New Year's Day. Here's CJ ready to go with his new snow pants on!


Daddy warming up, pulling CJ in the front yard.


At the top of the 6th hole tee - a great baby hill.










Baby tracks...

CJ Sledding

CJ's First Christmas

It's Christmas morning!! CJ is ready to help make breakfast...


CJ's first Christmas...and CJ's first time having eggs! And he loved them.


What should we open first?


It's a huge lion from Grandpa Peter!


And what about that big box?


Cool, a zebra...



1-2-3, can you rock and count with me?



What baby doesn't have an Elmo phone?


Future rock star in the making...



These are the coolest little cars.




Ready for the snow storm that will hit us tomorrow!


After all the presents had been opened, dad put the zebra together. CJ was a natural!






By day 2, CJ had figured out how to operate this toy all by himself.






On the way back to Grandma's for lunch on Christmas day.


Where, of course, there were more presents.



After getting sick all over his adorable rudolph shirt, we had to change CJ into dad's very first Christmas outfit. Thank goodness they both have the same name.




Many more pictures from Christmas day are on the Shutterfly site.

Christmas Eve

Here's CJ waiting for dad to get ready to leave for Grandma's house for Christmas Eve dinner. He can't wait to open this big present tomorrow!


CJ is fascinated by the ball ornaments.



At Grandma's house, CJ got ahold of this Christmas present early!


He loves to climb...


And the ornaments again...


Don't let the pajamas fool you. CJ is going to be a party animal. He was up at Grandma's the whole night before crashing when we got home at 11:30. More pictures from the evening on Shutterfly.

CJ Meets Santa

Merry Christmas! CJ met Santa today.

He got a nice scrape on his forehead when he decided to slam his head against his crib at daycare yesterday just in time for this photo! Mom tried to cover it up with make-up but it didn't quite work...


Browsing Pottery Barn Kids while waiting for Santa to arrive at the MarketFair mall.


And a couple other miscellaneous holiday photos:

First Steps

Finally captured on video - CJ taking some of his first steps on his own!