January 21, 2010 – Happy New Year!

The past couple of months have been very busy for us and it seems like time is speeding up instead of slowing down.  My baby brother Travis turned 21 years old!  We also celebrated Christmas twice at our house then flew to Arkansas to celebrate it a  third time.  This year we had a WHITE Christmas which was really neat.  Branson loved the snow!  We met a new niece, nephew, and uncle (brother-in-law) while visiting.  Unfortunately, we also caught the stomach flu but luckily it didn’t last very long.  We had a great visit with both sets of great grandparents and were able to see Jake & Beth’s new apartment as well as Molly & Eric’s new house.

We also had a really fun New Years party at our house.  Thank you to everyone who joined us.  The kids had a great time dancing and playing with their glow sticks.  The adults enjoyed taking a lot of pictures while sporting the 2010 glasses and hats!  It was great to ring in the new year with good friends!

Branson is almost 3-1/2 years old and I think he is almost completely potty trained.  It has been very frustrating at times.  He is still fascinated with numbers and always surprises us when he can read high numbers.  When we got to the airport he told us that we were at “four hundred and ten”.  We looked up and sure enough, that was our gate number.  He is really enjoying his big boy gym class without mommy …

Damon just had his nine month check-up today.  He is a whopping 23 pounds and is wearing size 18 month clothes already.  He is crawling EVERYWHERE.  His new favorite things are eating finger foods and standing while holding onto something.  He is such a happy baby and talks to everyone when we go places.  He has six teeth now and is getting more hair.  He is growing up way too fast!