I saw Santa Claus!

These are some really cute pictures of Ian with Santa Claus. I love how Ian is just checkin' him out in some of them. Just the look on his face is priceless.

And more pictures on Christmas Day!

1 year Dr. Checkup

Today Ian went for his one year Dr. appt. Here are his stats:

Height: 31 inches (85th percentile)

Weight: 20 lbs. 14 oz. (25th percentile)

Head: 46 cm (40th percentile)

This little man eats everything. He has gotten more and more picky, but sometimes he eats more than I do at breakfast and dinner. He eats most at breakfast. He acts like he has been on a starvation diet through the night while he is sleeping. Every morning he will usually eat half a cup of yogurt, a bowl of oatmeal, and a piece of toast, and don't forget the water. He doesn't really like milk, so we just mix his oatmeal with milk so he gets it but doesn't know. He drinks a lot of water though. He is a very good eater when he wants to. We have found that he will eat more if you put it on his tray so that he can feed it to himself, otherwise he may get mad and not eat. He has a little temper on him though. He is starting to show it when he doesn't get what he wants. Here is some pictures that we took on his birthday.

Ian is 1 year old!

This year has flown by so fast! We can't believe that Ian is 1 already. At this time, we would like to acknowledge Ian's birthparents, Amy and Justin and tell them that Ian has been such a huge blessing in our lives that it is just too hard to put into words. We are so grateful for your selfless decision. We hope that you know that Ian is loved so much and is being well taken care of. We all adore him! May God bless the both of you and please know that we think of you often.

We had a big party for Ian. There was almost 100 people there. It was a lot of fun to see all those friends and family. Ian loved his "Smash" cake, and ate plenty!

Here is his birthday cake!

Way too much!

Between Ian's birthday and Christmas and Ian being the latest addition to the family tree,.....there was just soooo many presents! As you can tell by the look on his face! :>) But we are so grateful to all of our friends and relatives and it was so good to see everyone!

Christmas Card picture!

The first picture is the one that I sent out with our Christmas cards this year! I thought it turned out really cute with Ian showing a bunch of his teeth and his cute little vest and tie! He is getting to be quite the "poser".

Time for the winter garb!

Here are some cute pictures of Whitley and Ian all dressed up to go outside in the cold. I love his hat, it used to be his cousin Brian's hat when he was a baby!

Cooking Baking Day '08

Every year we all get together for cookie baking right before Christmas time. We usually bake them at Uncle Eddie's catering kitchen. It makes it a lot faster since we baked almost 2000 cookies this year. Everyone comes and has a good time. Daddy gave Ian more cookies than he probably should have had. This was also the day that we found out that Ian isn't allergic to nuts.