Ravioli and First Hair Cut

We've been trying to get Lewis to eat more "big people" food so I went and bought Gerber toddler food.  He really liked picking up the ravioli the first two times he ate them but now he'll only eat them if I put them in his mouth.  He did the same thing with green beans.  We were trying to to get him weaned off baby food by a year old but I don't think that's going to happen.  Here he is eating ravioli before he decided he'd rather someone else put them in his mouth.  Also one of him drinking from his sippy cup.  He's too cute when he drinks from it.

Today Lewis got his first hair cut.  His hair was getting really long around his ears and around his neck.  It's still really thin but Dan and I wanted him to look sharp for his first birthday party!!

Here is a before shot, he doesn't look too happy but he was in a good mood.  

Here is an action shot:

Here is the after.  Both had a hair cut.

Baptism, Christmas, and more!

It's been a while since I've posted so a lot has happened. Lewis is pretty much his same, super busy, always on the move self but now he has six teeth!  He likes to eat anything you put in front of him, except pickles, we haven't ventured back there yet.  He still walks around all over the place and doesn't want to sit still unless it's to read a book.  He loves books but he can only have the board books now because if it has paper pages he'll tear them out with his teeth.  He likes music and will push buttons on his toys to make them play a song and then he'll dance.  He still likes to climb the stairs and he's only fallen down the whole flight once so I consider that a win.  It really didn't bother him that much, surprisingly enough.  

 On December 18th Lewis was Baptized at the same church we got married in and the same church I was Baptized in.  A whole lot of family came to support him.  It was nice having everyone there on such a big day.  Here we are as a family but it seems like each of us is looking at a different camera!

Here are the Godparents with the happy, little boy.

After the Baptism we went to Columbia to celebrate our first of many Christmases.  Since Dan and I aren't good at taking pictures we don't have a lot to share.  Here's Lewis playing with paper and a napkin after opening some presents.

He likes to chew on the wise man that came with his soft nativity set.

On December 23 we had the Vossler side of the family over to our house to celebrate Christmas.  We had a decorated house, delicious tenderloin (thanks Dan and Jason), and so many presents you could hardly walk around the living room.  We didn't start opening presents until late in the evening so Lewis was getting pretty wiped out.  Here is our only picture from that night.  Dan was helping Lewis open his presents.  Dan didn't get to open any of his own because his mom accidentally addressed all his gifts to his brother, Adam.  Lewis got a musical table with lots of buttons for him to push.  He likes to push them all at once so you only get to hear one note from each song.

On Christmas Eve we went to Lewis' Great Grandmomma and Great Grandman's house.  Christmas Day started off by opening presents at our house.  Lewis got a bike!!  He loves to be pushed around the house on it.  I'll have to get a picture of it, he just grins from ear to ear.  After presents we went to my aunt and uncles house for a yummy breakfast.  You can never have too much tea punch and sticky buns in my opinion!  We opened a few more presents.  I got an infinity scarf knitted by my Aunt Barb and we got an awesome cheese board and cheese knife made by my Grandaddy.  After breakfast we went to Oomie and Grandman's house for even more food and presents.  Granny and Papaw came from Columbia to see Lewis on his first Christmas.  My mom, dad, and sister got to open the gifts I'd been working on since August: wooden salt and pepper shakers.  Lewis and I had been going over to Great Grandman's house a couple days a month and making them.  Dan and I got a BOB jogging stroller which was a complete surprise.  It's a pretty awesome stroller that is made for jogging.  It's a much smoother ride than our other stroller and it handles much better, too.  Lewis like riding in it, too!!  After all the present opening we went home and played with all our new stuff.  After dinner Grandma and Grandpa Vossler came over to see Lewis and watch him play with his new toys.  He got so much he won't even need birthday presents!!  Since Dan and I are such good parents we have no pictures of him on Christmas Day.  Maybe we'll find some from other people.

It took a couple of days for Lewis to get back in his normal routine from all the Christmas hubbub. . . and then New Year's Eve happened.  Here's Lewis at Grandma and Grandpa's house wearing his Ugly Doll hat.  Lewis made it to 9:30 that night (I only made it to 11:00) which is the latest he's stayed up.

We've finally gotten back on our normal schedule since I'm back at school.  He's such a big boy now and doesn't seem like a baby any more.  He'll be a year old in three weeks and I can't believe it!  Dan and I say all the time that he's the most awesome baby and he's making it tough for any future children to live up to him.