The latest ice storm hits our little tree (and every other tree in the neighborhood.) This is from a couple of weeks ago, but I'm a little behind on posting pictures

Hopefully this is as close to a "winter wonderland" as we will get this year!

Here are just a couple of pictures from our recent trip to KY. We had some time to kill on the way to dinner and then the airport, so we decided to put Gabe's hand on a plate. He wasn't sure what to make of the blue stuff getting painted on his hand!

He did pretty well! He tried to curl up his fingers, but luckily it didn't do much damage to the overall look.

Here is Nathan and our nephew Jake. I thought this was a pretty good picture of both of them.

Cousins Katie, Jake, and Gabe. Not a great picture, but I didn't want to leave Katie out. =

A few pictures from our recent trip to the zoo. Gabe liked the penguins and they were cooperating quite nicely by coming up close to the glass.

Gabe seemed slightly afraid of all of these animal statues, so he would not sit on it by himself. So here we are together!

Trip to the zoo

New year, first trip to the zoo! Well, this was his first trip to the Dallas Zoo anyway. He had been to the Cincinnati Zoo and the Fort Worth Zoo. We were the first ones of the year to buy anything from the gift shop! (his hat). He didn't have a hat that was big enough and we were trying to keep his ears covered up. It's nice that he is big enough now to really enjoy the animals. It was a little cool (45/50 degrees) while we were there, but not too bad. The bigger he gets, the more he'll enjoy it!

Dec. 26th and 27th

Present from Uncle Matt (above)

Present from Aunt Abby (above)

Present from Ryan and Michael Graham (the boys that I nanny for)

Gabe always wants to go outside! Look at that face!

OK, Gabe...we'll go outside

My baby is 10 months old today! Look at those long legs! Where did those come from?

Christmas Day

Opening stockings

My boys are all tuckered out

A few more Christmas pictures

What a fun ride!

At the lake house for our small group Christmas party with Meghan and Gracie.

Visiting with the horses next door.

It was a beautiful day and a beautiful view! Too bad it wasn't quite warm enough to go swimming.

Christmas with the Plummer's

My stocking for Nana and Popaw's house

Gabe's favorite Christmas present

A video from Uncle Rob

Christmas in Mesquite

OK, so Gabe pretty much looks scared in all of these, but I thought I'd put them on anyway. This was the big Christmas in the Park that that city puts on every year. We didn't even know there were so many people in Mesquite! We got free hot chocolate and enjoyed walking around. We didn't wait in line to see Santa.