Howdy Partner!!

A few weeks ago we went to the National Western Stock Show. Its a huge event here in Denver that happens every year. A couple of years ago we went to a rodeo with Jonathan, Beck and Sam when they were out here visiting. Sam had a great time so we thought it would be fun to take Anderson too. Of course, we had to find a free parking spot so we ended up parking at least 30 minutes away from the main entrance. On our walk in, we got to cut through the area where all of the farmers and ranchers keep their animals and gather after their events. It was quite the sight...here was Brad, Anderson, and I walking through the cow pies and cowboy hats with our BOB stroller, Starbucks in hand, and me in heels! We were a little out of place to say the least!!

Anderson makes a cute cowboy!

He loved the petting farm and looking at all of the big animals.

He was really more excited about the possibility of rolling around in the hay but mommy wouldn't let him. Yuck!

I love baths and I do tricks...

Anderson LOVES bath time! I think he could hang out in the tub for hours if I let him. Heres a cute video of him doing some "tricks" while taking a bath. He's been playing pat-a-cake for a couple of weeks now...its too cute. Everytime I sing pat-a-cake he starts clapping. He's got two toys in his hand here so I'll have to get a better video of him actually clapping. He's also been showing us how big his is by putting both arms up in the air...although he's been doing that for a while now and it's loosing steam. That's too easy now...I guess...

Anderson has also started saying a few words...his first words are "baba" (bottle) and a high pitched scream (meow)! We've also heard him say mama and dada but not consistently...doesn't he know who makes thoses "baba's"?? Where's the love? I'll try to get some video of him talking up soon.

Christmas fun...

We had a very merry Christmas this year. Suanne and Brett came out to Denver...we had a great time with them. We went out to eat a few times, hit the slopes (while Grandma Suanne stayed home and watched Anderson), had a wonderful dinner, went to Denver Zoo Lights, and opened lots of presents!! It was a blast.

Zoo Lights!!

More Zoo Lights!!

We had some friends over for our big Christmas Eve dinner. It was really yummy...we had ham, turkey and all the fixings! We cooked the turkey in the crock pot...it worked great and was very tender and juicy!

Anderson and Robin on Christmas Eve

From left to right: Uncle Brett, Baby Scarlett, Joy, JP, Brian, Grandma Suanne, Anderson, and Robin. Brad was taking the picture.

We opened presents on Christmas morning. It was pretty much the Anderson show!! He loved it! It was really fun to watch him open the presents and play with the new toys, books, puzzles, and such. Thank you to all for making this holiday season so special!

This is Anderson's cheesy smile. Now...when he sees us getting out the camera he smiles like this. Not sure how he learned this but it's pretty cute!

There's that smile again!

Anderson in all his Christmas glory!!

My First Steps!!

Anderson has started walking!! He's taken up to 12 steps at one time but I can't seem to get it onto video. Below is the best I could do for now...look for more walking videos soon!

Last Ladies Holiday Dinner...

I celebrated the holidays with some of my favorite ladies last weekend! All of the ladies from the the residency class get together each year for dinner and laughs...it's so sad that we'll all be at different corners of the country next year. I'll always treasure the time we had in Denver with all of our friends!

From left: Sara, me, Marcy, Lindsay, Claire, Joy, Jess, Alyson, Susan, and Gaby

From left: Me, Marcy, Lindsay, and Claire


Sara and me



Joy, Jess and Alyson


Brad and I will be in Seattle, Jess and Gabe will be in Boston, Nate and Lindsay will be in Las Vegas, Matt and Marcy will be in New Zealand, Zach and Emily will be in St. Louis, Claire and Jeremy will be in New York, Gaby will be in Denver, Joy and Andy will be ???, Alyson and Ben will be ???, and Susan will be ??? (hopefully in Denver!). Crazy!! I can't believe our time with all of you is coming to an end...so quickly...that went by way too fast (however, I know we are all happy the residency work hours are close to over).

All bundled up!!

We had some really cold weather and some snow a couple of weeks ago in Denver. Anderson got all bundled up to go for a walk with mom and dad...he swims in this jacket because it's so puffy! At least it keeps him warm!!

Into everything...

Anderson has been on the move and into everything!! It's fun to watch him explore just about anything he can get his little hands on. Everything goes in the mouth, gets pulled on, push on, climbed on...you get the idea. He's all boy!! Along with all of this exploring has come a few bumps, cuts, and bruises.

"What's for dinner mom??"

"Check out my two bottom teeth!! Now I have two top teeth also!"

Brad got this video last week...what a monkey!!