O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

Today was the day to go and pick out
our 2008 Baldry Christmas tree....

it was 45degrees and sunny,
what could be more perfect?

Hannah-bear even got to come along on this trip...

and Brandon, Avery, Papa Ike too!


I was on a mission....
we took a family vote and found the one....

We all got to take turns cutting it down, just like big boys...

and, TA-DA....I present to you our Baldry family Christmas tree....

"do you hear what I hear"??? start the band, let's get dancin' to Christmas music!

My Thanksgiving week

The week of Thanksgiving I woke up, looked out my window, and happily declared - "it's winter!"

Followed promptly by instructing mommy to go to the store and buy me some snow boots so I could shovel... so her and Mimi went to Target and found me this super cool big boy boots.


The next thing on mommy's list was to make her first, 100% homemade, from scratch (including the crusts) pie.... she was so proud that it didn't flop that she even took a picture!
She was very hesitant to let me help during the process, saying that she didn't even know how to do it, but she was brave and let me do a little kneading of the dough, stirring of the caramel, etc.... to have a scrumptious end-result - yummy yummy in my tummy caramel apple pie.



The morning of Thanksgiving we did one of my favorite things... we watched the Macy's day parade. I even got to see Elmo and friends, which was a special treat!


Then, as if that wasn't special enough, my Uncle Bruce, and cousins (Avery and Brandon) came to my house for our Thanksgiving feast. They got to ride in an airplane! Hannah-bear sure loves my Uncle Bruce (and Avery too)!


I think cousin Brandon (a.k.a. "Bubba") is my favorite though.... cause he plays and plays with me, makes me giggle (a LOT) and lets me follow him around everywhere (because I want to be just like him)..

All in all, I have a LOT to be thankful for....

especially my family

soon to be five (june 13th....I get to be a big big brother....)

Hannah-bear's birthday bash

Hannah is now ONE! She officially turned one last week, but it has been a week of celebration! She went for her one year doctor visit and here are her stats:

19lbs, 11 oz; 30-in long

She's a bit petite compared to me at her age - 75% for height and only 25% for weight. But don't let that fool you, she can pack down the food at meal time like nobody's business! At times she even puts me to shame, which is impressive!

So, this blog entry is dedicted to my little (or, not as little) Hannah-bear

Her actual birthday was nice and quiet, started out with a birthday song at the breakfast table


and then some playtime with toys of Hannah's choice (she loves my bat/ball)



Then Mimi and Papa arrived... and we had a birthday party for her!


She is definitely a Papa's girl (and daddy's girl)

Finally, toys of her own (that are girly, vs. playing with my firetruck, etc)

Of course, I had to get in on some of the balloon action!

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!

Indoor fun

Last week was kind of a low-key week. Mommy was horizontal for about 5-6 days with an icky "bug", and the rest of us were all recovering for a little sniffles, cough and eye goop too! We still had lots of fun romping around though.

Usually I'm the one being the "cowboy", but it's fun to take turns and be the horsie too.... Hannah really likes to be a part of the mix...

She also really likes her snuggles too...and mommy doesn't seem to mind!

Now that Hannah is walking (did I mention that earlier???? for over a month now! It's amazing how hard it is to keep everyone up to date when mommy is camera-less and unable to keep up with this blogging thing), she keeps in stride with just about everything...
even snack time!

and story time!

Who knows... maybe one day Hannah will be reading to me?

My first birthday invite

I got my first invitation to a birthday party last month. I had no idea what goes at these type of social-events, but I watched (timidly at times) and learned as I went.... Mommy thinks I need to be less shy, but I have to remind her I'm only 2 1/2 and sometimes crowds can be down right intimidating!

But, with a little encouragement, I followed along...

Waited in line...

Even wiggled my way next to the birthday girl :-)

And tried doing what all the girls did... except, I got really frustrated when I couldn't figure out how to get my toes to get up on that bar. Something mommy kept referring to as "flexible"?

Thanks Ali and Kay!

Bubbles and Baths

There was a time, about a month's worth of time, when Hannah-bear feared bath-time. She would hear the water running and see me in the bath-tub and she would RUN! But, as you can see.... she is warming up to the idea of cleanliness and now actually throws the flailing tantrum as she exits the tub.... (wonder who she learned that from?)

Halloween hesitation

Sorry for the delay in getting these Halloween pictures to you. Mommy has "misplaced" her camera (a.k.a. lost it!) and so we waited to get a collection of pics from our friends/family.

We had a great Halloween bash at our house this year.

It was 70+ degrees outside, which was perfect for some backyard fun with my friends..

Pete and Tiffany one the costume prize.... 100% HOMEMADE, can you believe it???

But they weren't alone in embracing the festivities! Way to go everybody on the costumes!!!

Papa didn't really dress up, but he makes for a great monkey-pile!!!!