Our first trip to the park with our Christmas stroller

Liam and I were very excited to test out the new stroller on the bumpy trail at the park.


It worked beautifully and we saw all of the sites: Quinn's house, the duck pond, the woods, the Co-op and the swings!

By the time we got home Daddy had taken down the tree----YEAH!!!

Time to clean up

Liam is pitching in with some of the Christmas clean up


He just loves sucking up those pesky dust balls and pine needles that are EVERYWHERE!

A package from auntie Mo!

Because he doesn't have enough to play with....


a very lucky Liam received a package from aunt Mo in the mail

He got two great new board books and a fishing pole set for the tub!

At first cast, he caught crabs...aww

Thanks, Mo! We loved all of the gifts!!!

Another Christmas!

When we got back to Syracuse there were more presents to open.
Liam got a new sled, but we have no snow so we rode around the living room. And, he got some Crocs from his aunt in San Francisco. They are very cute.


Santa brought him a riding horse.

and he got a music table that he loves! Thanks Grandma Judy!!

Christmas Morning

As is tradition, all of the kids of the house sat at the top of the stairs and came down from youngest to oldest. Here they are waiting for it all to begin.

Liam sits amoungst the presents and the tree and is absolutely clueless!
"What am I supposed to do?:"

He was far to interested in his slinky to consider any other presents.

Finally, Chuck helped him get into a few gifts.

Christmas Stocking = Group effort

Emily, Heather and Aidan came to help Liam open up his Christmas stocking


He liked the idea of presents/toys in bed

What very kid needs: an "Ithaca is Gorges" shirt

So many good things and he hadn't even seen the tree!

Liam's cousin Aidan

Liam was so excited that he got to spend Christmas with his cousins but he was especially happy to see Aidan

He played lots of games

and even took baths with him. My goodness, those cups get around!

What a dog will do...

for pretzels!


Aidan stacks more cps onto Grady's head

No problem! Grady has his eye on a treat.

New ride

Santa brought all of us a new stroller for Christmas. This one is tough enough for the pond trail and the snow!

15 year reunion

Last weekend I headed home for my 15 year high school reunion. I had so much fun that I forgot to take pictures, but I did run into these crazy characters and I don't remember them from high school!

Playdate at Abe's new house!

We finally got to attend a meetup again. Lima's friend Abe lives near his daycare so we were able to join our friends again.

Liam loved playing with Abe's kitchen


While the boys were busy in the kitchen, Ava ordered a souffle.

Chloe stuck to riding this cool zebra

and Maddie prepared for her career in medicine.

Christmas Gift

Daniel gave Liam a steamer basket for Christmas. Thanks, Daniel he loves this one too!

Snow Days in Syracuse

We had some beautiful snow last week and Liam got a chance to check it out in his snow clothes.

Luckily, he was able to walk down a snowblown path

And, he made his first snow angel of the season. We were outside until dark because he refused to go inside.