Christmas Card Outtakes

The common theme is Beckett's disgust with sitting next to Henry for a picture, but Henry LOVING being next to Beckett.

 I think this one captures the experience

 Making sure Henry's foot is not touching him

 Beckett happy that Henry is sitting on the floor

 But not willing to sit on the floor next to him

Update

A lot has happened in the past month!

3 out of 4 members of our family have had birthdays
Beckett is now 25 months
Henry is almost 7 months
We had a visit from Grammy and Papa
We celebrated Thanksgiving with our good friends the Bieschkes
It continues to snow (a lot)
We cut down our own Christmas tree and determined that this might be a better activity in a couple years

Beckett and his new horsey from Grammy and Papa

Woodland animals

It was tough to get good pictures of our porcupine.  

 The mummy made strange noises and his eyes lit up.  Let's just say Beckett was very scared.  And so was I.

Henry was a great little skunk.  It kept him nice and warm!

SNOW!

Beckett loved it until he realized how wet and cold it is.  And yes, he does need some mittens.  We were unprepared for the pre-halloween snowstorm....

Pumpkin carving and rice cereal

I would say that both were a success (as much as one can like rice cereal)

Beckett 23 months and Henry 5 months

Beckett getting concerned with how close Henry is sitting

 After I moved Henry closer

After bribing Beckett with a cookie to take one good picture with Henry

Playground with Grammy and Poppa

Bumbo!

Cousins!

Cousins! from Rachel Rooney on Vimeo.

US Pro Cycling Challenge on Lookout Mtn

We got to see the cyclists come up and over Lookout Mountain right by our house. It's a tough spectator sport considering you only see them for a few seconds! We had fun anticipating their arrival...

Levi kept his yellow jersey

Beckett with his flag

and his cow bell

Andy Schlek in the back

The leaders coming around the curve

Beckett ready to go

Henry at 3 months

Henry working hard to hold his head up...

Signs that we don't live in the city anymore

A whole herd of elk called our back and front yard home for the day!

The many expressions of Beckett (all within about 5 minutes)

Hungry

Almost sad

Sad

Contemplative

Curious

Happy