GRANDMA-RAMA!

Fall 2012 has brought so many things, including great times with your 2 GRANDMAS.  Let's start with a rare pic with both of them!!

And what is that you are holding... yes, its a picture of the ultrasound of the new baby, due in January 2013!!!  You are very excited to become a big brother.  And the grandma's are, uh, a tad excited too!

Now here you are with Grandma Patricia on her birthday.  Of course you are totally focused on celebrating her, and not the cake, right?

Next up is a very familiar pose for you both:  doing dishes, a love you two share in common!

Speaking of Grandma Love, you seem to love the kisses you get from Grandma Peggy, except for the little ritual, shown in this video, which you always do right after she kisses you!

Here you are squirming away after a barrage of kisses from Grandma Peggy:

And all this Grandma Focus, let's not forget Grandpas.  Grandpa Eugene, whose grave we visited in St. Louis, is as you "by the train tracks, under the grass, waiting for the Resurrection." Amen- good theology Benedict!  And here you are in a Norman Rockwell Moment with Grandpa Gehred:

Thanksgiving 2012

For the first time in a while we went to St. Louis for Thanksgiving.  You had a great time.  Thanksgiving itself was at Uncle Tim and Aunt Susan's, and you did all kinds of other activities:  a train museum, a Carousel Ride on what some in St. Louis say is a Carousel from the 1904 World's Fair even though it isn't, some Fair Trade Shopping, a GameWatch to see undefeated Notre Dame beat USC in football... and also plenty of time to hang out with some of your favorites.  Here are some Thanksgiving pictures!

Halloween 2012

Okay, so maybe one day you will call your parents lame for having you wear the same Halloween costume 2 years in a row, but it worked!  Actually, the costume was just an excuse to go to a special party at Mama's work:  Holy Cross House, with the retired priests and brothers.  With one of your favorite residents there, Br. James Lakofka, you were not as interested in the candy as you were his TRAINS!

Though you liked the trains, you did also get quite a bit of candy.  Now, your Mama is not the biggest fan of high sugar foods (except for the many which she likes to eat), so in this video we see you trying to enjoy one little piece of candy--your FIRST piece of Halloween candy EVER!