Snow, presents and Christmas time fun.

Craig's second Christmas was a blast. We went to 4 family Christmas parties as well as spent time with all the grandparents. Here is the visual proof.



This was Craig's first venture into the snow. He really liked it, until he fell facefirst into the snow. Then he cried until we took him in. It's a start.



This is Craig ready for Christmas Eve. Different than being ready for the snow.



Craig and his cousin Jesse play with Craig' new dog xylophone with the Mantias.



Craig, Cousin Meg and Grandpa Willmann at the Willmann party.



What did Santa bring? It's a red wagon full of presents! Craig loves his wagon and gets mad if you stop pulling him around the basement.



Grandma and Grandpa Willmann gave Craig the blue Dragon-chair. Craig likes to run up and give it a big hug.



This is a video of Craig playing with his new golf clubs in a....well....trash can. We dubbed it "churning the butter." Daddy and Grandpa Willmann are commenting. Ignote the screaming by Mom and Aunt Maureen in the background. They were playing the Wii.

Trees, Trimmings and Santa

Here are some pics from the last couple weeks. To begin Craig got his first haircut from his Papa Mantia.



It started off ok.....



....and quickly progressed to screaming. His hair turned out good thanks to Mom's corraling abilities.



It started snowing and we saw Santa riding around our neighborhood! So we got dressed and made a visit. We will have more snow pics later.



Here is Craig bundled up and out shopping. I don't know why we decided to take the picture in front of the diaper aisle, but Craig looks to have some ideas as to what to do with them.



Craig was too small to help put up the tree last year, but he made up for it this year. Actually, he was much better at taking off the ornaments (and apparently taking off his pants!)



This is a video of Craig "helping" with the tree. The footage is dark, but you get the general idea what he was up to.

Better Late Than Never

So, we have months to catch up with family happenings, but we only got our camera in late Nov. So here are some shots from a Thanksgiving/B-day party and Craig around the house as a 1 year-old.



Craig opening presents. What did you get?



Awwww.....he likes his giant Elmo, although I think his cousin Emma snuck a kiss in.



It's my son in a box!



Busted!



Craig gives new meaning to the term tail-gating as he waits for Mizzou to play Oklahoma.

Well, Craig is really active so we hope to post at least twice a month. He is working on walking, so maybe I get get some footage of that. As far as stories go....as I was downloading the pictures Craig stuck his thumb up my nose and gave me a bad nose bleed. Love you boy! As always feel free to comment or create your own picture captions.