Manner's Family Blog

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

1st Birthday

Today was your first birthday party. I can't believe you turned 1 years old. Just seemed like yesterday that we were trying to find Daddy's keys, so we could check into the hospital. You've been a blessing in our lives. You provide us with hours of laughter, tears and many sleepless nights, but all the warmth you bring to our lives far surpasses everything else. What did we do without you? Can't wait to share many more birthdays with you.We love you birthday boy!!!!

Christmas 2011

What a wonderful Christmas we had. We took off late morning on Christmas Eve. Had dinner at Julie and Mom's house. Stayed there until around 7pm, then spent the night at Steve and Cheda's. We woke up and Max opened up his rocking horse. After that we went to church. Came back home and Max slept for 3 hours. After he woke up we visited with friends, opened more gifts and ate a wonderful lunch. After lunch, we took off back over the mountain and spent the evening together as a family. It was very busy, but alot of fun too. Unfortunately Max is a bit too young to appreciate the whole event, but I think he still enjoyed it. He really enjoyed church and loved playing with all of his family members. Here are a few pics of the weekend, already looking forward to Christmas of 2012.

I love spareribs

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Touchdown

I'm getting around so much better now!

First Christmas Tree

We setup the Christmas tree when Max was in bed. This is video of the first day he viewed the tree.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The month of December

Here are some pictures in preparation of our first Christmas with Maximus. We opted for a live 3 foot Christmas tree. Thank goodness we went this route, cause he tipped it over 3 times. He was mesmerized with the Christmas village. Can't wait for the big day!!