Merry Christmas

As we close in on Christmas, it gives us time to reflect on the many blessings God has given us over the past year. Of course, our biggest was the birth of Rebekah. As a father, I can now appreciate the love one has for their child. I can't imagine how difficult it was for God to bring Jesus into this world knowing his fate. It's important that we all remember why we have Christmas and to celebrate it together with those that are important to us. We love and cherish each and every one of our family and friends. We want you all to know that. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Some more pictures.

I know, I know. Can you believe I added pictures twice in one weekend? We had to skip church this morning due to some technical difficulties with a car seat. While daddy went to get a new one, Rebekah decided to pose for a few more pictures. Here they are...



Rebekah is taking her spaceship out for a drive.







She found her keyboard.




She will use this keyboard to take over the world!!!!

She sure is growing...

Rebekah is really starting to grow. She is growing out of her 6 month clothes, she can roll back and forth, sit up and almost drive a car. Ok, she can't drive a car, but that would be cool if she could, right? Anyways, I digress. I know it has not quite been an eternity since the last time I put out an update, but I figured I'd do it a little early. I have some pictures and a treat. I hae a video of the Nut with the Christmas Bear. Enjoy...

This is one of Rebekah's first encounters with a Christmas tree


This is the same night except now she is drooling over the tree. She is so anxious for Christmas.


Here she is practicing on running up Daddy's cell phone bill.


We are reading Robert the Rosehorse by Dr. Seuse. I really don't think she cares about that stupid horse.


Here she is harvesting her toe jam for a peanut butter and jam sandwich. Yummmmm.


Here she is amazed by the Singing Bear.

I hope everyone enjoyed the update on our little Blessing from God. She sure is precious.

Ho Ho Ho!!!

Yesterday we had our family Christmas pictures done at Sears. After that we went down to hang out with Santa Claus. I must admit. I was very proud of my daughter. She was the one child that did not scream and cry in Santa's ear. She was very intrigued. I think she is excited about her first Christmas. She had fun during pictures and then dinner with Grandpa afterwards. Below are pictures with Santa.

New pics of Rebekah

Here are some new pictures of Rebekah. The other night she started to go trick or treating. Unfortunately, Daddy forgot the diapers and pacifier and not much happened. She did get to wear her costume though. She was the cutest Bumble-Bee in town.





This was a big weekend for her so she took a few naps. After taking some naps she decided to play with the puppy. They've become better friends lately.

Finally, we meet!!

Today was an exciting day. Finally, Rebekah got to meet her Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma Todd (G-G'pa and G-G'ma). She was so excited. She laughed, she cried, and she slept. It was so very good that we could get the Todd family together. She is looking forward to seeing G-G'pa and G-G'ma again tomorrow. It was great to share with my daughter what great gandparents I have (get it? great...grandparents...great-grandparents.. nevermind). It stinks that it has taken 4 months, since they made the trip to MD this time, we'll have to make the journey to FL next time. We were so excited to see them. Here are some pictures of our very special day.

The Great Frederick Fair

Yesterday was Rebekah's first time ever at the fair. She got to see all sorts of neat things that captured her interest. She saw milk cows and beef cows and pigs and piglets. She saw sheep, alpacas, goats, donkeys, turkeys, chickens, and all sorts of other baby animals. She had a blast. Some of the animals were a lttle intimidating and some she found funny. All of them smelled pretty bad though. Here are a couple pictures of the nut at the fair.

Season Opener

The other night we all sat down as a family for one of America's greatest past times. We had pizza and football. The Redskins played the Giants. Rebekah has become such an avid football fan over the pre-season and her dad is so proud. She was so excited for the game that she wore a Redskins cheerleading outfit all day. Unfortunately, the game didn't turn out the way she wanted and she ended up getting angry and going to bed about half way through. She was screaming at the television. I couldn't believe the words coming out of her mouth (or even understand them for that matter). Anyways, we captured the a picture of her in her outfit because she was just that good looking.

Our little football fan

We figured we'd start her out young by teaching her that the proper way for a lady to grow up is by being a Redskins fan.





Someone said the Redskins won't make the playoffs...

Daddy's day

Jen had a few things to do yesterday, so Rebekah and I got to spend almost all day together. We did a few things. We hung out and watched some TV. We did some tumy time. We went to the mall and got the new Mario Baseball game for the Wii (obviously for Rebekah and not Daddy). Then we came home and played games and watched movies. We laughed, we cried, and we had a good time. Here are some pictures we took yesterday while getting ready to go out.

Here is Rebekah getting Ready to go out with Daddy!!



Here's a close up of her in her fishing hat.



Here she is looking at Daddy's nice juicy steak.

How's Rebekah?

It's been an eventful couple of weeks. Sorry for the gap in time. She has been hanging out with the kids at daycare and they love her. She has made some good friends. Over the past couple of weeks, we have gotten our shots. Rebekah didn't like them very much. They have affected eating, and sleeping habbits and she didn't feel like going out to the club with the girls on Friday night. We are attempting the rice cereal now and still a little unsure about it though. Here are some pictures of Rebekah lately.




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Latest pics of Peanut, the Nut Nut Nut

The latest...

Rebekah spent time this past Sunday in the nursery at church for the first time. They said she slept the whole time. I guess she didn't hate it. It is amazing how she changes every day. She now finds some things funny, like peek-a-boo, being tickled, and if she has had enough of the bottle, she even finds daddy funny occasionally. She goes next week for her shots. We aren't looking forward to that though. Here is some good pics of the nut.

New Presidential Candidate?

Wow, I knew my kid was talented, but look at this. Is this the Peanut running for President?

Newest pics

Here are a few pics from the past week. Rebekah is still growing like a little weed. I think she is doing great in daycare and the past couple of nights, she has been sleeping very well. I'm thinking that daycare is tiring her out a good bit. She's smiling a lot more now at things and becoming very animated. She enjoys playing with the toys on her new play mat that we got her this past weekend. I finally packed up her newborn clothes this weekend. It was very bittersweet. I love to see her grow but I know she will never be that size ever again.

Work has been going pretty good for me too. The first week was the hardest but I made it through and knowing that she is doing very well at daycare has helped me out a lot. Well, gotta run. Jon and I will continue to update this as much as possible. I know we haven't been doing the best at updating but we try :)