Tastings and Talents

Tasting #1: Root Beer

Last weekend, Todd and I decided to get crazy and have a rootbeer tasting contest of some local rootbeers in the area (or the midwest, really). So, the winner was...Sioux City Rootbeer. Even the "top rated NY Times" one (the one on the far right), to me was nasty. We still really like the rootbeer at Brick Oven, good 'ole A&W and Henry Weinhardt's. It's a toss up with those...

Talent #1: Jumping

Derek is our little jumping bean! He loves to jump and he jumps in this thing for a good 15-20 minutes until he needs a little break...over stimulation, perhaps?

Tasting #2: Oatmeal

He tried some oatmeal this week. He looked at me like, "Whatever this is, it is nasty!" It's an acquired taste, I tell him...

Talent #2: Toe-touch

"Oh, there you are little feet, you've been hiding."
He does this a lot these days...grabs his feet whenever he gets the chance.
Sometimes, I even catch him sucking on his big toe...pretty flexible.

Thanksgiving and then some...

Thanksgiving just crept up on this year. We were happy to skip town and head out to stay with Todd's family and were also able to see some of my family too. We are lucky to have them both living in the same area :) We had a great time with family and are now getting back to the realities of life back home. Todd has been very busy at work, logging in some long days. Nothing new for me has been going on. I partly decorated for Christmas. I have yet to get our fake tree out. I'm wondering if it's even worth it now. But, I love Christmas and the Christmas tree (although I prefer a real one, maybe we'll get a real one next year). The pictures below prove that Derek is growing up, slowly (weight, that is) but surely. He is still our little banana baby...tall and skinny. These are just a few random pictures of me messing with the camera. My goal is to learn how to take some great shots of our kids, as you can see, I have a lot to learn...

Anyone ready for turkey?

Derek is now beginning to have the technique down of grabbing and pulling on Fletch's hair...he doesn't mind a bit (However, the Santa hat that I put on him is another story)

This turned out dark but I wanted to show that he sits up (kind of...before he topples over)

His little mind at work