Grandpa and Grandma Bakken's house

Don let Griffy play on his face- it was so funny! Griff loved it!
Ben's brother Chris has 5 boys and new baby girl- making 6 kids! It is pretty special to have one of our kids be close in age.

Grandpa Don and Katherine Anna.

Griffin got a new John Deer stocking cap from Don and Avonne.

He looks so cute in it.

My guys.

Christmas Eve

We stopped at Ben's Grandma's house in Zumbrota on Christmas Eve. She is such a wonderfully tiny lady.
Playing with Dad.

The boys by the tree! About 2 seconds after this was taken, Griff took a nose-dive onto the floor. The floor was slippery, and Griffy is wiggley. He was not a happy camper for a few minutes.

Playing on the floor.

Having so much fun!!!

He is such a happy baby. What a blessing.

Mom's 53rd Birthday at Casey's- Dec. 14, 2009

This was taken at our house one night when Ben and I were watching Noah. Before putting on his pajamas, he wanted to be "Nakey Noah!" OK- just let him run around in his diaper! Easy enough.
Happy Birthday Grandma Val, or Gamma Bal as Noah would say.

Sweet boy.

Sissy at 26 weeks.

We had really good supper of delivered pizza and vanilla cheesecake. It was wonderful, but bitterly cold that night. I guess it was a foretaste was what was to come.

Christm... New Years House Tour, kind of

A snowy evening in Wanamingo.
We had our tree in the front porch, and hung our 3 stockings in the window.

Little Ben.

Awesome bangs. Thanks Mom!

It seems I may have forgotten to take a picture of our tree all decorated. Well, there's always next year.

PEAS!!

"Them some good peas ma!" Hungry little boy.

Absolutely miserable.

Dec. 1, the Bakken's got a cold. Poor Griffy had it the worst. Runny nose, cough, sore throat (we think), goopy, watery eyes... it was aweful. He didn't sleep for a week, which means I didn't sleep for a week. He didn't eat well or sleep well. He just whined and moaned, but I could do anything for the poor guy. I ended up taking him to his doctor to find out he had an ear infection and was given an antibiotic. After one dose- he was a differnt boy.

As Heidi would say, here's some "post-bath cuteness!"

Why are kids 100x cuter after a bath? They just are, and I love it. A warm bath can make any baby feel better, and it did.