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Hi family and friends!  December is almost up-to-date, only Christmas left to blog about.  Hope you enjoy the adventures from December and if you haven't been here in a while...keep scrolling and clicking Older Posts!  We hope you are staying warm, it finally (and unfortunately) feels like winter here in Iowa! 

Enjoy!

Finnean's THIRD Birthday Festivities!

Finnean loves peanut butter pancakes!  He started off his third year with a number 3 pancake!

Then we picked up Grady and headed to Pump It Up (crazy awesome bounce house place) and ran the boys for a solid hour and a half.  They jumped and jumped and jumped some more!

Then they shot some bounce house baskets!

Little boys love McDonalds, so we headed there for lunch.  If you remember celebrating Grady's birthday, I could not get a picture of them both looking "normal" that day either!  They had so much fun!

That afternoon we made Finnean's birthday party treats.  He loves to bake, we had a great time together.

 The next day we had a party at Pizza Ranch and went with the cowboy theme.  All of Finnean's family and friends gathered to celebrate our little man.  It is so fun to have everyone together!!  We asked everyone to dress up in their cowboy gear.  Everyone seemed to have a great time and it was so fun to watch Finnean with all of his little friends when he was opening his presents!  We had 11 boys under the age of 6...whew!!! That is a lot of boys!

Best. Dressed.
Matt, Matthew (Kelcee's bro) and Kelcee had great outfits.  Matthew dressed up special just for Finnean.  Every cowboy birthday needs a real cowboy at it!

Yummy treats!

Each year we have all of Finnean's guests write him a little note in a new book, then we he is old he will have his very own birthday collection!

Cowboy Matthew and the littlest cowboy, Hutchinson.

Coen absolutely rocked the mustaches!

Finnean shouting out his thanks!  He is one lucky little boy!  He went home with all kinds of loot!  Race tracks, cars, pillow pet, clothes, books, art supplies, play-doh and much more! 

Enjoying his frosting.
This happens to be the frosting that we are pretty sure made him throw up all night.  He wouldn't eat ANYTHING at the party (which is not abnormal for him) but when the only thing you do it is sugary frosting, your belly doesn't feel good.  Oh, what a way to end the day!!  Thankfully Michael is AMAZING and coached him through the adventure!

More presents!

Little cowboy getting some snuggles from Grandma Lisa!

Blowing out ALL three candles!  He did a great job.

The Waglers and Grandpa Stevie

Love getting some snuggles from Hutchy!

Go Cyclones!!

Love that smile!

Uncle Trav got us cheap tickets to the game!  It was a fun "just Finnean" adventure!

Getting some love from my little Cyclone fan!

Ha!  Finnean and his hate for loud places.  We forgot his headphones so he spent a lot of the time with his hands over his ears OR with his hood up (that seemed to help the noise!)  If he wasn't covering his ears, he was cheering and clapping or looking for Cy!!

Gingerbread Town!

Finnean working hard to hold up the walls as Michael got them ready to go!  Or he was whining, that is always possible :)

My guess is he was whining, look at the look Michael is giving him!  We work hard each and everyday to leave our whiny voice downstairs but it seems to sneak up here all the time!!!

Ahhhh, a happy Finnean!  He LOVED the way it smelled.

So proud of the village that him and Michael put together.

Decorating is some serious business!!!

All done!! He managed to not eat very many of the decoration either!!! We had a great time hanging out together and making a little bit of a mess!  The gingerbread made our house smell good for the next few weeks!

Hutchinson's first bite! {12.13.11}

He looks so excited!

Oooooh!  The anticipation...

Eh, he was luke warm about the whole rice cereal thing.  :)
Once we added a little fruit to it, he has been all about it! 

December!

Hutchy doing his "exercises" in his high arm.  Of course he is wearing reindeer ears...it is DECEMBER!
(Hutch pumps his little leg up and down in the high chair for a work out :)

SURPRISE!

Finnean helped Daddy put out the outside Christmas trees and then came in for some hot cocoa to warm up with.  He really only ate the marshmallows, can't blame him, that is my favorite part too!

Hutchinson is really starting to look like a real boy!  His smile is just plain awesome!

He is also getting so long!! Growing so big!

Hutchinson loves snuggling with Daddy when he gets home from work!

We love this look! If he is laying on the floor or on your belly he will crane his neck to see what you are up too!

We watched Grady and Jace for a couple hours and the boys had SO much fun playing downstairs.  Most of the night was spent in the tent (behind Finnean) hiding from us and then jumping out as fast as they could!  Their giggles were so fun to listen too!

The boys had their ISU gear on to cheer on the Cyclones in the bowl game, unfortunately there cuteness didn't help the Cyclones win!

Doesn't he just look like a little heart breaker?

Dad and Hutchy relaxing watching the big boys play.

Things I want to remember...

• Finnean told me this morning at breakfast..."Me and Hutch love you!" Seriously.
• Hutchinson rubs his eyes when he is tired, Finnean used to play with his hair and still does.
• Hutchinson sucks on his tongue and makes this ridiculously cute face when he is doing it!
• Finnean is emotional.  Some days it is very trying, but I am glad that he feels like he can express himself.
• Hutchinson can roll over and now that he can he doesn't want a thing to do with tummy time.  He may never crawl!
• Apples and bananas are yummy.  Carrots are not (if you are 5 months old, anyway!)
• Finnean and I were watching a show called Word World yesterday.  They spell out letters and then the word turns into the object.  The were spelling GUITAR and then before it turned into a guitar, Finnean says..."GUITAR!"  Then they did it with drum and he says "DRUM!"  He blew my mind, I have know idea how he knew what they were spelling.
• It has been so nice this January.  Like play outside in a sweatshirt nice. It is crazy.
• Finnean rocks library time.  He used to just watch everything and soak it up.  Now he sings the songs and answers the questions that the library lady asks, dances along.  It is so fun to watch!  Hutchinson digs it.

These are just a few things that have been going on in our house that I want to make sure I don't forget, ever.

November Catch Up!

I am finally getting back to the blog!  I hate not having it up to date, so today I conquered November.  Keep scrolling to find out what were up :)  Come back soon...I plan to get December done this week!! Be sure to click older posts at the bottom for Hutchinson's five month update!

Finnean Michael Wagler-3 year photo shoot

We took Finnean's pictures over Thanksgiving weekend in Bloomfield.  It was a beautiful, warm and sunny day.  Perfect day to capture our big man and all of his smiles!

So happy!

Love this one of Finnean and Jerry.  It is weird how Finnean can look so young in this picture and then in another look so old!

This is one of my favorites from the day.  Love the colors and his look. 

Sweet boy!

This one is perfect for his cowboy birthday party!! He did this on his own, silly boy!

He looks so old in this one!

Those dimples!